Lucky To Meet You

Chapter 21: Free

"How dare she? How dare Rosaria refuse my offer and tell me to stop being stupid? How could she be so irritating? Now I'll have to deal with it myself. But that's ok, It'll be more fun that way." Fischl closed her diary, left it by her side and laid back on her mountain of pillows, Oz looked at her from the table he was standing on, she looked at him and smiled:

-Ozzie~ - she said playfully - Do you know what love is?

-Yes, I believe I do.

-Have you ever felt it?

-Well, no.

-Then you don't know how I feel, don't you?

-Mein Fräulein I-

-You don't understand Oz, you think it's ridiculous, just like Rosaria. You think my love is childish, that it's just a phase, just like my parents think my novels are. I thought you'd be by my side Oz, but not even you understand me. I'm all alone again, all alone.

-I am by your side, I want to guide you out of this, if you just listened to me-

-You're not, don't lie to me.

-Mein Fräulein I-

-Stop!

The girl sat down, screamed, got a pillow and threw it at him:

-You don't like me Oz, you think I'm insane! Everyone does! Stop trying to make me believe you're on my side when you aren't!

-Please Fischl listen to me, I'm your friend...

-You're not! You're a liar! A filthy little liar!

... It happened really quick, Fischl concentrated all her electro energy on Oz, who is already full of energy and let it go, which caused an sort of explosion, he got badly hurt by it and flew away, but his wing was hurt so he fell on the rooftops and to the street, he had to find someone. The bird found himself in front of Bennett's house, and used all his strength to fly into the house, passing through the living room window, where he landed on the couch. Hearing noises coming from the kitchen, he did his best to go there, finding Bennett and Razor by the table, eating breakfast. Both looked surprised at him:
-Oz? What happened? What are you doing here?

-I don't have much time, but I'll explain it to you. Listen, Fischl isn't ok, she wants to kill Razor.

-What the... why?

-She fell in love with you Bennett, she had never felt it before, she doesn't know what it means. And since you and him are really close, she sees Razor as a threat. You two have to be careful, try to convince her not to do it, don't let her do it.

-But I don't understand, why are you hurt like this? Did she do this to you?

-Yes she did, but it was my fault, I should have...

-Oz? Oz!

They bent down to look at him, not knowing what to do. Razor picked him up carefully, they ran to the cathedral, to look for Barbara, but found Venti instead:

-Woah, what happened to him?

-We don't know, he said Fischl did this to him.

-But why would she?

-We don't know either, can you do something?

-No... I'm really sorry. But I can set him free... if you want me too.

-Set him free?

-Here, allow me.

Venti did his thing, Oz was free from Fischl now, he was free from everything really. Bennett went back home with Razor, they decided to stay together for a while, to look out for each other, since Fischl could strike at any moment. The adventurer didn't talk about it to his dad, he didn't want him to worry.

Fischl violently wrote in her diary, Archons know what she could be writing, but the look on her face, the tangled hair, the maniacal laughing, she was crazy, anyone could tell.