Destroyer

Part Seven: One Last Goodbye

"Adrien!" Her screams filled my ears.

I watched as she slowly drifted away. "No!" I yelled, "You can't take her away from me!"

"Kitty?" She looked at me with the saddest expression on her face, "I thought you loved me."

"I do, Princess!" I cried, "I do."

She smiled. "I guess it's too late now."

I shot up from the ground that I was sleeping on. I rubbed the back of my neck. Staring around my cave, I felt myself start to grow weak. I couldn't keep hanging around Marinette. I was getting too attached. One day I would end up killing her if I kept growing my friendship with her. The dream I had. It had to mean something. I needed to leave before I hurt her. I didn't care how far I had to go, or how many lives I would have to take away, I needed to escape. I grabbed an empty sack that was lying lazily on the floor and filled it with things to remind me of her. A small flower. A picture of her and I. A ladybug that she had caught in a small jar and given to me. If I stuck around with her she would eventually have to face the reality of killing me, or I would kill the ones she loved. I grabbed a small scrap of paper and scribbled a note on it, explaining why I had to leave her.

Leaving that cave was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. I was in my Adrien form that day, so nobody was suspicious of me. Still, I did not want to leave everything I had behind. I had a home, a job, a friend. It was too much for me to bear as I walked away from Paris. My home. As I reached the end of the city, I took one last look back. Tears pooled in my eyes. I hadn't cried in years, but at that moment, I found myself crying like a child who lost their toy. But I had lost something much greater than a toy. I had lost the one I loved.

And I had lost it to myself.

End of Adrien Chapter One