Queen of Souls
By Soul Hunter
EPILOGUE
A cracking sound echoed in the air when he landed the sharp edge of his ax hard against the tree trunk lying horizontally on the dewy ground before him. Sweat made his steely body glisten under the brilliance of the rising sun over the city of Dollet that had just begun its daily activities. It was merely twenty degrees outside but he wasn't wearing anything other than work trousers and boat shoes. Hunter had grown used to enduring immense cold from his past survival training, and even had the gall to sweat despite the near-freezing temperatures. He ran an arm over his forehead to wipe the clear beads rolling down from it.
He paused for a brief rest, noting the rising pile of firewood beside him. As he trained his eyes at the top of the pile, he noticed a shape in the background that seemed out of place. He raised his look and was subsequently surprised by the sight that met him. Hunter almost couldn't believe his eyes, and didn't know whether how to react when he saw the girl garbed with the familiar vermilion blouse, brown arm straps and boots, black hand gloves, the clip that held together her blonde hair at the back of her head, and the light-pink frame of the glasses that covered her magnificent, sapphire eyes.
"You look surprised." Quistis said while brandishing the note she found in her room. "Like you're actually not expecting me to come."
"I wasn't" Hunter replied. "I just didn't know what came over me when I left that note I only wanted to see you when I dropped by."
"I see"
"So notwithstanding that note what are you doing here?"
"Me? Oh I'm trying to cure my sleep disorder." Quistis shot back, confusing him.
"Sleep disorder?"
"Yeah It's a bit amazing but I realized I'm not used to sleeping without you by my side anymore." The glistening on Quistis' eyes was already evident despite the glasses. "And I become very cranky when I don't get enough sleep."
It didn't take much for Hunter to understand. All he knew was the culmination of a wish he had been uttering repeatedly during the last four days of feeling wrong about everything he did. No matter how much he insisted otherwise, the intruder knew that his life would never be the same again without the instructor. Ever since the day they parted, his mind had no other thoughts but the wish for her to come back and make everything right.
The world of wrongs disappeared the moment he saw her standing in front of him.
"Quisty," He returned, "You know there's nowhere I'd rather be than with you. But you know of my condition... and there are no guarantees of anything. I I could die tomorrow. So what then?"
"Hunter" She replied, her tears rolling down her face. "All I know is a little while ago someone told me that if I truly love someone, I could survive a hundred years without the company of family, friends and loved ones but I won't last even a single day without him"
" Quisty"
"I couldn't stand one more day without you"
"And if if I die?"
"Then let me be the last you'll ever see and the first to cry for you"
There were no words left to be said at that point. And the world stood still as the dark knight held his queen.
THE END