Period 5: Science!
Theme 5: Result
Words: 239
Author: Lillie Bell
"This is a result of your actions, Endymion." The eldest and wisest general scolded as he turned his serious expression to the maps in front of him. The smell of sulfur was thick in the air. The walls were coated black with pitch. The shine of the metal of swords and lances and arrows cut through the darkness.
Kunzite's single candle swayed in the breeze from the crumbling wall. His hands pressed along territories and rivers, mapping positions of tactical advantage and which to sacrifice. He saw his own as one of those and even though he had already ordered his mother and sisters to safety, his brother had stubbornly refused to leave the town defenseless. His fist clenched.
"Do you not see the sacrifices you are making?"
"I love her, Kunzite." And he said it so honestly that most of Kunzite's hatred dissipated. The walls that Endymion had built to keep himself safe from his father's abuse, safe from his mother's cruel tongue, were crumbling.
"I wished to God I didn't. I wished I'd have known this would happen." His hand waved out the window where a pulse of fire rose from the distance. His men, the ones he had trained and fought with, were out there giving their lives for his love. A love he hadn't expected to have to fight for. Let alone, defend.
How could he have known his love would cause so much destruction?