A/N: All I have to say is, I'm so sorry guys. This one is a rough one. Sad times all around as the final curtain is yanked away. Brace yourselves...
Again, I cannot thank you enough for sticking with this story for this long. We're getting close to the end, I promise. Despite the sadness, I hope you like this chapter.
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Splashing down in the flooded mine. Asha was finally able to wrest her arm away from Sol. Though it wasn't long separated from the star. With a shrill cry, she paid him back for every forced step. Her gauntlets glancing off his armor, the metallic pings reverberated around the cavern. She called him all the names she knew. Any wretched, lowly, description she could summon. The boy took it all in, wordless, as she vented her frustration. With one final blow, her forehead was against his chest, both arms frozen in their last strike.
"We've left her to die."
"Asha, that's not true."
She pushed herself away, the water sloshing against her knees, "Says you! Why did you make me leave her?! She would have made it if-"
"She didn't want to come!"
"She was just trying to be brave!"
"No, Asha," he was brisk, "I saw. She didn't want to leave him."
The girl shook her head, the helmet clanking with the frantic motion, "Y-you're wrong-"
He exhaled, "The soul never lies."
"That doesn't matter! Not if it puts her in danger! You should have-"
"Are you telling me that I shouldn't be granting wishes?"
The magician gagged. The truth cutting deep. She bowed over her writhing gut. Staring down into the murky water, she was ill.
Why Dahlia...why would you do something so stupid?
"She wants to save him," he answered her thoughts. Always answering her thoughts. Her fingers clenched.
"Get out of my head."
"I know she can," the star skated over Asha's rancid words.
"How can she? There's nothing left of him!"
"You can't say that-"
"I can!" her head flew up, eyes swollen, "When he kills her!"
"He would never hurt her."
Bile climbed her esophagus. Her hand pressed against her mouth. Moon and stars, she was going to be sick! She heaved and the acrid taste was on her tongue. She had left her friend to die. Killed by a boy whom she'd known forever. A boy who was her dearest companion. Maybe even something more. But no longer. Not now. Now she was scared and alone. If she was still breathing.
The girl whimpered, folding over. How horrible...unforgivable...
"Listen to me!" Warm hands were on her shoulders. A swift motion brought her right-side up. Sol was over her, golden eyes ablaze, "She'll be alright."
His gaze held her, so strong and assured. Cutting through her hysteria like a brisk wind. She blinked herself back to reality.
Chattering teeth distorted her voice, "D-do you know that? R-really?"
"Without a doubt."
She swallowed back her nausea, "Promise?"
"Promise."
She breathed around the rock in her chest. They both knew better, but hope was addictive. She nodded, ignoring how the lie rotted between them.
"Your grandfather needs you right now. We're going to save him, remember?"
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Of Stardust and Wishes (A Wish Rewrite)
Fiksi Penggemar"Salvē!" The golden specter repeated. She was in shock. That had to be it. All that tossing around in the water must have shaken her insides around enough to make her see things. She blinked a few times, but he was still there, looking even more con...
