*DISCONTINUED*Promise Me ~ Garroth X Reader (MCD)

Chapter 8

This is back in the present time

Your P.O.V.

It isn't long before I'm back where I was only a few moments ago. Where I had frozen up in pure terror and where all those traumatic memories came marching back to me. but now it's like Pet and I switched places. I see her on her knees in a trance as she stares at the fire, which has grown. Guards do their best to put it out, and their efforts help, I could see the fire dying down. Quickly, I look away from the crackling heat so I don't freeze up again.

As I approach her, I can see her tremble but absolutely spaced out from reality. Slowly I kneel down beside her and wrap an arm around her shoulder, pulling her side close to mine. "Prove me wrong," I whisper, loud enough for only her to hear, that is if she wasn't that tuned out. But it does the trick.

She perks up at this, knowing what it meant. I caught her attention. Smiling...she starts smiling. It was a small smile, yes, but a smile none the less. I can't help but smile as well. Slowly, I stand up straight, when Pet glances at me standing up, she stands up as well. "Let's push it down alright?" I was referring to our fear. She knew I was.

Letting out a shaky exhale she nodded and turned to the roaring flames. "Don't worry...we got this," I say confidently. She gives a nod and starts helping one of the guards. I help another, and in no time the fire is completely out. I had to keep pushing my fear away, I want to scream and pull at my hair maybe cry for hours...but I don't. I remain calm.

Yes, The once beautiful opening of the forest is a bit charred...but all intact. Mostly. Some trees weren't so lucky.

I sigh and rub the back of my neck, looking up to be met with a pair of cerulean eyes. It's a long stare we have. Our eyes never breaking away from each other, I bite my lip. I feel guilty...after all, I did argue with him. Maybe I should apologize to Garroth?

"Y/n! Come on, we're going to go to the guard tower." Pet calls at me. I snap out of it and look over at her. "Right." I nod firmly and walk away with her, leaving those cerulean eyes behind. Leaving Garroth behind.

"You two sure were staring at each other for a long time," Pet smirks and nudges my side with her elbow. I scoff, "Yeah. It was awkward." She quirks an eyebrow, "Hm? Awkward in what way?" I sigh debating on whether to tell her about the argument or not. In the end, I decide to. "We had an argument...and I may or not have punched him in the process." Pet laughs holding her sides, "That's too much like you...aw jeez. Did you apologize?"

I shake my head, "No. I don't know if I should--" "UH! Duh, you should! He and his village has invited us with open arms. We can't be making enemies, Y/n. That's not what Lord April would want, right?" Pet peaks at me. I frown. Only because I know she's right. And she's almost never right. I scoff again and face forward as we walk.

The village folk seem to quickly catch the news about the fire that had happened and was gossiping with each other about it. I could just hear every conversation mention the forest fire. It was sort of annoying. "No answer?" Pet sighs, "alright...but really, apologize when you get the chance." She offers a soft smile.

I sigh heavily and nod just to make her happy. "Fine. I'll try...no promises..."

~~TIME SKIP~~

A good handful of weeks have passed. Pet and I were officially guards if we weren't already. We had our own home together and worked around the village, protecting the folk here. And in these weeks, Pet had been trying to get me to apologize the whole time which I still haven't done yet. Garroth and I barely even spoke to each other aside from a few mumbled hellos and goodbyes.

It was noon when Aphmau walked into the guard tower, gathering up Pet, Garroth and I. Katelyn and who I learned to be Lucinda was at Aphmau's side. Or maybe I should say, Lord Aphmau... Yeah...Lord Aphmau.

"Alright, today we are travelling back to Amythest Falls to see if anything there survived." She announced. Pet and I looked at each other exchanging looks. Were we ready to go back? Were we ready to see the destruction of our home...the very place we both grew up in? I swallowed hard, my throat feeling dry as I looked back at Lord Aphmau.

"Let's head out." Lord Aphmau tells us and turns on her heal walking away towards the docks. It appears she's already prepared our adventure. Fair enough... I follow behind her, my new armour clacking slightly against each other whenever I turn. It was almost like Amythest falls' but...different. Well, I wouldn't expect it to be the same. We file on to the boat, Pet and I are led to the rooms we'd stay in during this boat ride. If I was correct, Amythest Falls was a pretty big distance away from Pheonix Drop. It would at least take half a day or so.

It makes me think back to the war. The two-day war. Maybe not even considered a war...a very long fight. With murder and explosions and...I should stop. It was so very lucky to have one of our guards escape on a boat and get help from Pheonix Drop, one of the only close villages. Amythest Falls was a small island in almost the middle of nowhere. There was another island around it which we built a bridge over to, it is big and full of things we would need to survive, but it had no human life as far as we knew.

I think back to how I could have died. How badly my leg was hurt and how Garroth had saved me. Had I been so rotten to my saviour? I guess...I should apologize. Later...I promise...

The waves aren't that bad. The ship rocks though...it rocks enough so I can't fall asleep. It makes me paranoid that I'm going to be attacked, even the slightest movements wake me nowadays. So there I stand, coated in the night leaning against the side of the boat. The wind is cool and brisk against my skin. Every now and then water droplets splatter on me. I stare at the dark water which the moon reflects off of, making the water shimmer. It was my only light source. I move my eyes up to the sky where the pale white specks called stars are.

I can't recall the last time I've seen stars... "Oh, hello." I slowly look over...cerulean eyes. "Hello..." I mumble and look away from Garroth. He stands beside me leaning against the side of the ship as well. Silence apart from the waves...It's silent until he breaks it,

"How are you feeling about the trip? You know, going to Amythest Falls and all...Will you be alright?" I was slightly taken aback by his question. Between Pet and I, it was a question we avoided asking each other because we knew the answer.

"I...don't know. I'll be fine, I guess..." Silence again. The wind whistles in my ears...after about five minutes of silence I speak up this time, "...how's your gut?" I glance at him, he chuckles slightly. "It's alright... but you left a bruise. You throw a good punch, Y/n."

"Heh..." I bite my lip. I need to apologize. It's now or never. "Hey...I'm sorry about arguing. I was being stupid." I stare out at the sea again. "It's fine." He breathes out. "Are you sure?" Guilt still pressures on my heart, making it sink into my stomach. "Yes." He answers.

"....Garroth?"
"Yes, Y/n?"
I look at him, straight in his cerulean eyes. "I...still don't want you to help me. Promise me."

A smile forms on his face and I'm surprised when he lifts his hand and places it on top of my head, patting my H/C hair gently. "Ok..." He lets his arm fall to his side and turn, walking off.
I sigh in relief but it disappears when I hear,

"I can't promise anything though."

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