Chapter 11: The wait
It had been three months since Raven died. Garfield had locked himself inside his house. He didn't want to talk to anyone.
Victor and Richard had explained the situation to Bee and Kori. Kori told Richard that he was now a father to a little girl with the name May. Everyone had been visiting Garfield trying to cheer him up, but would always fail.
He was laying on his desk, he was planning a trip around the kingdom. He needed a trip to clear his mind, he didn't want anyone to come after him. He knew, they would think he was going to kill himself.
He was all ready to go, bags packed and horse ready. When a knock on the door broke his trance. He opened the door, Bee and Victor stood there.
"Hey Gar… We wanted to know if you wanted to go out, you know maybe have a dinner." Be said, Garfield frowned.
"No thanks…" Not caring anymore, he got his bag and walked out past them.
"hey, where are you going?" Victor asked as they ran up to him.
"Somewhere…" He muttered.
"Do you want to travel with someone?" Bee asked.
"No thanks…"
"Come on man, we know you're sad after..." Trailed off. "But don't go do-"
"I won't! I just need to clear my head." He nearly shouted, before he climbed onto his horse and rode out the gates.
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He rode on the gravel road for two days until he came up to a cottage. He was really thirsty and needed something to drink. He tied the horse to the fence and walked up to the door, gently he knocked.
A minute later a pink haired woman came to the door, her eyes widened slightly.
"H-Hi… I was passing by and got really thirsty, I was wondering if you had anything to drink." He asked. The girl nodded and went to get some water, she left the door open and let Garfield see the house.
It was small with a tiny living room and the kitchen on the small wall, the other wall had a fireplace with two chairs in front of it. There was a small staircase over the kitchen that lead to shelfed bedroom.
"Jinx, who was it?" A man yelled, Garfield looked inside and saw Wally the boy who got kidnapped by the witches. Wally saw Garfield and jumped. "What are you doing here?!" He asked with a yelling voice.
"I am only here for water, I'm not interested in killing her…" Garfield muttered. Jinx almost dropped the cup of water when he called her out.
"She's pregnant…" Wally blurted out, only to get a punch in the side.
"How nice, what will you name the child?" He asked.
"If it's a girl we want to name her Lyra and if it's a boy we want to name him Aaron." Jinx said low, she looked at the ground after giving Garfield the cup.
He took it and drank down the water. "I thank you, I shall leave you alone…" He said, making his way to his horse.
"Where's Raven?" She asked, Garfield looked down at the ground when he got up on the horse.
He looked into her eyes with sadness. "S-She's gone…" He said, a tear ran down his eye before he turned and started to ride again. As he got further and further away, he started to hear crying behind him.
He didn't turn, he just kept riding away.
Two months later
He sat up camp by a river, he had been riding for two more months. Whatever he did, he couldn't get Raven out of his mind.
"Raven… I failed you…" He cried. "I love you… Please come back to me…" He cried.
Two months later
He had waited and waited, she didn't come back.
one more month
Garfield sat at the top of a cliff, he looked out at the forest under him. He had passed Atlantis village, the village was close by the sea. He kind of wanted to go out on the deep sea and jump off, but something held him back.
A breeze flew by him, making him shiver. He was about to walk back to the hotel he was staying in, when the cliff fell out from under him.
He was about to scream when someone grabbed his arm, the person was wearing a white cloak. Completely covering their body. The stranger pulled him up and helped him to safer place on the cliff.
He was about to thank the stranger, but they turned around ready to leave.
"Wait, you just saved my life. Who are you?" He asked.
The stranger looked at him, the hood gave nothing away, not even eyes. They didn't say anything, they nodded and started to walk away.
Garfield ran after them and grabbed their arm through their cloak. "At least tell me your name." He said.
"..." Nothing.
Garfield was getting annoyed, he rudely pulled the hood off the person. When he saw who it was he dropped to his knees.
Raven.
"R-Raven?..." He got up, she didn't answer. He placed his hands on her cheeks, just to see if she was real. She was. "W-Where have you been?" He asked almost yelled, tears were flowing down the side of his face.
Still she didn't say anything, she just looked at him.
"Please, say something…" He pleaded.
She still didn't say anything, instead she started to remove parts of her cloak. A scar across her throat was shown. "It's hard to speak…" She stuttered, her voice filled with pain and cracked hard when she spoke.
"As long as you live… You're going to be fine, I'm going to make sure of it." He cried, he wrapped her in a warm hug.
"I-I love you…" Her voice slowly changed while she talked.
"I love you more…" Garfield cried.
The two stood there, hugging each other, and at last Garfield noticed some new things about her. Her hair was longer and went to her lower back, she looked like in his dream, under her cloak she was wearing a long light blue dress with a white leather belt.
"Where have you been?" He asked while leaning in on her forehead, carefully placing a kiss there.
"I wasn't allowed to see you yet, and when I was allowed I needed to find you." She whispered.
"By who?"
"By me…" Garfield turned to new comer. A tall pale tall woman with long white hair with stripes of different colours. Her eyes were pure white only a small glint of silver shine in them. "Pardon me, but I am Lady Lucinda." The woman said as she walked up to them. "I am Lucinda of Light, or rather the god of good magic." She walked up to Raven and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"She saved me…" She looked at Garfield with a smile.
"Then, how can I repay you?" He asked.
"No need to repay me, Raven has given me enough." She raised her hand to him and denied his request. Not even a minute later she nodded to Raven and turned to leave.
"What did you give her?" Garfield asked as he looked after the Lucinda who opened a portal and went into a bright light.
"My immortality." She said looking after Lucinda as well. Garfield was about to say something but Raven beat him to it. "I gave up my immortality so I wouldn't witness you pass." A little pause was made. "Also, my father can't find me anymore. When I gave up my immortality it made it impossible to find me by any magic users."
"Do you still have magic?"
"Yes, I can still perform magic like I always could. But now, I have a chance to die." Garfield frowned, even though it was great to see her again he didn't like to hear that she was now vulnerable. "Don't worry… I'll be fine… As long as you're with me."
"For the rest of our lives…" He hugged her dearly before lifting her to his lips.
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Short chapter!
Maybe I'll be nice and make a sequel… :3 VOTE!
Also, I want to do something… A bonus chapter… :D
Thanks for following the story, favoring too. I love everyone who has given me support to keep this story, I usually abandon really long stories. And thank you, for all your support.
Whatever! Here is the tiny Bonus:
Just 'cause I felt like it...
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Bonus chapter.
Rachel closed the large red leather book in her hands, she looked at her audience. Three young children were sitting and listening to the story. Rachel had been babysitting for them since Melvin was born.
"That was soooo…. Romantic!" Melvin, the oldest girl said she was about five years old.
"It was too muchy!" Timmy, her little brother said, who was around three.
"Gho!" Teether yelled with a smile, one year old.
"But it was good!" Melvin argued.
"It was too muchy!" Timmy yelled and crossed his arms.
"Hehehe…" Rachel giggled.
"You won't complain when you get a girlfriend…" A male voice said behind them, Rachel turned around to face the newcomer, she smiled.
Her boyfriend Garfield walked up to her and kissed her on the lips.
"Eww!" Timmy whined while Melvin said.
"Daww…"
Rachel turned to look at the kids, she smiled. Just than the kids parents came home.
"Thank you Rachel, Garfield, for watching our kids… Again…" The mother said smiling, she picked up her wallet from her purse.
"It's always a pleasure." Raven smiled.
"Yeah I know, so that's 54$ right? four hours." She asked.
"Sounds about right, thank you." Rachel said taking the money.
"See you again next week Rachel and Gar." The three children yelled as they waved. Both her and Garfield started to walk back home.
"I always found it funny that you had the same name as one of the main characters in the book." Rachel admitted.
"Oh? Who was he?"
"The hunter, the one who fell in love with the witch." Raven explained.
"What was the name of the witch?"
"Raven."
"Isn't that your middle name?" He asked.
"Yeah… Kinda funny."
Garfield smiled. "Yeah…" He wrapped his arm around her as they walked. "I love you…"
"I love you too…"
