You Were There | Søren x reader

Chapter 13: Feel

          "Søren!" Y/N cried, scrambling out of the mud and running through the sleet, slipping a few times as she fell to her knees at his side. "Søren? Søren speak to me. Please. Open your eyes." She panicked, laying him flat on the ground and pressing her ear to his breastplate.

          She growled in frustration, quickly unhooking the front plate and tossing it aside, hand hovering over his face for any sign of breathing and ear pressed to his chest. A heartbeat-

          "Søren open your eyes." Y/N quickly scanned for further injuries, but a tight feeling in her gut told her it wouldn't be visible. He lay there for a few moment as Y/N shook him gently.

          "Please..." she mumbled quietly. His eyes fluttered open, and she let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding. "Søren. We'll get you to a hospital as soon as possible, don't worry."

          "Y/N..." He smiled a little, but after a moment his face fell. "I can't move my arms..." another second... "I can't move anything. Y/N I can't move!" Panic rose in his voice. Y/N's heart dropped.

          "Calm down, here." She gently cupped one of his hands in hers, bringing it up far enough for him to see. "Can you feel my hands?" She traced a little circle in his palm several times, and his brow furrowed, almost like he was concentrating.

          "N-no, no I can't," he whispered shakily. Y/N's breath caught in her chest, and she lowered his hand, eyes widening. She turned around, and choked on the breath she held in.

          Claudia was standing over Zym, eyes glowing and hands emitting some sort of dark energy. Stupid! Some part of her brain said. You left the heir to Xadia unguarded. Those thoughts were quickly gone though, simply replaced by-

          Søren.

          "Claudia!" Y/N screamed, her voice a lot tighter than she'd thought. Claudia turned, her creepy blank eyes staring. "It's Søren! He can't-" Y/N choked on her own words, trying not to let the tears spill. "He can't move!"

          The dark mage looked from her brother to the dragon prince, then was there in an instant, kneeling in the mud next to Y/N.

          "He can't feel anything- and he can't move. Help me get him to a hospital." Y/N said desperately, not caring about the way Claudia creepily looked at her wings. "I'll make some sort of stretcher."

          She hurried off, trying to lift off but realized her wings were gone again. Stupid things- how do I never notice? They must have disappeared when she was thrown across the clearing. 

          She grabbed two thick branches that were relatively straight, then paused. Curse the small leaves of the human kingdoms... Y/N tore off the bottoms of her pants into long strips and quickly strung them onto the branches. It won't work very well, but it'll hold his weight until we get to the village nearby.

          "Y/N what are you doing?" Rayla hissed, making Y/N jump. "Let's get Zym back to the cave, and Callum doesn't look well, he used dark magic." Y/N looked at them, and back at the boulder.

          "Can you get them back? I need to get him to a hospital." Rayla looked at the siblings with disgust, and back at Y/N.

          "I can- but Y/N, stop thinking he's going to change." She said firmly, a steely look in her eyes to match her angry tone. "Keep that in mind, and be on your toes. Come back safely once he stabs you in the back again."

          She was quickly gone, leaving Y/N clutching the stretcher and conflicted. She shook herself and turned to ran back to the siblings.

          "Claudia I have the- HOLY MOTHER OF ZUBEIA get that away from him!" Y/N jumped back from the dark magic swirling around the siblings, Claudia chanting quickly. It dissipated, and Claudia gave her a withering look.