Chapter IV
It has been now four weeks since Achilles and Briseis got married. Paris, Helen, and Andromache still did not understand what had happened between them but they all decided not to ask any more.
It was the middle of the night and Briseis was having another nightmare about the night Paris killed Achilles.
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'Achilles: Come with me.
Before Briseis could answer her eyes go wide, She sees Pairs in the upper garden, notching an arrow aimed at Achilles.
Achilles: Come. I'll protect you.
Paris pulls back the catgut string.
Briseis: NO!?!
Pairs fires. The arrow sails off course and hits Achilles above his heel, tearing through the tendon. Achilles staggers and turns to see who hit him. He starts to walk towards Paris.
Briseis: Stop! Paris! Don't!
Paris keeps firing arrows at Achilles.
Briseis: Paris don't!
Brisies turn and sees that Achilles has fallen. She runs to his side and he holds her.
Achilles: You must get out.
Briseis: Shh.
Achilles: Get out.
Briseis: There's no way out.
Achilles: There's always a way out for a princess.
Paris tries to lift Briseis to her feet but she refuses.
Achilles: Briseis.
Briseis leans closer. He's losing to much blood, his strength is fading, but he summons his remaining energy to speak.
Achilles: You gave me peace in a life time of war. I chose this night… but you will see the sun again. I want you to live.
Achilles wipes the tears that are pouring from her eyes away.
Achilles: Live.
Briseis nods and let Paris help her up.
Briseis: Because of you.'
Still asleep Briseis grabs Achilles' sward that is on his side the bed and stabs herself in the stomach.
"AHHHHHHHHHH" Briseis yell now awake.
Achilles quickly lights a candle and turns to face Briseis. There he sees her lying on the bed with blood all over the place.
"What in the world happened? Briseis don't do this to me." Achilles said with tears pouring out of his eyes.
"A….Achi…llies… get…get…get….Paris."
Holding Briseis's head in his arms Achilles yells, "PARIS I NEED YOU NOW!?!" With that Paris ran into the room along with Helen and Andromache who was holding her son.
"What happened?" asked Paris in anger and sadness.
"I don't know I woke up to her screaming and found her like this." Sobbed Achilles still holding Briseis's head.
"Oh God." Sobbed Helen and Andromache together.
"She told me to call you Paris and then she… she… passed out. Oh God. No…no… NO!?!"
"C…come girls l…lets leave Achilles alone for a little while." And with that Paris, Helen and Andromache all left the room.
A half hour later Paris came in to the room to check on Achilles and instead of finding Achilles alive and sobbing he found him stabbed with the same sword that was in Briseis and lying right next to her.
"GIRL'S!?!" yelled Paris now in shock and tears.
Helen and Andromache ran into the room and they both saw the horror that Paris walked in on.
"Oh God. Paris what are we going to do?" asked Andromache in even more tears.
"We're going to give them a funeral together."
"Together? But how I mean they both cant fit on the pyre can they?" asked Helen in tears.
"No we are going to do something different."
"What? But its tradition and…"
"I know the tradition Andromache but I will change for these two."
"So how are you going to change it?" asked Helen.
"We will make a box big enough to fit both of them and then we will burry them right next to the castle and then we will make a plack."
It was 9 hours later and they did burry them and on the plack it read:
'Here lies the two people who were madly in love with each other and they were great family and the best of friends. Here lies Achilles and Briseis. May they rest in peace.
And that my dear friends is the story of the 'Lover's Wish'.