Okay, second part! The nice thing about vacation is that you come back with lots of stuff to post and lots of updates to read (right? ).
This song is the one that I think fits more perfectly. The first time I heard it, I thought, this could be Mia. So now it is. Here goes.
NOTE: (6/20/05) due to the new, ridiculous anti-songfic rule, this chapter is also now majorly screwed up. I refuse to take down my songfics, so instead I have removed the lyrics and indicated where they used to be. The original lyrics were My Immortal by Evanescence.
She walked slowly around the lighthouse's exterior, boots clicking quietly on the stone floor. She kept her eyes trained straight ahead, barely noticing anything around her. He was here, and the feeling of him brought back too many memories.
"Mia?" Garet's familiar voice cut through her thoughts. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him walking next to her, fiery eyes watching her concernedly. "You alright?"
"Alex is here," she replied softly, not looking at him. "I know it."
Garet paused, seemingly unsure of what to say. "Why does that bother you so much?"
"You know he's changed. He's so heartless now, and... Alex and I... we were very good friends before all of this." Mia fought to keep her voice under control. She had known their relationship was special... she had often thought how lucky she was to have it. Now it was in pieces.
The Alex she knew was gone. Sometimes she felt like he had taken her heart with him.
Garet had fallen silent. Mia sighed, reentering her thoughts. Sometimes she would catch herself thinking of Isaac when she was alone, but... could she love him? She felt naughty thinking of someone else, like a child with her hand in the cookie jar. Her mind had moved on, but her heart still refused to give up on him.
She had always liked to think that she loved Alex. But now he felt like a burden to her, a limitation. He was weighing her down.
Suddenly she felt the stone under her feet shift, and the world became a blur as she tumbled downward. A voice called her name - Garet. She hit ground with a muffled cry of pain. Seconds later, Garet landed next to her, tumbling toward the edge of their platform.
Mia watched helplessly as he dangled by one hand from the ledge. She grabbed his wrist, but knew she would never be able to pull him up. If only they had landed the other way around!
She looked up and saw another party across the gap. Was this Felix? Surely they wouldn't have done something like this. They looked the same as her - shocked. Looking further, her eyes hardened as she watched Alex turn from the scene to lean against the doorway, his back to her.
How could he do this? Three years ago, Alex would have never let anything like this happen. And now he was standing by, idly watching? Mia's eyes filled with tears of rage and frustration. This was all wrong...
Coming back to her senses, Mia heard new voices from above, followed by the clang of steel and the clap of thunder as lightning fell from the sky. She turned hate-filled eyes upward. So they had done this. The battle began to move farther from her vantage point, the stone she had tread upon minutes earlier blocking her view.
Mia listened, helpless again, as the battle raged above her. Long minutes passed; she could do nothing to help her friends. Panic rose in her throat as she heard Ivan's voice, laced with pain.
"I'm sorry, Isaac... I can't take any more..." he choked out. His words were lost to Mia's ears as her mind began to go numb. She had an awful feeling in the pit of her stomach as, in the sudden silence, she heard him hit the floor, the clatter of his staff resounding throughout the lighthouse.
"Keep it together, Ivan!" Isaac yelled. Mia could hear the desperation in his voice. Suddenly, a pillar of flame shot into the air, taking Isaac with it. No, no, not Isaac too...
Mia squeezed her eyes shut, trying to block out the laughter of the villains above her. Her mind was focused on one thought - Alex had let this happen. He was abandoning her.
She should have been angry at him. She should have wanted revenge, should have hated him. Instead, she missed him. She stared across to the other side of the gap. Felix and his party were gone, but she could still see Alex's back against the doorframe. The Alex she had known was dead. Unless she could accept that, she could never be happy. He was gone.
:sigh: That was kind of depressing.
There's a reason for the lack of dialogue - I don't know it. ; If there's somewhere where Mia should have spoken and didn't, sorry! Next time I play TLA, I'm gonna have to write down the script...
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