Ignite My Heart (Ignis X Reader)

Chapter 5

"This your idea of a joke?" Noct yelled.

"I need you to calm down so I can explain." Ignis said. Noct stomp towards him, getting up in his face.

"I'm as calm as I'm gonna get!"

Ignis sighed, "There was an attack. The imperial army has taken the Crown City."

I turned away from all of them and looked out the glass wall that overlooked the ocean. I didn't want to see any of their faces right now. My lungs began to constrict the longer I held in my breath. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't breathe. My mind was full of questions. Did the King make it out alive? Did he escape in time? What good is a Glaive without a King to protect?

Gladio began reading the article which claimed that the King did not survive. I didn't want to believe that though. Maybe Niflheim just wants everyone to think he's dead. I already knew Lunafreya would be in Insomnia, since I was originally going to be the one to help her escape after she got the Ring from King Regis. Maybe whoever took my place helped him escape too. Noct just couldn't understand what was happening. In the time I've spent with him I realized he really wanted to marry Luna. He didn't really show it, but it was obvious how thrilled he was about the ceasefire. But now that was all crumbling before his very eyes.

"We had no way of knowing," Ignis said, but he was wrong. They did have a way of knowing. If I had just said something, anything, maybe we all could have done something. The silence in the room felt deadly. I continued to look out the window, wanting to disappear before they could ask me anything.

"Y/N," Ignis' voice made my body run cold. I did not look back at him or respond. When he realized I would not speak he continued, "did you know anything about this?" I was still frozen in place. The words would not get past the lump in my throat and my eyes began to burn. I forced out a shaky breath and slowly turned around. I looked at each of their faces starving down on my intensely.

My voice trembled as I spoke, "Y-yes... I did," They all looked shocked and angry. Noct stood up and walked towards me.

"You... Why didn't say anything?!" He yelled.

My jaw fell slightly, "Noct, I" I stopped and sighed. What could I possibly say? What could possibly make this all okay again? I decided to just tell them everything that King Regis told me, "The ceasefire was a lie. Niflheim used it as a pretense so that they could attack the Citadel from the inside. His Majesty already knew, right away, but he didn't want to just sit around and do nothing. He did not send you four out to Altissia so that Noct could marry Lady Lunafreya. He wanted Noct to escape days before the signing and stay safe." It was quiet. None of them knew what to say.

Noct backed away from me. His head shook slightly as if to deny what he heard, "Why?" Noct whimpered, "Why did he lie to me?"

I too a deep breath and continued, "He knew you wouldn't leave his side if he told you."

Gladio sighed, "Well then. What are we supposed to do?" He asked me.

I shook my head, "He didn't say. All he told me was that he was becoming more and more afraid of Noctis' safety. He knew the imperial army would come looking for you all, so he wanted to send another Crownsguard with you guys. However, they were all assigned to escort civilians out of Insomnia. The King felt that the safety of his people was more important than his own, so... he asked Captain Drautos to choose one of the best in the Kingsglaive to accompany you all."

No one said a word. I turned back and looked far beyond the ocean. I knew I would have to tell them eventually, but I knew it would be hard for them to understand. I then heard Gladio speak up, "What else do we know?" I assumed he was referring to everyone now. I shook my head slightly to signify that I was finished. "Well, let's go back and see how bad the damage is." We all faced Gladio, unsure of what to say.

"It might not be safe for us there," Ignis warned.

"Well it might not be safe for us here," Prompto countered. We all looked at Noct.

"Turn back?" Gladio asked.

He hesitated, "Yea."

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"Up ahead!" Prompto yelled. Ignis slammed the brakes just in time. The road to Insomnia was blocked by cars and Imperial Soldiers.

"Looks like they've set up an inspection point," Ignis said.

"If the road ahead's blocked then we'll find another way," Gladio said. Ignis looked around and saw a hidden dirt path leading to the side of the gate.
We drove for a while until the road ended. We stepped out in to the rain and we hadn't walked long before finding a group of soldiers blocking our path.

"It's the Magitek Infantry," Ignis explained as we hid behind a pile of building blocks.

"The robots?" Gladio asked.

"Mass produced, humanoid weapons of warfare to be more precise."

"Doesn't look like they'll be signing that peace treaty." Prompto commented. Noctis' face was filled with anger. He summoned his blade and stared at the robots carefully.

"You wanna take 'em out?" Gladio asked.

"Oh yea. Those scrapheaps will wish they had a peace treaty to protect them!"

I summoned a polearm and we all ran in to attack. After taking out of the robots I turned to see one with a large axe running towards me, ready to swing. I held out my hands to use my magic barrier, but nothing happened.

"Wha-" I looked down at my hands and then tried again and again to use my magic. Nothing, "My magic. It's not working!" The soldier was in front of me now, lifting up its weapon to bring it down on my head. I flinched and waited for impact. When nothing came I looked up to see Ignis had thrown a dagger through its head. That had been the last one for now.

"What do you mean your magic isn't working?" Gladio asked.

"I-I don't know. I tried to use a barrier, but it wouldn't work." I began trying to use my magic again. I tried fire spells, healing spells, barriers, but nothing worked.

"Could it be the King-" Ignis started. There were tears in my eyes from the frustration and sadness overwhelming me.

"No!" I yelled. Ignis looked taken aback by my outburst, "I refuse to believe the King is dead!" I don't care if it makes sense. The King is still alive in my heart. We continued onward, fighting through robots on the way. I had no choice but to use my regular attacks and try to dodge on my own. It wasn't so bad, although I had been so used to using barriers. Once we reached a vantage point over looking Insomnia we could see small clouds of smoke just barely disappearing from last night's attack. We all stared in disbelief as Prompto pulled up a radio broadcast on his phone. The news pronounced King Regis, Lady Lunafreya, and Prince Noctis dead. Noct then pulled out his phone to call Cor, the best in the Crownsguard.

"H-Hello? Cor?"

"..."

"The hell's going on?" He asked, trembling.

"..."

"Outside the city. With no way back in."

"..."

"Makes sense?" Noct clenched his fist and began yelling, "Are you serious? What about any of this makes sense?! The news just told me I'm dead! Along with my father and Luna!"

"..."

Noctis scoffed.

"..."

He now looked back at the city in shock. He looked like he was choking.

"..."

There was a long silence. All of us were watching him now, "Right." Noct hung up the phone and stared at his beloved city. When the silence became unbearable Ignis spoke.

"What did the marshal... have to say?"

Noct tried to force the words to come out, "Said he'd be in Hammerhead," Then Gladio asked the question that I have been asking myself this whole time. A question I knew Cor would have an answer to.

"And the King?"

Noctis' never ending silence answered our question.