We ended up at this... town. I guess that's the right word. We ended up at this town and things weren't easy. We had 4 people in a car full of shit and... things kept happening. I'm sorry. I'm trying to gain control. I really am. I know I'm capable of some things on command, but it's hard. You try being the dragon-witch!
It's just... I'm scared. And no it, not the usual anxious panic I feel all the time, it's different. I have this sinking feeling that... That I should not be going. That... something bad is going to happen. That something is waiting for me. Something dark... something evil... something that means to hurt Thomas. And they want me to do it...
"Roman?" I looked up from the booth I was in to see Logan smiling at me sadly. He reached out gingerly taking the napkin from my hand as I finally noticed it began to smoke. I looked around for the others... for Virgil, but they were too busy talking to notice what had happened. One good thing about telling them all about the curse... Patton's seemed to calm down a bit. He's still hurting but... I think it finally hit him that Virgil wasn't the man he loved. I think that's also why he is so focused on finding a way to break it. It means he'll get his Virgil back.
I hope it works out... For both of us.
"Talk to me, Kiddo." Logan took my hand and I tensed up. "I can't help you if..."
"You can't help, Logan." I pulled my hand away and frowned. "No one can." He narrowed his eyes as I looked down at my shaking hands. "This is all pointless. We're chasing an idea that makes no sense. It wasn't a witch that cursed us it was Virgil! We are never going to find an answer. I just don't understand why we're chasing this stupid and complete outrageous fanciful idea!"
"You think it's stupid?" My heart nearly stopped hearing how broken his voice sounded. I looked over to see Virgil standing there and I frowned. "Well?"
"Aw, Kiddo, I don't think..."
"He can answer for himself, Logan!" I cringed at how angry he looked. He even raised his voice at Lo. I didn't bother to say anything. I just looked away as he started to shake his head. "I can not believe you!" He slammed his hands down at the table making me jump as my heart started to race. "You have NO right to call my idea's fanciful and stupid. Or Outrageous! Roman, YOU'RE CREATIVITY! You are the one who ALWAYS came up with fanciful ideas. I was the one that tried to keep you level headed. Now that the rolls are reversed you... "
"Virgil..." I reached out to him and he slapped my hand away causing me to reel back in fear and confusion.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Tears were streaming down his eyes and I started to get up as he backed away. "I need support. Not ridicule. I need love. Not skepticism. If you have a problem TALK TO ME! Don't shut me out. Otherwise..." He looked away and my heart dropped. "...we're done."
"Virgil!" I gripped my shirt tightly as my heart started to beat so fast I couldn't feel it. Don't do this to me now. Not when we've been through so much. "Don't..."
"Don't what? Don't break up with you. Roman, we were never even dating." My blood went cold and he started to turn to go when I grabbed his arm to stop him. I ignored the burning from the crystal as he looked back over at me and I frowned. I tried to say something but nothing would come out. Why can't I just talk to him? Why do I feel like everythings over the moment I do? It's going to over even if I don't. Especially if I don't. He just scoffed and started walking off again. "Save it, Roman. I don't want to hear it."
"VIRGIL!" He froze hearing how loud I yelled and I gripped my shirt trying to stabilize my breathing. "D-Don't... D-Don't w-walk away from me." He turned around glaring at me and I held the crystal close hoping it would help calm me. "You're upset..."
"Upset?! Roman, I'm hurt." He has this look of pure disbelief and I had to force myself not to look away with guilt. "I'm trying to save your ass because the guilt is killing me. I would do ANYTHING... EVERYTHING for you not to have to deal with this anymore. I would die a million more time just for the opertunity that you would never have to again." He walked over and practically shoved me against the wall. The regret he felt over it was instant and clear as day in his eyes as he just stood there holding me again the wall. "It hurts..." He held my shirt tightly as he stared at the ground. "Why does it hurt?"
"I guess we all feel a little pain now and then..." I cringed at the horror in his eyes and I looked away. "I suppose we just got used to it. The pain we felt... We became numb to it." I pulled him in ignoring the screaming in the back of my mind and felt myself tense up as he held me close. "V-Virgil... I know it hurts. And it scares me knowing that you have to deal with my pain but... Don't..." The crystal began to burn even more as the anxiety built up. "D-Don't... D-Don't ever tell me i-it's over." He started to pull away and I frowned.
"You can't end something that never started. We don't... We don't work, Roman. We'd both just end up hurt if we were together." He looked away and took a deep breath smiling through the tears. "At least now you know we never will."
The pain came over me like a tidal wave. I wanted to scream. I wanted to do something... anything. I could feel the anger and sadness burn in me. The crystal felt so hot against my skin I wouldn't be surprised if I was getting burned badly again but it was nothing compared to the pain his smile just gave me.
"K-Kiddo?" Logan stood there staring in shock as the floor began to smoke around me. Virgil narrowed his eyes in confusion as I slowly started for the door. If I didn't get out of there soon...
"Roman?" I took off running the moment Virgil's voice rang through. I ran right out of the gas station and into the woods. Every step I took burned the ground like lava. I was like lava. As soon as I got far enough in the I broke down. The tears that fell from my eyes burned the ground the moment it landed. I could feel the burning pressure build but... I refused to let it out. Let me burn. Let me suffer from this unending pain. It's my fault anyway. I confessed to him. I caused him to panic. I caused him to hurt. Why shouldn't I hurt for it?
I fell over into the dirt and cried. I cried over Virgil's smile when he said we would never be together. I cried over how easily I broke. I cried over the struggles that we both endured to get here. And I cried... I cried over the fact that we are never going to get home.
N͡e̕v͢͠e̷r͟͡ ̧̢͝ş͡a̶̡͏y̴̕ ҉̕ǹȩver͟,̨̛̕ ̸҉R͞o̢m͜͜a̶͝͝n̷.
"Faylinn?" I jumped up staring at everything and frowned. "Fay... What am I supposed to do? I can't help him? I can't even help myself."
F͘o̶̶͞l̵͢l̶͡o͟w̵̨͟ ́͢ţh͟è̕ ͞m̴àǵi͘ç,͜ ͞R̛͜o͢m̵̧͢a͢n̶.́͠ ͘̕
"What does that mean?!" I stood there staring at nothing finally feeling the anger and the burning die down, only for it to be replaced with fear and confusion. Basically my normal state of mind these days. "Follow the magic?"
Y̢o͢ù ̡̀ha̶vę̢ ́́to ́f͢o̸ĺ͜͞l͏͝o͏w ̨̢͟t̢h́͜͡e m̛a͠g̛͢͡i̕͟c͜͠.̶͝͏ ̢̧͜Ý̧̀o͏u̢͟͜ ̴̧c҉̕ą͞n̷͘͏'̀t͠ ͞͠l̡҉e̢t ̀h͝i͏҉̢m͜҉ ̸͝f͡a͜҉lĺ.̛͠
"Let who fall?!"
"ROMAN?!" I spun around to see Logan and Patton completely out of breath with this look of horror on there face.
Do̷̶n͢'́̕t͏ ͏̡̕ļ̕e̡͡t҉̡ ̷̸́V̧i͢͏rg͠͏įļ͡ f͝a̢l̡l̛͏ ̡̀u҉͏n̵̢͢d͜e̴r̴̀͘.҉ ̨
"Roman, it's Virgil." My blood went cold as Logan desperately tried to catch his breath. "He's gone. It was almost like... like he was..."
"It was like he was in a trance." Patton finished Logan sentence and all I could hear was the crickets as everything suddenly became so deafly silent.
Q̀͟u̵íçk̵l̵͠y,̡ ́R҉oman̛.̸͝ T̕͝o͟ ̵͠t͜͜he҉́͠ ̶en͠c̸̷hà̀n͟ţ̀e̴d̀̕ ҉fơr̛̕ȩ̸s̀̀t b̢e̕͏f́ó̵r̢e҉͢ ̵̨it͜'͏s͡ ͟t̨o͏̵̛ ̶̛҉l͏a͜t̸e̴̡.̶́̕
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Across the Universe: Book 2~Prinxiety
Fanfiction(Cover made by Winstermagic) After everything that happened to them the last two lives, they were, pretty much, expecting anything and everything. Well, everything except this. What was this Underswap Sanders Sides edition? Virgil starts to open up...
