"Life through the eyes of an angel"
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or misspelled quotes from the game will be ignored. I know I'm a bad writer, can't help it...To everyone who reads, thank yoo very much!
- 01. Prologue -
An icy wind blew over the land that seemed so peaceful at night. The wind rushing over the leaves made a pleasant sound, although he knew it was nothing but a naïve lie. The morning would be different, and his dead-existence would start all over again…
Kratos shivered. It was a cold night, and the sky was filled with stars. He hated nights like these. They remembered him of…her.
A heavy sigh passed his lips as he laid himself back in the soft grass. His hand stroking through the auburn-mess he called hair. The same question rushed through his mind. The same question that had been haunting his mind for 15 years , every night, robbing him from the sleep he didn't need. "why?"
Why did fate have to jerk her away from him in such cruel way? Why didn't they take his life instead of hers? He had been wandering this world for too long…
He wished he could blame Kvar, on of the five grand cardinals. After all, he was the one who had search parties sent after them. He was the one who had made Anna go through hell and back, and he had sworn he'd never forgive him for that. But still…that little space in his heart, that little space where Anna still lived was the one thing that snapped him back to reality. Anna was dead, and it was his own fault. He had killed her with his own hands. Those hands that had become tools of death to an innocent person…the person he loved, the person he'd sworn to protect, the only person who gave meaning to the word "life".
- flashback-
She had begged him to kill her, but still…He felt guilty, as his sword pierced through her body. Not that beautiful body he had longed to hold, not the silk peach-colored skin he wanted to touch, but that monster…
He shook his head in all his earnest. He couldn't think like that…he had promised her, no matter what she looked like, he would love her for who she was.
He remembered how he had held her dying body…The body that was slowly taking back her original form.
He held her close, stroking her face as he gazed into her eyes…the eyes that once sparkled with pure love, hope, trust, determination and goodness. But there where no signs left of that sparkle. Her eyes where glassy, not showing any emotion like they used to, her eyes filled with tears. She was coughing up blood as she slid her fingers over her gaping wound…
"Kra…- tos" She whispered
"I – I'm so sorry" he murmured. She must have noticed the hesitation in his voice.
She turned her head and gave him a weak smile…He loved it when she did that. That smile, that used to take pain, and give strength to even the most wounded of souls. It was not the same smile…
"Anna…we'll get you to a doctor" he said, cupping her face with both hands. Her smile disappeared.
"N-No" was her weak reply.
"You swore to protect me, and you did…they didn't get what they where looking for…even after I die, they shall not have it. This…was my own decision…I wanted it…to be you"
"Don't say that!" he hissed under his breath.
"I will never forgive myself for this…"
"don't be too hard on yourself, Kratos" her eyes didn't reflect it, but her voice was full of emotions.
"These years I've spend with you…those where the best years of my life. You gave me that what I had desired for so long…a healthy child" She slightly blushed after realizing what she had just said. However, …it was not the sickening sweet blush he used to love so much. And her sweet giggle had faded as well…
"Kratos…" she continued.
"Promise me…that you will take care of our son, no matter what happens to me now…promise me…that you will stop hurting yourself, and give in to it that this was my own decision…promise me that…"
"I…promise…" his words shattered the silence between them.
He could feel the warmth flowing out of her body as she coughed up more blood, her face showing less emotion with every move she made…
"..No…Anna…please don't.." his voice like he could burst out in tears any second.
"I-I love you…Kratos…" where the words drifting on the last breath that passed her lips.
Her pale hand reached out for his face, but she could not find the strength to reach him. His breathing stopped as her head turned away, her hand falling into the soft ground beneath them. He lifted her head up to his shoulder, unable to say anything as he held her dead body…
End of Flashback -
Celest's comment: I hope you enjoyed reading this ...The story will get a different turn in the 3rd or 4th paragrapgh, but at the moment, I'm finishing the 2nd so...review:3