"You know the red rocks make everybody else see hallucinations, but what I see is something that really happened."
Looking back Varian knew it was all pointless. No matter how hard he'd tried he'd still failed. Not that it mattered, because had anything?
In the end it didn't matter that he was a 14 year old kid.
It didn't matter that he'd put all his trust into his best friend.
It didn't matter that after everything he'd done he hadn't hurt anyone, physically speaking.
It didn't matter that he'd pleaded, begged on his hands and knees for help, if not for himself, then to save his father.
And in the end...
It didn't matter that he was trying to save his father.
It was a simple fact that he'd overlooked...No...it was a simple fact that he'd ignored. Varian wasn't one to overlook such things after all.
The human body could only survive so long without oxygen, at the most 5 minutes, and even then the miracle record was around 20 minutes. The trip to and from Rapunzel's castle had taken far, far longer.
So in the end it didn't really matter, did it?
He didn't stand a chance to begin with.
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This was a short drabble I wrote and actually felt proud enough to post. If you have questions and/or suggestions please feel free to comment. This is also available on my AO3 account with the same username, LordOnyx777.
