My King (Noctis 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.

"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.

"You..." Nocts voice made my body run cold. I could hear the hatred spilling out of his mouth, "You knew about this didn't you?" I did not look back at him or respond. When he realized I would not speak he yelled, "Answer me!" 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 him. Noct was dangerously close to me. His eyes had an intense burn to them and his teeth were barred in anger, like he was about to kill me.

My voice trembled as I spoke, "Y-yes... I did," They all looked shocked and angry. 

Suddenly, Noct pushed me and my back hit the glass wall, "You son of a bitch!" The others quickly grabbed him to stop him as I just stared in shock. Our eyes never leaving each other.

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

My jaw hung open slightly, "Y-Your Highness..., I" I stopped and sighed. What could I possibly say? What could possibly make this all okay? Noct quickly broke free from his friends and stomped towards the door. 

"Where are you going?" Ignis asked.

"I need to see for myself," He answered harshly before swinging the door open and exiting the room.

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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 some 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 one finished what he had to say. I refuse to believe the King is dead. He 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.