A/N: Depressing... Also, this was a little longer.
edit: WHY, FFNET, WHY must you mess up my formatting and remove my linebreaks? Why!
Anyway, it's been fixed now. Enjoy~
Requested by: Haku
Character: Martel
Prompt: Death
'I knew, someday, that this would happen.'
Those were the first thoughts that went through my head as I first noticed the searing pain. I looked down to my abdomen.
Blood red, blood red, soaking through my dress, sliding down my legs, slipping past my ankles. Staining the grass red.
I fell to my knees.
"Mithos! Yuan! Kratos!"
A strangled gasp escaped my lips, mingled with blood and pain. Yuan whirled around, horror on his face.
From there it was a daze. I felt hands on me, pressing down. But it did nothing to stifle the flow of blood escaping me. An apple gel slid past my lips, and everything was a little clearer, at least for a moment.
What I saw made my heart clench with guilt.
Dead bandits were everywhere. Blood pooled around them, staining the ground.
My three companions gathered around me. A gloved hand retreated from my face, gel packet in tow.
Kratos... He had a horribly pained look on his face, but I could still see traces of his typical stoicism there.
Please... stay strong, and... take care of them...
Mithos was by my side, tears streaming down his cheeks as he clung to my shirt. "Sis! Sis! Sis!" He was an inconsolable wreck. Too young to deal with this. Too old not to understand.
My breathing was sluggish as my eyes rested on the final face. Blue hair was a mess, the string tying it back long since lost in the tides of battle.
He did not cry. I suppose, in hindsight, he did not need to. The pained look in his eyes, the horror and disbelief on his face... They said all that needed to be said.
Everything was turning black, as tears slipped down my cheeks. I don't even know why I was crying. Everyone I held dear, those most precious to me, were right here.
I pulled my lips up in a gentle smile. My eyes slid shut.
With that, I slipped into deaths loving embrace.