~~Compassion~~
Desiree POV Version 2 Words: 320
It was never meant to be this way. Children are supposed to want toys or sweets or the attention of the object of their affections. I never thought…
More wispy tears slid free from my eyes, drifting down to disappear on the painfully thin corpse in my arms.
Why?
The girl could have wished the sickness away. I told her as much. But the bald girl kept repeating the wish, begging me to be the evil wish granting ghost that I had become. A cloud moved to reveal the moon, letting light briefly alight the shiny penny on the ground in front of me, payment for the wish.
"Desiree?"
The murmuring of the wishing fountain had silenced Phantom's approach. I felt my arms tense up, hugging the child closer. I didn't think of it until now. Phantom would surely destroy me for killing a human child. I snapped my head up to try to look at him, but my vision was blurry and all I could do was feel his gaze on me.
"S-she wished it. Her h-eart's de-di desire… she wished it… no one has EVER..." I hated how broken and helpless I sounded, but I couldn't stop. The words, the tears, started tumbling out faster, "I had to, I swear I didn't want to but she made me! She kept repeating it over and over again and I tried to get her to wish it away but she wouldn't listen to me! She said I would… That I would…"
Twist it. Corrupt it. Make the pain worse.
But I wouldn't have…
I never wanted…
A hand on my shoulder made me flinch. Phantom at my side, his hand resting on my shoulder. At any other time I would have fallen into a rage. Right now though, it was….comforting.
Even for an enemy, Phantom could spare some compassion.
I couldn't help but hate him a little for it.
Author's Note:
This whole thing started with this one-shot, I had it half-written in my mind when I thought of this challenge.