Save Demacia [Garen X Mage!Reader]

Chapter One

Ever since I was a child I had been best friends with Luxanna Crownguard. I was also close to her brother, Garen but not as close as I was with Lux. There was a reason for this, that reason being that both Lux and I had something to hide.

Our magic.

Lux hadn't been as successful as I had, but, as she was royalty, this didn't matter too much. However, if I was to ever be exposed, I would surely be sentenced on the spot.

I could have fled Demacia without a second thought had it not been for the Crownguard family. Lux was, and always will be, my best friend; and Garen? Well... I guess you could say he was my whole world considering we had been together for around four years now.

The crush I had on him began when Lux and I were young. There was only three years between Garen and I which made our friendship grow. We would talk late into the night when I was at their house and Lux had fallen asleep. In fact, that exact scenario was how our relationship blossomed.

Garen and I sat on the lower floor of the Crownguard home. Lux had long since fallen asleep in her bedroom upstairs and I had managed to silently sneak out to my other friends room who I knew would be awake. Garen and I both crept downstairs, communicating which each other through only eye contact before we reached the empty ground floor.

"Hey, Y/N." The brown-haired man I had become so infatuated with over the years spoke.

"Yeah?" I asked him, my eyes filled to the brim with curiosity.

"Do you think I'd be a good solider?"

It was Garen's destiny to become a soldier, but this didn't mean that he didn't have doubts about himself being one.

I smiled, "Of course, Garen. You'd be a wonderful one. You're strong, brave and so many more amazing things."

Garen returned my smile, eyes gazing into my own catching me off guard with the conflicted look dancing around in them.

"Garen? What's wrong?"

It was then that his lips pressed gently against my own, hand reaching up to cup my cheek. A deep red blush ran up my cheeks, my own hand reaching up to grasp the back of his neck to pull both of us closer.

"Y/N/N, you there?" Lux's high-pitched voice asked me as we searched around her room.

I had lost my staff a few days ago and it still hadn't shown up. I was panicking at the thought of somebody else finding it.

"Yeah, sorry." I mumbled, but loud enough for Lux to hear it.

"We'll find it eventually; don't worry." The blonde-haired girl did her best to comfort me.

I nodded, before checking the time.

Garen was away on a mission to hunt down Sylas and I was praying he would be okay. Sylas was an extremely dangerous man, that much I knew having met him a few times.

It was safe to say I despise him.

"The army will be arriving back soon," My voice broke the silence we had fallen into, "do you want to go see them?"

Eagerly, Lux nodded. Both of us wanted to check on Garen and the others.

We both jumped onto our feet, before exiting the Crownguard home.

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Lux and I stood among the masses of people awaiting the arrival of the army. Most were excited, some nervous and others showing no emotion whatsoever. Me? Well I was filled with anxiety. That feeling didn't fade one bit as I saw the army, including Garen, running towards the gate.

Running? That can't be good.

As they got closer, I could see something chasing after them.

I watched in horror as, just when the gates were shutting, something burst through, knocking us all to the ground as people screamed in terror. It wasn't until I managed to peel myself from the ground, I saw exactly what had gotten in:

Sylas.

Lux and I shared a terrified look as we both noticed him, followed by his army charging inside of Demacia.

I wasn't even given time to gather my thoughts when one of Sylas's warriors charged towards me, sword raised ready to kill me.

I jumped back, doing my best to dodge his blows that would more certainly kill me until I fell. It wasn't long before I heard rushed footsteps from behind me and the man was shoved away from me. I spotted Garen, the running man, dashing towards Sylas, preparing to strike. However, he didn't hit him. Sylas used his chains to block the blow, catching Garen's wrist and ankle with the chains that once bound him before knocking him to the ground.

I watched in horror just as I had done moments ago as my boyfriend lay on the ground. That was until I spotted my staff, the one that had gone missing not long ago, fly onto the ground just metres in front of me.

As I looked up to see who had dropped it when I saw Sylas walking towards Garen, Garen's own sword in hand ready to use it on him.

And that's when I knew,..

I had to expose myself and risk death in order to save my boyfriend. And so I did with no hesitation.

I quickly jumped onto my feet, holding out my hand to summon the staff towards me, all while I felt Garens gaze on me, watching each movement with his eyes wide in shock.

Once I felt the cold metal in my hand, I quickly used a spell I had memorised, holding it high in the air as a blinding beam flew into the air, distracting everyone. Within seconds, Galio crashed onto the ground, giving us all a few seconds to get onto our feet and behind his shielding wings.

Once they opened, everyone was face to face with Sylas's army. They were heavily outnumbered; they knew this. And so they fled as quickly as possible. Nobody dared to move a muscle until they were all gone. And once they were, I felt metal clasp around my wrists, followed by a loud clicking as my hands were handcuffed behind my back and I was dragged away, my final view being Lux's panicked face and Garen's shocked one.