From The Ashes We Will Rise

Costia

Hey! Time to find out what happens next.

POV Alex

"I killed the one person you loved, I killed Costia" I say, and she pulls back from me making me lower my head. I knew she would hate me I scold myself. "What?" She whispers and I look up to see a venerable look on her face making me hate myself even more. "As you know the Queen kidnaped her. She was there for a week before..." I trailed off taking a breath and starting the story. 

"You have a cell mate Alex" A guard sneered as he tossed someone to the ground and then walk out. I lift my head and see a bloodied woman on her back eyes closed. I crawl over to her a put a hand over her mouth to see if she's breathing. When I felt a shaky breath, I breathed out in relief knowing she is ok. Even though I know there is no point she will die it's just a matter of when and how. I crawl back to my wall and rest my head against it closing my eyes. Not long later I hear a groan and I open my eyes watching my new cell mate move to get up. "Ugh... where laik ai?" She mumbles and looks around but stops when she finds me. Her eyes widen a bit, and she backs up making me chuckle. She stops and looks at me oddly. "Ai  laik nou na hurt yu" I say not looking at her. When she says nothing, I look at her and tilt my head. "I am a prisoner just the same" I say holding my hands out and she nods resting against the wall opposite of me. "So, what did you do... or in everyone's case not do?" I tease making her crack a small smile. "Loved the wrong person" she says, and I nod. "Rough... I was born" I say with a laugh, and she looks at me funnily. I open the palm of my hand and make a flame dance around. She gasps and moves closer making me furrow my brows and close my palm. She stops a couple feet away and sits down. "You are not afraid?" I ask and she shakes her head and moves closer. she sits right next to me reaching for my hand. "Do it again?" She asks and I nod sitting up straighter then opening my palm making a bird. She gasps in awe and moves closer to watch the bird dance around my hand. I make I fly, and she giggles slightly. "I was always feared because of this. My mother died when I was born and two of my people took me in. Trained me, taught me. I miss them both dearly but maybe it is better I am gone I won't hurt anyone." I say and she just listens as I make the bird fly. "I had one friend that was also different but a good different. She was going to be commander" I say and look at her. "Did she win?" I ask her. "Leksa kom Trikru?" I add and she smiles her eyes sparkling at the name. "She is Heda." She says and I smile laughing a bit. "I knew she could do it" I say and look at her. "She is the best" she says lowly, but I catch it and my I realize what she means. "You love her" I state, and she looks and me nodding. My heart breaks knowing the Queen was right, she did forget about me. I swallow thickly and nod. "She is a great commander; she has a good heart and wants what is best for our people" she says and gasps a little making me looks at her. "You are her Alex" she says looking at me and I tilt my head in confusion. "She used to talk about you a lot. She sometimes still does. She would tell me stories about your adventures... also that you died, and she has accepted that." She says saddened and I rest my head against the wall. "No, just been a prisoner and beaten for... I don't know how long it's been" I whisper out that last part. She nods saddened, "When we get out, I will bring you to her. She will be so happy to see you" she says, and I nod not having the heart to tell her the Queen will kill her. She hates the commander. Just then the doors swing open and the Queen walks in. "Ah, good to see you have made friends with your heda's lover Alex. Leksa kom Trikru but I figured you found that out already" she says, and I growl at her making her laugh. "Always feisty. But as much fun as I want to have with you, we have a guest to entertain" she says, and a guard picks the girl up who's name I have yet to find out. She gets dragged out and the door shuts.

For days she is gone, and I start to wonder if she was killed but them the door opens, and she gets tossed in and they leave. I get up and rush over flipping her over. She groans and coughs as I move her to rest against the wall. "Let me help you" I whisper and grab the water I was given for her to drink. She drinks greedily and leans back when done. "Th... thank you" she whispers, and I nod. "What happened?" I ask and she sighs. "They wanted to know everything about Lexa and her army, but I wouldn't tell her anything" she says. I start to remove her torn up clothes so I could bandage her up. "What are you doing?" She asks. "Don't worry I was trained under Nyko" I say, and she nods letting me patch her up. Once I was done, I covered her back up the best I could with the state her clothes are in and sit back down across from her. "They will kill you" I say, and she looks at me. "I know... But I cannot betray Lexa. I love her too much" she says softly, and I nod. "I am glad she found someone to love" I say, and she smiles. "I never go your name" I say, and she laughs. "Costia" she says, and I smile. "Nice to meet you" I say teasingly, and she laughs. "Lexa forgot to tell me how funny you are" she says, and I smile. "Let me guess, she said I was stuborn, reckless, foolish... am I missing anything?" I say with a laugh making her laugh too. "No, no she said how strong, selfless, kind, and brave you are. and she was right. You keep your humor when there is no humor and you survived 7 years a prisoner" she says, and I nod. "Wow only 7 years, damn though it was longer" I joke, and she shakes her head with a smile. "See, right there. You find the humor out of horrible things and it's not a bad thing." She says and I smile finding it really hard to be jealous of her. I should be over Lexa after 7 years and what's the point she will never love me anyway. Another few days go by, and I surprisingly don't get touched, but Costia on the other hand gets beat quiet often. They had just taken her and when another guard cam in grabbing me. I was brough to the fighting pit and saw Costia tied to a pole. The Queen in her throne and the people all gathered around watching. I was brough just before Costia and the guards walked to the side leaving me. I looked at her and she smiled sadly. "Today we are here to execute the commander's Lover!" Nia shouts causing everyone to cheer, and I blood to run cold. "This is the response Azgeda has to her wanting peace wanting to take our rights away!" She yells out making more cheering. She turns to us and says, "after she dies a painful death, we will cut off her head and deliver it to her bed" she says, and the crowd goes crazy. I look at Costia in horror and she looks scared, but not for herself. "Alex, our wamplei gon is going to do it" she says, and my head snaps to look at her. "And if she does not kill her, we will cut her body piece by piece and deliver more than a head, and It will be while she is alive" she says, and I look at Costia with tears forming in my eyes. "It's ok" she whispers, and I shake my head slightly. "No, I won't..." I breath out, but she just gives me a soft look. "Please, I can't bare more pian on Lexa and I know you don't either" she says making me nod. I go to grab a sword, but the guard stops me. I look at the Queen, "with your powers" she says making my heart drop. I swallow and walk up to Costia resting my hand on her heart. "I am so, so sorry" I whisper, and she smiles. "You will get out, and when you do tell Lexa I loved her. I still love her I will always be with her. Tell her I know she could never love me as much as she does you, but that I am grateful for the love she gave me" she says making me shocked. "Wh... What?" I whisper. "She has always loved you Alex, it is quite obvious the way she looks at you." She says and I shake my head. "She gave up, the Queen was right" I say, and tears fall down her eyes. "Don't give up on her, please get out. Find her. Love her" she says, "I am sorry..." I say as I light my hand on fire and push into her. She lets out a scream and then nothing. Her head drops and the crowd screams out in victory. I feel someone pushing me to the ground and as I fall, I watch them cut her head off and raise it to the Queen. I get put back in my cell and I don't move, don't eat for days only looking at the hands she had no fear of. The hands that killed her. The hands that broke Lexa's heart. The hands of a monster.

"... I am so sorry Lexa" I whisper once I was done explaining the story to her. I of course left out the parts of our conversation about her loving me, but I told her what Costia wanted me to. Lexa stared off into the woods for quiet sometime and I decided to give her time, so I stood up quietly and walk off back to the village. Once I got there, I walked numbly back to Nyko's tent not knowing where to go and sat down on the bed I had occupied for the last 4 nights. I heard someone walk in, but I ignored it as my head was lowered. "I was not your fault" I heard and looked up to find Lexa standing there, tears in her eyes. I sighed and looked away from her. "It is. I knew the Queen would kill her. I just kept cleaning her up and did nothing to help. Then I killed her with the vary hands she told me she did not fear. Her face..." I trail off and Lexa comes to sit next to me grabbing my hands. I pull them away, but she grabs ahold of them tighter. "It. Was. Not. your. Fault" She emphasized by squeezing my hands after every word. I looked up at her teary eyed lip trembling. "I took the person you loved the most away" I whisper, and she shakes her head. "I loved Costia she was dear to me. I still have love for her, but... I have always loved you" she says a stray tear falling from her eye. I lift my hand wiping it away making her lean into my hand. "Why?" I ask her and she looks at me confused, and I remove my hand from her cheek. "Why do you love me? I am nobody Lexa. I have a darkness I can't control. I am a murderer, commander of death" I say, and her face softens as she brings bother of her hands to my cheeks caressing them. "No. that is what the Queen told you. Fire can bring more then death but life. We burn our dead so they can transcend into the afterlife. Fire is about rebirth not only death. The Queen wanted death, but you can choose what you want to do with the power you were given. I believe it was for life, I believe you have to power to bring life." She says and I look at her with so much love. Her green eyes sparkling in the candle lit room. "Kom folau, oso na gyon op" (From the ashes we will rise) I Whisper and se tilts her head. "It is what one of the voices I hear keeps saying" I say, and she looks concerned holding my face a bit tighter. "You are hearing voices?" She asks. "When I use my powers a darkness creeps into me but also a small amount of light and that is what it says." I say trying to understand myself. "Maybe you should listen to that voice" she says, and I nod slightly looking at her again. "Will you stay? With me?" I ask hesitantly. She smiles at me but stands making my heart fall. "Come with me back to my tent" she says holding her hand out making me smile and take it. She pulls me out of the tent and to hers and once inside she lets go of my hand heading over to a case with clothes in it. "Here put this on." She says handing me a soft silk robe. I nod and she turns back around and starts to change. My eyes linger on her bare back but turn swiftly realizing how creepy I am being. I change and turn around seeing Lexa heading over to the bed. She sits down and looks up at me. "Come" she says lifting her fur blanket and scooting into bed. I walk up to her and grab the blanket scooting in after her. I settle down facing her, her doing the same. We both are smiling at each other softly in the dim light that is starting to fade. "Rest" She breaths out lifting her hand to stroke my face making me lean into her. I turn to kiss her hand keeping eye contact. Her breath hitches and her cheeks flush slightly making me smile softly. I wrap an arm around her waist, and she moves closer to me burying her head in my neck. I nuzzle my face into her hair takin her earthy sent that smells just like she did when we were kids bringing tears to my eyes. She moves one of her hands under my robe and onto my ribs lightly gliding her hand along them making me shiver. i feel her smile against my neck and I caress her hip with my own hand. "Sheidgeda Leksa" I whisper half asleep. "Sheidgeda Alex" she mumbles back making me smile and fall asleep in the first peaceful sleep I have had in over 10 years. 

So...... Somethings happened but what will happen in the morning. Was it just high emotions??? See you next chapter!