TW: blood, gore, death, kinda main character death
"Please don't be too late, please don't be too late," Virgil begged, almost tripping over his feet.
Romans door was open and he heard the rain clearly. He ran into the room and saw two figures out on the balcony.
Roman raised his paw and brought it down to strike Lukas, but with a burst of power Lukas knocked it back.
The dragon witch used this opportunity to end this, he lunged forward with his blade in his hand and just as lightning filled the night sky up once again, he stabbed Roman through the chest.
"Roman!" Virgil shouted, running into the room with tears in his eyes.
Lukas turned his head just as Virgil stabbed him through his wing with the fire fork.
Lukas shouted in pain and dropped his bloodied dagger. Virgil shoved him over the balcony banister and Lukas fell.
"V-Virgil?" a weak voice called.
Breathing heavily, Virgil turned to Roman. Warm tears spilled from his eyes, though it mixed with the icy rain.
"No, no no no!" Virgil sat down next to Roman, putting his hand over the wound. "Stay awake Roman, it'll be okay."
Roman tried to breathe but it hurt so bad! He let out a whimper as he moved to cup Virgil's cheek.
"Don't... don't be sad," he tried to tell Virgil.
"Please Roman, don't do this to me! Help! Someone help!" Virgil tried to stop the blood. "Stay awake, you idiot! I told you to let me help!"
"I'm sorry..."
"Stop! Keep your eyes open! You'll be alright, please you'll be alright!"
"Virgil!" he heard Logan call. He turned and saw his dad run onto the balcony.
He felt Roman's hand drop and he turned back to Roman, his eyes close and his chest no longer moving.
"No, no! Roman! Wake up, please you have to wake up! Don't leave me!" Virgil grabbed Roman's shirt, leaning into his chest. "Please... don't leave... I love you."
He felt Logan put a hand on his shoulder as he started to cry. His shoulders shook and his hands were numb from the cold rain.
The rain started to disappear but Virgil didn't open his eyes as he leaned against Roman.
Logan didn't know what to say, he heard gasps behind him from Patton, Janus, and Remus.
"Ro..." Remus tried to call out, but Janus just pulled him into a hug.
Logan squeezed his eyes shut as he listened to his son's broken hearted cries. Until he heard what sounded like a small sleigh bell falling.
He opened his eyes and saw shooting stars- no, glitter falling? It covered the whole castle, falling everywhere and then disappearing into thin air.
He turned around to the others to see if they had any explanation, but gasped when he saw three figures begin to appear. Starting with the hands and legs and crawling up until there were three complete strangers.
"P-Patton?" he asked as Patton just stared at himself.
He turned to the mirror and saw he was visible once again, and turned to see the other two had noticed.
Virgil felt Roman being lifted up and gasped as he sat up. Roman's body was covered in red and gold glitter as it flew around him, making it hard to even see him.
Logan pulled Virgil close to him as the five watched, the glitter disappeared and revealed not a beast, but a human with long brown hair and freckles dotting his face.
He was placed back on his feet, but seemed unsteady. He reached behind himself and grabbed the banister just before he fell.
"W-what," he mumbled, "happen...?"
Roman trailed off when he saw his hand, a human hand no less. He looked down and saw he had human legs and feet, no wonder he felt unsteady.
"Roman?" a quiet voice asked.
He turned and saw Virgil, still sitting on the ground with Logan's arm around him.
"Virgil?" Roman couldn't help but smile wide.
Virgil pulled himself away from Logan and launched himself at Roman. Roman caught him and held him tight.
"You're alive!" Virgil cried. "Oh thank god you're alive!"
"And human!" Remus shouted as he rushed forward, followed by Janus.
Patton came forward and helped Logan off of the ground. Logan couldn't help but smile at the bubbly servant, Remus was right, he looked good.
The two turned back to face Roman and Virgil. Remus was holding onto Janus tight but had one hand on Roman's shoulder and Virgil was still sobbing into Roman's chest as Roman rubbed circles on his back.
"You're... a... jerk!" Virgil sobbed. "I hate you!"
"I know, I know," Roman cooed. "Careful, I don't want you to pull any stitches, stars your bandages are probably soaked. Are you okay? Did you get hurt?"
"Did I!" Virgil pulled back. "You were stabbed!"
"What happened to Lukas anyway?"
"I... kinda..." Virgil trailed off, looking over to where Lukas had fallen off. "I don't think he's okay."
"It doesn't matter, all I care about is that you're safe." Roman made a mental note to look around for any bodies later as he wiped Virgil's tears away.
"How did you even get out of your room? I locked the door," Logan asked.
"I broke the door down," Virgil replied.
"What?" Roman couldn't help but laugh. "You know what, I'm not even going to question it anymore." Roman leaned his forehead against Virgil's.
Virgil grabbed Roman's shirt and pulled him into a kiss, startling Roman for a moment before he leaned in.
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"Virgil wait!" Roman shouted, tripping over his feet. He wasn't used to having human feet, or a human body anymore.
"Come on, prince klutz!" Virgil giggled, running to the ballroom.
Roman laughed as he entered the room, only to stop and gasp at the sight of it. Virgil had cleaned it up, with the help of the others, and had put up several red, gold, and purple decorations.
"What in the world?" Roman asked softly.
"It's just going to be a personal ball, you and me. I can walk just fine now that my injuries are healed. Plus, Patton and dad are on a date so they won't bother us, and Remus and Janus are probably making out somewhere, or planning a prank."
Roman laughed, taking Virgil's hand.
"Do you even know how to dance?"
"I'm a fast learner, and I'm sure you don't mind taking the lead."
"I haven't danced in five years, I'm a bit rusty."
"Then we can both trip over each other's feet laughing. I just want to spend the rest of the day with you."
Roman smiled and gave Virgil a forehead kiss. "And I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
"Tell me when the wedding is, I'll be there."
Roman laughed as he started to dance with Virgil. "Will do, but we'll worry about that on a different date."
Virgil sighed as he leaned his head against Roman's chest. "I love you."
"I love you too."
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The Cursed Prince
Fanfiction*Completed* Virgil Bell lives in a small village and has a normal life, and he was fine with that. His father is a scientist and inventor, and even though not all the villagers like Virgil he doesn't care. He thought his only problem would be dealin...
