Dream

The division was made once the Lunari was nearly vanquished completely from history. The Solari dominated the entire land of Mount Targon. Their worship and belief to the sun's divine existence, it was the faith that ruled.

Regardless, the blood of the Elders were spilled and painted the holy ground of the sacred temple by the once Solari turned Lunari.

Diana, the Scorn of the Moon.

Yes, she became the living proof that the Moon Goddess actually existed. With the old tablets of the Lunari she uncovered and the scriptures she had decoded, she came forth to the Elders and presented them with passion and a belief that maybe the Solari could finally accept the Moon as much as they deeply acknowledge the Sun.

The Elders rewarded her with a punishment.

Death.

Indeed, they have murdered and burned the 'foolish' Solari that came before them, only for a Lunari to emerge from its ashes. The moment her scythe sliced through the first skin that it came in contact with, that was the same moment Diana had cut off her ties from the Solari.

Or so she thought she did.

Before she was labeled a heretic, Diana had always been disciplined by her parents, especially when they would catch her gazing at the moon ever so late at night, adoring and becoming completely lost in its pure white beauty. It was always her parents that made sure her nightly gazes were banished from her daily doings.

In one fortunate night though, a week before she brought her findings into the light, Diana escaped through her bedroom window and climbed the stairs of the sacred Solari Temple. She was not there to pray to the Sun. No, she was there to acquire a clear view of the beautiful white sphere that can only be found in the sky.

Too absorbed in the act of admiring the scenery before her, she failed to notice the approaching form from behind her.

Yes…

It was her

The Radiant Dawn was the thin string that connected her to the Solari.

Even when she had slaughtered the Elders without feeling any ounce of remorse or mercy and had departed from her childhood home, Diana still found herself thinking about the bothersome string that kept her grounded. She felt like a bird that flew high, only for one of its feet get caught in something so little yet immensely compelling.

Arm slung over her shoulders and blood dripping from her lips, Diana surrendered herself to her carrier. She barely held onto her weapon, its blade dragging against the dirt and leaving a trail on the dirt as they proceeded towards the river bank.

Few steps away from the sacred body of water, thuds and a clank or two sounded. The scythe was abandoned, just like how the golden shield and sword laid forgotten beside it. Diana would have fallen straight into the river if not for the blood-stained, gauntleted hands owned by no one else but Leona.

The latter firmly held her, protectively, even. Diana cursed herself in her thoughts for being so weak. The countless impacts of that golden shield against her body and the sharp edges of the Zenith Blade cutting through her armor was physical agony at its finest, yet it didn't come close to the lethal slashes she inflicted on her rival, who barely avoided the fatal assaults.

The water before them was no normal river. In some way, it resembled the mythical 'Fountain of Youth', but it didn't make anyone young. No, it healed the wounded. Those who lived in Mount Targon always sought for this enchanted river, but no one has ever succeeded.

What no one knew is that Leona had discovered the location of such miracle when she was just a mere child, filled with nothing but wonder and curiosity.

"I will…" Diana breathed out, ignoring the cool feeling that overtook her lower body as Leona moved her until she was in the river. "…end you."

Seemingly undeterred with her weak threat, Leona merely continued in laying Diana in the water. The scythe-wielder could only watch as her pain-filled, bleeding body was laid into the water. Her head was placed onto a rock, keeping most of it afloat and giving her no difficulty in breathing.

"I know you will." Leona responded, kneeling at the riverbank and watching her with a gaze that looked as if she was encouraging Diana to murder her wounds were vanquished by the healing water.

Diana wasn't aware of what was happening to her. The entire wound-littered body of the Lunari was numb, which left her unknowing that the water washed her wounds away, just like how the crimson liquid that matted her armor and skin were fading and flowing down with the current.

"The dawn…" Diana tremblingly uttered. "…will never rise again."

Leona merely watched her with a distant gaze and a faint smile as she planted herself on the dirt just beside the water and leaned back on a nearby boulder. "An aspect I am dearly certain."

Diana's eyes drifted close, much to her resistance. She did not desire to take her gaze from her enemy, but it was clear that her body has other plans. A breath left her once tranquility engulfed her entire being. It suddenly took her mind away from the Solari she despised so much. As if she was whisked into a calm sleep, Diana's consciousness left her completely vulnerable yet peaceful.

From the side, Leona observed her with a woeful look, burgundy red staining her usually shining armor. The maroon bodysuit of hers were torn from different parts, where blood seeped out, drenched the fabric and crawled over the gold armor.

"If I had one wish, Diana," Leona spoke quietly, aware that her rival does not hear even a single word she said. "I would wish for your dreams to be fulfilled."

"…" Like what she expected, Diana did not catch her words, for the woman was in a state of serene rest.

Left hand quaveringly moving to her bleeding stomach, Leona rested the gauntleted limb on her wound. She felt no relief nor pain, for the agony her heart was going through was too much even for her to bare. Even though her person she conversed with would provide no response, she continued voicing out her feelings.

"You dream for me to meet my maker…" Leona closed her eyes and laid the back of her head against the stone behind her. "…and meet Her I shall."

As the sky gradually dimmed, so did Leona's chances of living.

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Diana gasped once her consciousness suddenly returned to her grasp in a heart-stopping speed. She twitched under the water as she slowly regained the feel and control of her body with every breath she took. Feeling awfully strengthened with the magical waters that tended to her wounds, Diana pushed her back off the water. Now in a seated position, she audited her arms, which were supposed to possess cuts and thin slices given to her by her so called enemy.

There were none.

As if the Moon was watching, it shined its white rays directly from above her. It's like the spotlight was on her. The attention of the one she served was focused on no one but her. This particular detail abruptly reminded her of her adversary.

Head snapping to her left, especially when a piece of gold plate of armor had reflected the moonlight, Diana's breath suddenly fled from her. Lavender white eyes widening and shock filling said orbs, her words became utterly absent for a whole moment.

'…Leona?'

A rush consumed her all of a sudden. She sounded like she was quietly hyperventilating once she left the river and crawled quickly towards the seemingly limp Solari, which further emphasized the possibility of the body being nothing but a blood-drenched corpse.

Diana instantly checked her rival's pulse…

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It was weak.

Senses becoming overloaded with tension and anxiety, Diana resorted into shaking Leona by her shoulders, which was accompanied with a harsh grip.

"Solari!" She grunted, roughly attempting to shake the woman awake. "Awaken yourself!"

"…"

"Solari!"

The hasty actions caused Leona's head to tilt forward, forehead resting on Diana's chest, which made the Lunari halt abruptly with her movements. The Scorn of the Moon had stiffened completely, looking as if she had turned into a human statue. Her lips were trembling though, and so was her clutch on Leona.

"…Solari…"

"…"

Diana blinked. What were those things in her eyes?

"…awaken…"

They were tears.

"Leona…" Diana's head bowed, the mark on her forehead resting directly on the crown of Leona's hair, her tears falling from her eyes while her hold on the woman before her was immensely quivering. She pulled back and moved her hands until they were cupping the unconscious warrior's face, tilting it up until it was directly facing Diana's own. "…rise again…"

Much to her utter shock, Leona's eyes fluttered open, but only a small bit. It was enough for her to see those gold hues. Hues that looked so close to falling into a cold and empty embrace and losing its warm life. The forlorn smile that followed drove an agonizing blade in Diana's heart.

"The dawn… will never… rise again…" Leona whispered nearly inaudibly.

"N-No…!" She should have been shocked with her clear protest towards the Radiant Dawn's acceptance of death, but all Diana had in mind was the intention in saving the Rakkorian in her grasp.

With mild difficulty, Diana dragged Leona towards the same river that had banished her wounds. Their roles were reversed in a blink of an eye. Leona was too weak to object Diana's help. Next thing the Solari knew, she was in the same position and place the other was previously in.

Unlike Diana, Leona resisted the tempting hold of sleep. Instead, she focused all her strength in taking one of her supposed rival's hands, which were working around her body in removing as much armor as possible to expose the fatal injuries to the water's complete reach.

Diana stilled when Leona feebly took hold of her right hand and delicately placed it on her chest, where she felt Leona's heart frailly beating. Even though her face showed no emotion whatsoever, her eyes were filled with desperation and confusion while it continuously produced tears that ran down her cheeks.

The Lunari was desperate for Leona to live through the torture she inflicted on herself instead of healing her injuries in the beginning. She was confused as to why she actually wanted Leona to liv in the first place. They had just went through a death battle with one another, yet in the end, they would come to this point where they both did nothing but hope for the survival of each other.

It was a foolish notion.

Yet as she felt Leona's heart gradually begin to beat stronger than it did, Diana found that she could care less of such idiotic concept.

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"Diana…?"

Her eyes left the hand laying on the Solari's heart, directing towards the delicate yet at the same time strong facial features of the Avatar of the Sun. She said no response to the call of her name, but all Leona needed was for their gazes to lock,

And it did.

"Is this not what you dream of…?"

"I dream of nothing." Her reply sounded so automatic. She felt like she was an android that was programmed to give that answer.

"Do you not dream of my end?"

"…No."

"Then what do you dream?"

"I dream of nothing." Again, an answer worthy for a lifeless invention.

Regardless of her cold response, Leona smiled, thumb caressing Diana's forehand.

"I dream everyday." Leona told her.

"And what of them?" Her question sounded so detached and uncaring, but it did not seem to affect the other woman.

"I dream of the impossible."

Diana couldn't look away from those eyes. They trapped her in a trance that was absolutely inescapable. Completely rendered powerless, she could only gaze back into Leona's soft crystals. Lips parting hesitantly, Diana asked a question she dreaded, and looked forward to, in finally being answered.

"Is it forever?"

A smile.

"Our forever."

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Author's Note: Yeah, I know, this isn't really the greatest one-shot I've released, but I couldn't sleep until I completed this one. And yes, it's short. I noticed that, too. Tell me what you guys think about it though, yeah? :D

Lately, I've been playing Ranked games in League, so I've been busy and have been neglecting typing. The winning streaks in Flex are getting to me. I am THIS close in getting out of Silver in my Flex rank, so yeah. xD (Wish me luck! OuO)

By the way, I've realized that my brain refuses to put my all into this, since there's this urge that's telling me to just write a goddamn Leona x Diana full story. xD

If you readers are wondering why I'm not doing that, well, it's because I don't want to risk giving you guys delayed updates, since I already give enough with one full story and this particular one at that. :3

Till my next update~ ^3^