Heavy Is The Crown

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After that night, I couldn't think. I felt betrayed. Not just by Jinx but by myself. I failed.

Following Vi and Caitlyn through the panicked streets, I muster up my strength to walk by myself, and once we get to a road that leads to the top side, I stop.

"Larsa?" Vi turns to me.

"... I'm sorry... but I can't."

"Can't? Can't what?"

"Leave!"

She walks to me.

"Leave!? You're leaving me!"

"No, I'm not."

"Then what are you doing!?"

"I'm!... keeping the family together."

She scoffs.

"Yeah, and what a bang-up job you've done." She turns and walks away with Caitlyn.

I squeeze my hands together. My knuckles are turning white, and my veins are showing.

I turn away from them with a heavy heart and walk back into the deep Under City.

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I lay on a cliff near a fissure. Screaming and pulling my hair. I've lost my family again. Powder is gone. Vi.. I failed her and ran away. I never kept my promise to Vander.

I scrap at the ground and slam my fists on it. I'm just taking my anger out until I hear something. A person.

I look up with a tear streaked face and see Vander. Glowing in a holy light.

"Wha!... V-Vander?" I am shook.

"Heya kiddo. You alright?"

I curl into a ball and hug my knees.

"Does it look like I'm alright?"

"No... but you'll figure it out. You've always been able to make them understand."

"But that was before! Now everything's messed up..." I cried.

"Is that gonna stop?"

I wipe my face and look up at his face. His smile. His slightly greyed hair.

"Um..." I clear my throat. "I guess not."

"Good. I'm glad."

"Yeah..."

"Larsa?"

"What?"

"I'm proud of you."

I looked up at him again with wide eyes. He slowly started to wisk away into nothing.

I started to move and beg him to stay, but I stopped and smiled.

I stood up and ran to The Lanes.

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Now above the city of Piltover, I see that it's red and cloudy sky is unforgiving on its shade. Everything looks red and dark. I was looking around for Vi. But it seems like the streets are empty. Or at least, more than usual.

I see a red flair has been shot in the sky, and following its bleak glare is a blimp.

'This doesn't look good.' With a bad feeling in my core, I start running on the rooftops, and I see the blimp opens its shark like maw and many big and small things fall from it into this glass dome like structure.

I run and run, and eventually, I make it to see Vi running away towards the tower.

'What's she doing?'

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