Dark Times

Rest

Hollow Pixie

"A doctor here, now!"

Mal shouted. When they arrived at the refuge, Rashid and she had Ben and Jay on their shoulders, even though they were both injured. Although the journey took less than a minute, it felt like an eternity to them. Seeing her love and friends hurt was too painful for Mal.

"What happened? Help now!"

Clarion, who seemed to be the only one awake, shouted for someone from the medical center to come.

"No, I'm fine."

Mal said, refusing to be taken to the outpatient clinic

"Mal, we need to talk about what happened in Camelot."

Clarion warned

"Okay, but if it doesn't matter I wanted to be with Ben and Jay first."

"All right and you weren't hurt?"

Maly glanced at her slightly fractured shoulder.

"No, I'm fine. Do you mind telling Lonnie? She has to know about Jay."

"Okay."

All Mal wanted was to take a shower and forget about this day. When she sat down, she threw her head back to think about what she had done. She had faced Agatha, the witch who was about to put an end to everything. It's a lot to process, looking back she wanted to say that she wasn't prepared and that she shouldn't face the witch, but that's what she did, without any preparation and having only been through two masters, Mal fought and won the fight. May it be like this a few weeks from now.

"Mal, where's Jay? How is he?"

Lonnie came in frightened behind Mal.

"Jay and Ben fought someone, some kind of monster or something. They got hurt a bit, Jay fractured some ribs, but they're both going to be fine."

"Okay."

And now they were both waiting for answers.

"Mal?"

A fairy came to call her. Perhaps she had spent too much time thinking that she hadn't even noticed the time passing.

"Yes? That's Jay's girlfriend."

She stood up and looked at the fairy doctor

"Okay, your friends are fine. Jay has some bandages on his ribs, as well as some minor scratches. Ben had to undergo a short operation."

"And he's okay?"

"Yes, the King dislocated one of the bones in his leg, but he's fine. He also needed stitches in his head."

"Can we see them?"

Lonnie asked apprehensively

"Sure, come with me."

(...)

"Hi."

Mal said to Ben, sitting down next to him.

"Hi."

He smiled tiredly at her.

"How are you feeling?"

She ran her hand over his forehead, brushing his bangs out of his eyes, and when she did, she could see the bandage on his forehead.

"Like a monster with Chad's face just walked over me."

For the first time she smiled.

"And how was that experience, Your Majesty?"