forum The Princess and her Bodyguard // One-On-One // CLOSED

Started August 07, 2018 by Deleted user

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Once Andion arrived at the grave yard, he walked over to a set of three graves. Two larger ones and a smaller one in the middle. He knelt down in front of them, lowering his daggers and sword.

Maddie walked through town, looking around. "Hi Odette!" "Good morning Odette!" "Hope you're well Odette!"

Andion muttered some prayers towards the graves before standing and heading into town. Because his hood was flipped over, Andion received some wary glances in his direction and snarls. A few children threw rotten food but he didn’t care, not today.

Maddie collected many ingredients for some food she was planning to make that night. She wanted to apologise to Andion so she was going to make a special recipe that the cook had taught her in the castle.

Andion was used to the names that was thrown in his direction, ”Killer.” “Death incarnate.” And fouler ones. He knew what they were talking about, knew the instance they referred to. He ignored them but they grew the longer he walked.

Maddie started the walk back to the tree house.

Andion stayed out until nightfall, and when he came back to the tree house, he had acquired a black eye, split lip and many others cuts and bruises. He climbed up and placed his weapons on the table, breathing hard.

"Oh, Andion, you're back," Maddie said from the 'kitchen'. "I made dinner," She said, poking her head towards the 'dining area'. "Oh my Malvaron! (idk it sounded right) What happened to you?"

“I got into a fight, nothing to worry about, Highness.” He said, wiping his face.

Maddie walked over to him. "Less like a a fight and more like a death match. Here. Let me heal you." Her hands glowed a soft gold and she started to reach towards his face.

“No, Maddie, not this time.” He said, taking her hands in his and lowering them, shaking his head slightly, “Not this time.” He repeated a little quieter.

"Please, Andion, I can't live without you. I don't know how to survive properly, I can't look after myself that much, I can't hunt for myself. I'm a princess, Andion! I haven't grown up with those skills! Everything was done for me!"

“Hey, hey, it’s just a scratch. It’ll heal by itself in a few days, trust me, I’ve gone through the same injuries countless times,” He looked her straight in the eyes, “I’m not going anywhere because of a scratch.”

Maddie looked Andion in the eyes for a few seconds and then looked away, going into the kitchen both to get dinner and hide her blush. "I made dinner," She said to him. Before she brought it in, she put a little bit of healing essence into his bowl, then walked in and placed it in front of him.

“Thank you, but you didn’t have too.” He said, taking the bowl and eating it in a matter of minutes as he hadn’t eaten all day.

Maddie ate her meal and watched as Andion's cuts and bruises started to disappear.

Once he finished, Andion sighed, “You put some of your healing magic in it, didn’t you?”

"No," Maddie replied, straight faced.

“I know for a fact that my back was in serious pain a few moments ago and now it feels fine, you did so don’t lie.” Andion said with lethal calm.

Maddie didn't say anything and instead started to stand.

Andion grabbed her hand and pulled her back into the seat, “Say it, say you put healing magic in the dinner.”

"I must have given you the wrong bowl. I fell down before and put the magic in my bowl. I must have given you mine."

“Don’t lie, tell me the truth.” He replied, meeting her eyes with a cold stare.

"I am telling you the truth," Maddie said, and behind her back she was burning part of her arm, hiding her wincing. "See," She said, pulled her arm out and showed him.

Andion looked at her face then at the wound before standing, “Don’t harm yourself, ever. Never do it again, do you understand. And don’t lie your way out of this one, never harm yourself.”