The Astral Dance Of Nightmares

True loves sweet embrace

When the hunter had finally gone I decided it was time for me to make my way back to her the one person that might listen to me after all these years but right now its come to this fighting the one that I love and I don't even know how she died here maybe another hunter got to her or even old age, as I made it to the very stiff door that took three good runing shoulder charges to even open it a little I managed to get it open and walked up the steps towards her and what I found was something I was not prepared for.

It was her body wrists slit and throat while her body was slumped in content she still looked peaceful to the end but the blood looks dried and old which I guess means she ended her life a long time ago "I didn't think you would come to this conclusion Maria" I said walking to her while I did it came naturally to me to check on her to see if she was ok but what I didn't expect was for her to grab my arm and stare at me before looking disgusted "why are you here traitor" Maria spoke with venom in each word "I see that you still haven'y forgiven me for trying to save everyone " I said slumping next to her while she sat in her chair looking the other way "you cursed us made me kill and now look Zeke all of this world was thanks to you!" Maria shouted kicking me away from her and standing up "I told you before as I do now I made a deal to make this world yes but for those who killed the inoccent so willingly like me, Ludwig, Laurence and that other bastard but you and the others never harmed one until it came to the grate one on the beach that was what sealed your fate" I shouted back as Maria grabbed her blade that was right behind her aparently "yet you let us kill so easily while what you would get a free pass but I guess I runied that when I told the others about the fisherman that made this stupid curse" Maria shouted comming at me with her blade pointed ready to kill.

Evading another one of her strikes I managed to get her Rykoyo stuck in one side of the church while I pushed her away leaving her to do hand to hand combat with me "this was never the intention I wanted for you but it seems this is the outcome that has been created for us" I said while grabbing onto her hands and kneeded her back legs making her fall to the ground in a forced crotched position "please Maria I never wanted to hurt you, I still don't but right now your leaving me no choice" I begged her while she just kept trying to pry herself of the position "I chose my path but you are the one that forced this life apon me I am still forced to kill more hunters who come by some of them are old friends wanting to stop this curse but they are never alound to pass no matter how hard I try to fight it i'm still forced to kill them over and over again" Maria started to break down more and more until all that could be heard was her tears hitting the floor and her crys of pain.

"What if I told you that I can end this" I told her making Maria stop sobbing and she turned her head "your a liar" Maria shouted kicking my shin in which gave her the upper hand to break free from my grip "you should have stayed in that cell" Maria shouted running to her blade and pulled the dagger out of the back end "I know but now i'm out Maria and the only way for this to end is to fight that feeling inside to kill, that bloodlust that drives you to keep guarding this damned world" I told her making my way carefully towards her making sure that if she did attack I would be able to dodge her at least "I told you to stop calling me so nicely its Lady Maria to you Zeke and it will stay that way until you die!" Maria shouted charging me again while swinging her dagger around wildly "this is what you've made me do each day I see hunters come and die here, I never wanted to be the one that is their killer" Maria kept shouting but she started to grow tired as the fight went on while I was still reletivly energetic due to not having a weapon to swing about "why do you still want me to die" I said while dodging another swing from her attack "if I kill you then everything will be finished with the pain and the fact that I am forced to kill any hunter that makes their way towards the tower" Maria shouted while swinging more.

Thats when I realised something, if I can send people to the afterlife then maybe this would stop if I died again "Maria what makes you think me dying will stop this nightmare!" I shouted while rushing towards her and grabbed onto her arms making it so that she couldn't swing her sword at my direction "the great one that was on the beach here in the nightmare it speaks to me Zeke" Maria said while dropping her sword "it speaks and it does not stop even now it tells me that if you fall here then the pain will be over and everything will be right with the world" Maria said while I let go of her hands taking a step back "is it truly that bad here that something that strong still continues to have hold in the place" I quickly shouted causing Maria to stop suddenly in thought " you know what fine then Maria" I shouted at her dropping my arms in defeat while she closed the distence between us at walking speed before stopping right in front of me "why the sudden change of heart" Maria said coldly while angleing her dagger at the ready just in case " I killed Amilia and helped kill Ludwig and I know some of the best hunters I know were killed because they didn't want be dying in a cell because of hope, the guards would tell me when their execution was and if they begged for mercy or if they died peacefully without regret of their choices" I told Maria as I recounted each friend I lost "but the worst one was you Lady Maria I did betray you but this is what I tried to save you from this fucking thing but you didn't wait, you didn't trust me enough to hold your fire I took up the mantle of not just yours but most of them so that they all could hopefully be set free of the hunt, but we all know how that ended" I said while looking her in the eyes "I am ready to end all of this on one condition " I told her which she took a step back in anger getting ready to attack " and what would that be hmm why not just except your death now" Maria said while raising her dagger up to my throat "my one request is if this does not end it then I want you to know that I forgive you and I want you and my friend to end this" I mentioned my hunter friend which she just noticed was by the entrance about to come into the tower "forgive me for what exactly" Maria said pushing the blade further against the throat drawing blood at the point "I forgive you killing me, for the years and eons of tourture I was put through" I said while taking her knife and pointing it at my heart "I was always one for the dramatics" I said while pushing her dagger through my heart to give her a parting gift my last kiss.