The Fight To Protect All

Chapter 4

Claire's POV

We appeared in Central Quarter to see that everyone's expressions were clouded with confusion, but once I saw Kyle through the crowds of officers and soldiers everyone moved aside to give me a direct route to him. As I passed by the officers, I stopped in front of Lance and whispered something into his ear which made him understand the whole situation. Once in front of Kyle I see that he has gotten over his hangover, I handed him my father and went to confront my brother.

Kyle's POV

As I received the former King of Hearts from Claire, I immediately began to check for any injuries such as bleeding or broken bones. When I realized that he had no injuries and was just unconscious I breathed a sigh of relief. But that relief quickly disappeared when I saw the blood on his shirt that was not dry but looked very recent and it wasn't just a little bit from a scrape or cut, it was enough to make someone bleed to death. I quickly looked up and saw Claire walking away to talk to Lancelot, but on her right shoulder was deep gash which had stained her white coat turning it a deep crimson. I laid the former King of Hearts against a tree to rest and started to walk after Claire.

Lancelot's POV

When Claire walked past me and whispered into my ear I immediately knew that our true battle has finally begun, we must not waste anytime.

Claire's POV

As I returned from going to Kyle and stood beside Lance, seeing that he fully understood the situation I begin to question him.

"What are your orders?"

I ask ready to go along with any idea he has.

"I want you to continue what I told you to do earlier and we also have to find a way to cover up this incident."

You might be wondering about what he wants me to continue doing, half a year ago I began as a spy for my brother in the Magic Tower and I reported any suspicious activity made by Amon. But today was the one day I didn't spy in the Magic Tower because of a request by my brother to focus on my studies. Unfortunately what happened has already happened and there's nothing anyone can do about it, right now our main priority is to cover up the situation from the Black Army and the rest of the Red Army. As we began discussing possible options on how to cover up what just happened the King of Spades walks up to us asking questions to which we have the answers to but cannot say them. When he spots me standing beside Lance he asks me a question that makes my hair stand on its ends.

"Who are you? Lance shouldn't you know better than let your lover come between an army face off?"

The other officers from the Red Army overheard what Ray said and thought to themselves.

"Ohhh, he's dead meat for sure."

Once I heard him say the word lover, I wanted to punch him in the face and ruin that nice face of his. But my brother tightly gripped onto my arm preventing me from coming into contact with him, when I looked up I saw that his cheeks looked slightly pink so I put my hand against his forehead.

"Do you have a fever Lance?"

"No..o, what makes you think that?"

He stammered and slightly blushed before quickly regaining his composure.

Suddenly out of nowhere Lance announces a declaration of war that could be clearly heard from both armies shocking everyone including me.

"King of Spades and the Black Army, your betrayal to the alliance has broken off the peace that was beginning to form between the two armies. Due to your attempted assassination of the former King of Hearts you have gained an enemy who you will soon fight for control of Cradle."

My jaw dropped and I was shocked beyond words, I wanted to smack the back of his head so hard that he gets knocked out. But I knew better than anyone that this was one of the only solutions we had in order to hide the truth of what happened for now.

I decided to go along with his story and when Sirius began to approach Lance to question him, he nodded to me and I went in front of Lance blocking Sirius from getting any closer to Lance.

"Queen of Spades, please refrain from approaching the King of Hearts."

I say in a firm and demanding voice which gets me a surprised look from Sirius but I am not fazed by his expression. I look up at him without losing eye contact, since I am only 5'4' and he is 6'1' he could easily get past me but he respects my request and doesn't press any further. Before I walk back to towards Lancelot I go up to Sirius and whisper to him quietly but loud enough for him hear.

"At sunset meet me at the old castle and I will tell you about the current situation."

When I turned around and began walking back to Lance a wave of dizziness suddenly hit me and I almost fell I but managed to stabilize myself before putting my hand over my mouth, suddenly having a coughing fit. I fell to my knees coughing and Sirius ran up to me trying to help me up but I pushed him away, helping myself up. When I pulled my hand away from my mouth there was a small puddle of blood in my hand and something immediately came up in my mind.

"It must be the forbidden magic."

I thought before blacking out, I felt myself falling but did not feel the hard impact of hitting the ground but felt the feeling of being held in someone's arms and I wondered who had caught me. Suddenly I hear multiple people from both armies shouting my name.

"Claire!!!"

I didn't have time to figure out who they were before fully losing consciousness.

Hi sorry I haven't uploaded in a while, school has been eating me away. Well anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter of the Fight to Protect All.

-Shizu