Hello everybody to the third chapter of The Kharlan Wars! Thanks to the people who review-the last chapter was introductions to the characters and a little look at their personalities so nothing much really happened. Hehehe…
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Tales of Symphonia characters but I do own my own characters. Now, on with the story!
Bluebell's eyes misted… Her sister's Cherry and Storm had passed away of illness overnight when she was watching over them. She knew they were extremely ill but she didn't think it would lead to their deaths… How would she explain to the family? To Miley? Miley was so close to them and now, Bluebell had to brake the sad news to them…
Karen was the first one Bluebell had told. Her eyes had sadness and sorrow beaming out. A few tears fell down her cheeks as Bluebell told her what happened…
It was a dark night… just like the night their father had died… Bluebell couldn't think more about the past… It was too upsetting… She was watching Storm and Cherry that night. Their health was getting too low. If they didn't eat that night they would die in the nearby future.
The doctors had told their mother that the girls had a very low chance of survival… That was the first time in a while that Bluebell had seen their mother that upset, crying, saying she was useless and unable to do anything… The doctors kept telling them that they had to eat or death would find them-fast. They heard what they said but decided fate had already chosen this course, for the better or for the worse they didn't know…
Bluebell had sat next to Cherry's bed that night, then she sat on the bed holding Cherry's hand… "Cherry… You have to eat something soon…"
"I don't want to, Bluebell… I'd rather go to hell than be discriminated everywhere we go…" she managed to cough out.
Bluebell looked at her with wide eyes, "What? Why would you say that?"
"Because…" she paused taking a deep breathe, "Many of us half-elves are hurt, tortured, beaten, used…" another deep breathe, "Everyday that we live… It's better if we don't live…"
Bluebell could do nothing but stare at her, shocked by what she was saying… "Cherry… You know we all get through this though… And you have to eat! Your breathing patterns are slowing down too much!"
"It's too late to save me now Bluebell… I'm dying now… There's nothing anyone can do for me… My wish… has come… true…"
With that last word… Cherry's eyes closed and she took her last breathe… Bluebell was still holding her hand so she felt Cherry's hand go colder and colder till they were freezing… Bluebell only stared at her… Her sister had died in front of her and she couldn't do anything…
She walked over to Storm's bed and checked her forehead… She was freezing cold as well… She had died in her sleep… Bluebell thought she had done everything wrong to let her sisters die..
Bluebell had, by now, told the whole family, expect Miley, that Cherry and Storm had died that night… Everyone was distraught when she told them what Cherry had said. They thought she wanted to live, not die…
Alexandra was the most upset… She was crying her eyes out. She had been the one who looked after them when they were sick but she could do nothing… She wanted to learn healing artes but she hadn't the time to practise… She was so upset she went into the woods, still crying, and took her own life…
By now, it was the night after all three deaths. Karen had found Alexandra's body when she went into the woods that day. She saw the blood was still fresh, if she had been there a little earlier she could saved her… But destiny wanted this to happen for some reason…
Miley was wondering why everyone was so upset today… She asked Bluebell and got… a straight answer, which is what she wanted but she didn't know it was that bad… "W-what? They died?" Miley asked.
"Yes, I'm afraid they did, little one…" Bluebell answered with a sad face, while rubbing Miley's head.
"What does it mean if you die?" Miley asked, being too young to understand what death was…
"It's when someone goes into a eternal sleep… Sleeping forever and ever… Now, daddy, Cherry, Storm and Alexandra are sleeping…"
"Oh…" Miley cried out, "We never said our goodbyes to them…."
"No… They were not stable with farewells so they didn't say goodbye…" As Bluebell spoke she took Miley into a hug where Miley let her tears fall…
Their mother looked at them all, still being in the inn they were in their mothers room. She knew this was going to happen so she prepared herself for it… It was going to be a while before they all stopped mourning for them but she knew this would make them stronger when they were all grown up… She looked at her necklaces, she wore four to mark, one for their father, another for Cherry, the third for Storm and the forth for Alexandra… She hoped not another child of hers would go… She couldn't bare another to die…
Well, that's chapter 3! Tell me what you think about it and the forth wont be that far away behind! J