She was gone, left to the other side where she had belonged. There would never be a chance when I would see her again, since the mirror was once again broken, and it had been a surprise. Everything we'd been through, it all seemed like nothing as I waited for the memory to flood back and something else change. It didn't and I stopped polishing the blade of my sword, watching it glint off the light from the window. There was really no need to have it, but things still roamed in places, and protecting was what I wanted to do, even if my partner through what had been a major event of my life wouldn't be there. A repeat of what happened was not going to become reality again.
"Up!" the small child in front of me demanded, thrusting their small hands up to me. I replaced the sword in it's sheath in the table and picked the child up, careful as to not drop them. Besides the fact of protecting myself and everyone else, I had a family to think of too. The blue-eyed child in front of me sat content in my arms. If I had to choose between another adventure, filled with excitement and adrenaline rushes as I felt a fight flood up into me versus being here with the small child, my love, and my friends… there was no comparison, even if some friends would be left behind with the memory of that particular event.
I would turn down the other in a heartbeat, to be able to stay like this forever.