Chocolat's POV

It was late into the night as I sat alone in a dark room. My eyes heavy with the want for sleep stared unseeingly into the darkness. Every fiber of my body was focus on one thing, one tiny thing that held my sanity in place, a happy memory from long ago. A memory of my darling and me when we were younger, before we even knew exactly what being a Sorcerer Hunter would mean. When it was all just a fun game for laughs and the world was a place of beauty and amazement.

My darling was only seven then and I was six. We were outside playing among the trees when we stumble upon a hidden treasure among the foliage. A small clear ball. Like any child we were curious about what it could be, so I picked it up from the leaves. It then started to spark, and Carrot immediately took it from my hands. His swift actions saved me from a bad shock as he throws the ball away, which hit the ground and electricity starts to jump from it.

After the shock of what had just happen begin to wear off I started to cry and Darling hugged me. "It's oka' Chocolat." "Don't cry, I..I threw it away because it was a bad thing." "You didn't do anything wron', and its gone now." "I won't let it hur' you, so you can sto..sto..stop cryiiiiiiiiiiingggg." Before I knew what was going on Carrot started to cry too while he was still hugging me, and he continued to cry holding me until we both ended up crying ourselves to sleep outside by the tree. We sleep there all night and in the morning father (Carrot's dad) came and punished Carrot for keeping me out so late. He then took the clear ball and dispose of it properly. He told us it is called a flash ball, and is used by some of the hunters to blind or (in most cases) electrocutes a Sorcerers. It bothered him that the ball had just been deposited in the forest, and in the morning he gather a group of hunters to search the forest and make sure there wasn't any more. Meanwhile Darling and me were ground in the same room, so I got to spend the entire day alone with him.

It was one of the happiest moments in my life, and my fondest memory of my Darling.

"Darling," I spoke almost in a trance. "I don't think that ball could hurt me as much as you have hurt me now." A single teardrop fell from eye after I said this, and soon it was followed by many more as I broke down sobbing.

"BAM," the sound broke me from my self-pity as I jump. My tears and my pain were forgotten for the moment as I rushed to the hall. Here, I saw Marron laying on the ground with his hair in a mess. His eyes were squeezed shut in pain as he breathes in and out slowly. His skin was much paler than I even thought possible as a single tear trickled down his face.

Please god don't was my only thoughts as I dropped down beside him. I don't think I could take the death of another love one so soon.

"Marron, Marron, are you…?"

"I'm okay," Marron replied weakly as he tried to get off the ground. Seeing him struggle in vain I help him to sit up. A smile came to his lips as I lean him against the sidewall. "He's alive," he started to giggle. "My brother's alive, I can~I can feel him," he muttered between fits of laughter.

"What do you mean?" "MARRON, MARRON, I don't understand how can he be alive?" I found myself shaking him slightly as he eyelids started to droop. The hope in my breast started to flare. I knew Marron and Carrot had a special a bond between them in which one could actually feel the life force of the other, so if Marron was saying that his brother was alive… No I dare not think that way, until I hear more.

"Marron, Marron," I called his name once more, but he was well beyond hearing me as he lay limp.

"MARRRON, DAMN IT, MARRON…" I screamed at him. He was still breathing and alive, so I knew he haven't died, but he wasn't answering me." I continued to shake him and call his name for a few more seconds, and then," …sweet dreams, Marron." I didn't know where that came from, but somehow I just knew that was what had happen. Marron was so exhausted mental and physical that he went to sleep, so I went to my room and brought out some blankets. Gently I covered him with one, and wrap myself in the other and lay against him. There was no way that I was going to let him get away before he explains what he meant.

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Crimson tears

Hale and rain

Only time will change

Chaos and destruction

Oblivion and nothingness

Lock in the despair of my heart

A cruel joke to all

This is life without you

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"GASP!" Carrot awoke with a huge inhaling of air as his body twitched sharply. He spasm hard twice, against his restrains as the chain rattles loudly against the ground. He jerks and twists and finally his eyes fluttered, and it all came to a sudden stop. He was too exhausted to even open his eyes as he lies there like a broken doll. He signs once to himself to make sure he is alive, and then begin to let his body rest. He felt sore all over, but he was too tired to figure out why. All this exhaustion, it had never been like this before after he changed. Soon it became too much stress even for his thoughts to continue and slowly his consciousness slips into a peaceful oblivion; a calm oasis in what will soon be a violent storm. For in the morning, there will be much pain. Much pain for everyone….

(Author's note) SORRY, I just couldn't think of anything to make this one any longer.

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