Kayn's Prodigy: A League of Legends Fan Fiction

Chapter 24

Petra and Kayn walked quietly for a while. It was obvious Kayn was tired physically and mentally, and Petra wasn't sure how to handle him. She watched his muscular shoulders bound up and down, his skin pale and sickly. He wasn't himself, and it wasn't good. His feet were beginning to fail him, too. She could tell he was ready to collapse at any moment by the way he stumbled and silently tried to catch himself every time. Petra wanted to rip that damned scythe off his back and be gone with it forever.

"Kayn..." She whispered "Why don't we stop and rest for a while?" Petra put a hand on his shoulder to hold him still as he swayed when he stopped walking.

"Alright." He nodded, dropping to the ground under a large oak tree. Petra sat next to him, her back resting against the hard bark. She pulled Kayn to her, placing his heavy head in her lap. "Just rest." She whispered, her nimble fingers running through his long black hair.

"We can't stop for long." Kayn spoke, eyes fighting their heavy lids.

"We won't. Just rest."

They both fell asleep in the woods under the tree. Petra woke to the sun shining through the leaves, the warm rays coaxing her conscious. Once she realized that they had slept the whole night she became temporarily frantic, wiggling her way out from under Kayn and rising to her feet.

"Kayn," Petra nugged him awake, he too springing to life.

"We slept all night?" He asked, his hands immediately rushing to the scythe on his back. "Fuck." He breathed.

"I'm sorry, I just-" She began.

"Shhhh..." Kayn covered her mouth. He was silent for a moment. "Do you hear that?" He whispered.

Petra listened closely but couldn't hear anything. "Wh-"

"Someone is close by, it's a women." He kept listening. "She's with a man, as well. They're walking this way."

"What do you want to do? They may not even be hostile." Petra replied, her voice barely rising above a whisper. "We're not in Noxus anymore."

"I guess we'll find out." He leaned his head towards the direction of the two walking. They became visible as they weaved in and out of the trees. They didn't seem threatening, and so Petra decided to take things into her own hands.

"Hi, there!" She called out, waving in their direction. The two walking stopped and looked on.

"Petra." Kayn hissed, immediately putting on the most pleasant and non-suspicious face he could.

"We're looking for directions." She called out, starting to approach the couple. They too began walking towards Kayn and Petra.

"Where are you trying to get to?" The man called out. As they neared, Petra could see it was a young man and woman. The man wore a long coat with a western style hat, the girl dressed in a very beautiful flowing purple dress. They seemed to be a couple, and they didn't seem threatening in anyway. Petra grabbed Kayn's hand, pulling him close to her.

"We're trying to get to... Tempest Flats." Petra decided. Kayn glanced over to her, head cocked. He didn't say a word.

"Lucky for you that's where we'red headed. The Mana Festival is tomorrow, are you going to it, too?" The beautiful tan women asked.

Petra nodded slowly "Yes. We are. But we've never been to Tempest Flats, we thought we were lost."

"Well why don't you follow us. It's a couple hours west from here." The man smiled from under his hat.

"That would be fantastic! Thank you so much!" Petra smiled back, yanking at Kayn so he would smile as well. "Lead the way!"

The couple began walking again, Petra and Kayn following in toe. They had no plan, no idea what they were doing or what they would possibly do in Tempest Flats when they got there other than go to this festival that they had no honest interest in. The story was being made up as they traveled, and Petra was running out of fake talking points.