αƒтєя αℓℓ ινє вєєη тняσυցн, ωну ԃιԃ уσυ нανє тσ ցσ...? ~book 2~

]Chapter 10[

Soren was still surprised whenever he looked out the window and saw the dragons calmly moving around as if they knew exactly what they were doing. At least he didn't fall of the chair he was sitting on and nearly knock himself out like he did when he first saw them.
Soren was sitting by himself out on his verandah, thinking when someone walked out. He looked up. "Oh. Hi Avalon."
"Hi." She replied. "Did you want me to heal you?"
"One, I'm not bleeding. Two, I've had much worse."
"Len said that you've had a lot happen to you."
Soren looked away. "He would've only said the easier things... The less traumatic things.... You have no idea what I've been through..."
"Why do you wear clothing that covers your arms and legs so much...? Heck, your wearing a skive and you've got it so it goes over your neck."
Soren was quiet for a moment. "Scars.... Scars from... From water and so much more...."
Avalon stared at him. "I'm so sorry Soren..."
Soren tried smile. "It's fine. You weren't there. There was nothing you could've done."
Avalon was quiet for a moment. "Len said you'd lost someone close to you... Her name was Adelle I think."
Soren nodded. "Yes...." He shakily reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a picture. It was of him and Adelle together. He handed it to Avalon. "That was her..."
"She was so beautiful."
Soren smiled. "In nature as well.... So kind and caring.... " Tear ran down his cheeks, burning him but he didn't care.
"I lost someone I loved as well... His name was Shadow..."
Soren looked at Avalon.
"He was lovely... In the village that me, Dad, Wilbur, Tommy, Tubbo and Techno lived in, Shadow and his family, his brother Foolish and mother Puffy, moved there in the spring one year. I was ten, he was twelve. We became fast friends... And everyone in the village loved him. A year after him and his family arrived, me and Shadow would do Manhunter for fun with George. The next year we were doing it with Sam, who's a couple of years older than me... Sam was the second eldest of us. Eventually, it got to the point where there was five 'hunters'... George, Sam, Karl, Techno and Tommy. Techno was the oldest, with him being ten years older than me.... Well.... When I was 16, Shadow 18.... We were doing a manhunt... And uh...." Avalon looked down. "We were in a cave... But a zombie board outnumbered us.... There was nothing I could do.... We could do.... George had come running in but ran out again screaming.... Techno and Sam came in and helped us but...." Tears dropped from Avalon's cheeks. "Shadow went in front of me and killed a zombie but in doing so, he was stabbed by the zombie's sword.... He died in my arms.... I could've healed him.... But he knew that I can feel half the pain that the person I'm healing is going through.... He knew and so didn't let me do it.... Healing doesn't work if the person your trying to heal doesn't want it...." She looked up at Soren. "He never knew how much I loved him.... I was going to tell him when you got back from our manhunt....."
Soren looked down. "I'm so sorry, Avalon...." He said. "You didn't deserve that...."
"Sometimes I wonder if things would've been better if I had died in that cave..."
Soren looked at Avalon. "No.... No, it wouldn't have...."

Len had look out the window and seen them talking. He had a feeling they were talking about something very personal to them, so he didn't disturb them. Instead, he kept explaining to the others what he wanted to do.