Me, Fran and Enzo had just arrived back from Sarichia to our camp in the forest.
The sun was beginning to set and the coldness of the night was starting to settle in. Fran was sitting by the river looking at the moonlight reflecting on the water replaying the events in her head until she heard footsteps approaching her from behind
"If you've come here to gloat I'm not in the mood" Fran said keeping her eyes fixated on the water
"I actually came here to apologise"
Fran peered over her shoulder to see me holding an empty flask in my hand with a sorrow look on my face
"Apologise?" Fran asked taken back
"I realised I never got a chance to say my condolences about your father" I said walking over to the river and putting my flask beside it "I'm sorry"
"Oh thank you" Fran says "Same goes to you"
I smile and take my flask from the water and screw the lid back on
"What's made you sympathetic all of a sudden?" Fran asked
"Well I came to the conclusion that everything bad that you've done that's lead up to our situation has resulted because of me even though everything I did, was for the greater good"
Fran raised her eyebrows
"Ok so- you've murdered for the greater good, you've threatened for the greater good, you've tortured for the greater good, you've mutilated for the greater good and you've stolen for the greater good... that's like the holy trinity of horrible"
I opened my mouth to say something but Fran continued
"I- to be fair- I haven't even gone quite that far. If you say I'm a bad person then maybe I do deserve to be brought to Jacob but maybe you should be too." Fran said
"It was different when I did it tho" I said
"How!" Fran yelled
"Because you were doing it for your own like full fruition whereas I was doing it as a means to keep you away from my kingdom- you know me and you are more alike than it may seem"
We stood in silence for a moment coming to the realization
"We both agree that we're right, right?" I said looking Fran "We don't deserve to be kicked out and hunted by our own people, right?"
"Where are you going with this?" Fran asked
"So let's be the bad guys..."
"No." Fran said standing up and walking away
"Why not! Why not!" I say quickly chasing her
"Esther I'm not having this conversation with you again! We're not burning Sarichia!"
"Why not! They've already turned their trust on Jacob! What difference does it make if we killed him!"
"Because we can be in power again!" Fran yelled
I stopped in my tracks and watched Fran walk back to the camp I sighed and walked back over to the river to get my flask
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~Royalty Rivals~ X Reader
Fantasy"There's no where safe to hide ladies, I will find you! I'LL KILL YOU!" Not all heroes get their happy endings... After a brutal war between a kingdom it was split into two seperate kingdoms: Sarichia and Ellesmere. When Esther's and Francesca's r...
