Moonstruck

| Chapter XXIV |

Envy tears up at the sight. Her princess laying on the ground in pain, possibly from crawling on a not fully healed wound. Dirt, as well as tears, snot and other substances were smeared onto her face and skin as her body shook. "Princess.." Is all Envy could force out from her dried lips. "..Knight..?" She responds, a slight wheeze and whimper accompanying her words. Envy frowns, and in Bridal style, she picks her up as sturdy as she can and starts jogging to Nurse Parker's Carriage. As she ran through the parade of carriages and horses, she couldn't help but feel if this wasn't all her fault. One princess is severely injured, two are missing, and her best friend possibly gone. One of those things probably wouldn't even be happening if she just stayed back that day. Envy sucks up a sob as she enters the carriage, but she couldn't help the cracks in her voice as she yelled "PARKER!" with urgency.

The nurse turns around, face annoyed but then he freezes, seeing taylanie's amputated leg. A chill runs down Parker's spine, suddenly feeling lightheaded. The scene was all too familiar. The missing limb. The crying counterpart. It was all too close to when he was sixteen. Biting his lip, he takes her body from the Knights shaking arms, and sets the body on the seat across from him, anyway. He's a head nurse now, and he can fix something that has been fine for a few days. Or at least he hopes so. Immediately, he gets to work as Envy watches nervously. As soon as she sees Parker pick up surgical knives, she turns around and leaves the carriage. She couldn't watch her get hurt again, weather it was for the better or not.

As she looked across the battlefield, she could see that Keljamt's men were winning. but, from a distance, she can see King Kairi carrying somebody...And Queen Makai dragging someone. She runs to the two royals, and as she gets closer, she could see that the person being carried was Tanna, and the other being the Queen of Vianna. Wincing, she walked over. "King and Queen! I'm so glad to see you both are safe!" She looks back at the castle momentarily. "Uhm.. have you found Princess Samantha...?" Envy asks, somewhat cheery voice wilting. Both Makai and Kairi's expressions dropped. Kairi starts, sadly. "No..unfortunately not." and then Makai chimes in. "But- We'll find out. After all, we do have someone here to tell us. Two someones, actually." she says, raising the former Queen's body a little. gargled, the defeated grumbles; "I'll never tell you anything-" And Makai gives a swift kick to the stomach to shut her up.

"I'll be taking her to Parker's carriage to keep her alive for questioning. I'll also tell Frizzie to continue the last catapult." She smiles, walking away from the two. Now alone, Kairi looks at envy. "Knight Envious."

At the kings powerful voice, she automatically sits up straight. "Y-yes, your elegance?" And a sad expression casts upon her face. "While I was up there...I saw him." Envy's shoulders and stomach dropped, and face practically melted as tears started to flow. "I didn't see his face but..I saw his body." Kairi pauses momentarily, looking to her left. "And, I know something that he wanted to tell you. He wanted to tell you when the time was right- But unfortunately, he can't do that anymore."

A hand cupped over envy's mouth, and elbows knocked together. No...he can't be...he can't be dead. Right? no- he can't-

"So i will tell you instead." Kairi announces quietly.
He's not dead.... no...there's no way. He cant be dead...can he?
"Knight Envy, Ash-"
This is all her fault. This is all her fault. If she hadn't left- if she hadn't killed the prison guard quicker-
"His real name is-"
How should she carry this burden? How can she live on knowing that she second handedly killed her best f-
"Ashton Lozano."
Envy's tears cease, as well as all movement, all thinking. Everything.

"...What?"

Moonstruck Arc 1, Finished.