Kira (a yogscast fanficton)

Swans

Rythian and Zoey stood over me, shaking me awake. I was crying, my face was wet with tears and the bed around my face was wet too. Zoey took my hand, "it's ok, it was only a dream, your awake now." She murmured calmingly. I nodded slightly. "Zoey, can you give us a moment?" Rythian asked. She nodded and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. "Are you ok?" Rythian asked. "I think so..." I replied unsurely. "What was your nightmare about? Sometimes it helps to share them." He said. I started to cry again, but I explained anyway. "I...well...first it was Ridgedog and Mexxy...they were walking...and debating...wether or not to hurt me....Ridge wanted to...Mexxy didn't..." Rythian gave me an odd look, he was trying to figure out how that led to why I was screaming and crying in my sleep. "Mexxy said no to Ridge then he picked me up and started running away from Ridge. I couldn't move my body, or speak, I was completely paralyzed. Then Mexxy turned into you, Rythian, and then Ridge caught us. He tied us both up and then he made Zoey apear. He held Zoey in place while he removed your mask, then he dunked you into water until you died." Rythian looked shocked. By talking it out, I wasn't crying anymore, I was able to just keep a steady account of what happened. "Then he killed Zoey, he let her blood pool over the floor, forcing me to watch it all drain out. He told me he couldn't kill me because I was his daughter, but he could make my life hell. One by one everyone I had ever cared about or had met in this town, apeared and Ridge killed them somehow. Makeing me watch each one. Everyone from Yogsville, Mabel, he even killed my mother." Rythian still looked shocked. "That's it" he asked "yeah, you were right. It felt good to tell someone else, it makes it feel less real, less scary." I said. His face was white as a sheet, "you ok Ryth?" I asked. "Yeah I'm fine" he breathed, the color returned to his face. I took the little purple cloth off the bedside table and squeezed it in my hands. "Can I see something?" Rythian asked, I nodded. He pulled my gloves off and looked at the inside of wrist, where Normaly you would see a thick blue vein on a normal person. There were 4 thick black veins running through, and then thin black veins that traveled over my palms and the backs of my hands, weaving around my fingers. The skin on my hands was the color of ash. "It's pretty bad" Rythian said. "Yeah...I know...it's gotten worse." I said quietly. "I'm scared...what if it takes over and I'm not able to control it?" I asked, fear creeping into my voice again. "I won't let that happen." He said hugging me. I nodded, "Ryth? Can I ask you something?" He nodded. "If I do turn, and I really can't control it...before I go completely evil and kill the ones I love, will you please kill me?" I asked, looking strait into his purple eyes. "It won't come to that" he said. "But if it does...please? Death would be better then the killing those I love without knowing." I said. "Why does it have to be me?" He said. "Because, you and me, we are the same. We are half and half. And I have your back, and you have mine." I whispered. "In that case...I ask the same, if my Ender takes over, please kill me." He asked. "I will" I agreed. "And I you." He said with a sigh. I slipped my gloves back on. Then without thinking I pulled Rythian's mask off, black veins mixed with scars distorted the bottom of his face. "You look none to better yourself," I said. He nodded and pulled his mask up. He pat my head then went out to go talk to Zoey.

I got up sometime later, I wandered around my room in circles, seeing Rythian's face and my hands in my mind. I hoped it would never come to that, but if it did I would be ok, Rythian was looking out for me. Later that night Toby came to visit. "I heard you had a fever last night." He said. "Yeah, I feel fine now though." I said. We were sitting together outside of Blackrock. We had climbed a tree and were watching the sunset. "That's good" Toby said. I leaned my head on his shoulder, "I love you" I said. He kissed the top of my head, "I love you too." The sun had finaly set and darkness had fallen, "we should get inside before we get attacked by zombies" I said. He smiled and we jumped down and ran inside. "Can Toby stay over? He can sleep on the couch down here, I don't want him to have to run home with all the zombies and baddies out there." I asked Rythian. "Sure I guess" he said. Zoey ran and grabbed some bedding and helped us set the couch up as a makeshift bed. "G'night" I said, walking upstairs to my room. I grabbed a bottle out if the little box, cracked it open and chugged it down. The heat was immediate, I felt like fire had run through me, burning my skin without leaving a mark. I laid down, heavy with fever.

Sometime later, Rythian came to check on me. "Are you feeling ok?" He asked. "What am I saying? Your face is bright red and sweaty, you've thrown off your blankets and are wearing shorts and a tank top pjs. Of course your not ok." He said. "Fever?" He asked, I nodded. He gave me some ice to put on my forehead and then sat and held my hand while the ice slowly melted. "Did you finish your meds before you got the fever?" He asked, "yeah, I finished it" I panted. Toby walked in, "I was trying to find the bathroom, but I heard you talking...so I came to see if everything was alright..." He said. "Kira just has a fever, she will be fine tomorrow" Rythian said. "Didn't she have a fever last night?" He asked, Rythian nodded. "I'm going to get some more ice, I'll be right back" He said. Toby sat down in his place and took my hand. "It will be ok, you'll feel better tomorrow" he said soothingly. "Try and think cold thoughts, ice bergs, snow, penguins, polar bears, ice cubes, hail, sleet, Popsicles..." And so on, he listed cold things. My thoughts drifted elsewhere, I saw Toby's face in front of me, but beyond it I thought I could see something dark, a shadow of some sort. I blinked and it was gone, figment of my imagination. Then Rythian walked back in, placed the new ice pack on my head and took the other one back downstairs. Once he left the room again I saw the shadow, it was a dark spot, transparent and cloudy, it hovered near me. I felt something in the pit of my stomach, I didn't like is shadowy cloud. "Toby? Could you bring me a piece of perfectly square paper?" I asked. "Um sure...lemme ask Rythian where to find one." He said confused, standing up to leave. "Be quick!" I said, I was beginning to feel very frightened. Rythian and Toby came running back into the room, Toby handed me a square sheet of purple paper. "Can I have something flat? Like a big book?" I asked, Rythian handed me a minecraft dictionary from the shelf. I started folding the paper with skills I hadn't had to use in a long time. I folded and folded, the paper starting to take shape, I folded it until it became a swan. The boys looked confused at my urgency for the paper and then folding origami, it was to complicated to explain in the present so I just went on with it. Carefully I held up the purple swam to my face. I looked at it level, eye to eye, then I started to whisper the words, so quietly they sounded like the silent bubbling of a stream. The swan opened its wings and flew up into the air, circling twice above my head before landing on the bedside table next to me. "What...?" Toby gaped. Rythian nodded, he understood what I had done. "It's a charm" I said to Toby. He still looked confused, "I used magic to bring an origami swan to life, it will protect me until I relieve it, then it will become only paper again" I explained. I didn't want to worry them so I didn't say why I felt the need for protection. My fever started to go away, I was cooling down and the redness was leaving my face. "I'm ok now, you can go to bed. I don't want to keep you up." I said. Rythian nodded and turned to leave. Toby though, he wasnt convinced I was ok yet, "you just had a fever! Your not ok!" He insisted. "I swear I'm fine, go to bed. The swan will watch over me." I said. Toby left hesitantly, not trusting the swan to be able to care for me. The door closed with a click. "You'll keep me safe. Nothing can harm me while your here" I whispered to the swan as I closed my eyes. No dreams came to me, the swan even protected my mind. I slept peacefully for the first time in weeks.

Authors notes-

Hey guys! The story is ending...I'm sorry! Please don't kill me! Next chapter though, shit is gonna happen... Please read Adopted by Youtubers by @sranice she is really awesome and a great writer! Please tell me what you think and any ideas you might have for future chapters, I love to hear your ideas! Also, because the story is ending, what do you want me to write next? Fanfiction again or something different? I have ideas for both, just give me an idea of what you want though! K thanks for reading! Love ya'll see you next chapter!

~Brisingr