"I'm sorry, she's critically ill and her condition is completely foreign to us, I-"
"Oh shut it, you could've just fucking told me she's going to die damn it!"
"Father's getting after the cleric again..." Xenith thinks to himself after over hearing his father shout to which also sadly overheard the condition of his mother. He closes his eyes and looks down in despair, his sister Celeste besides him, pulls him closer and puts her arm around him and whispers to him softly "Its ok brother, I'm here." As he hears this he leans against her shoulder begins crying.
A few hours later Zayfur brings Celeste and Xenith into the room their mother has been resting in. Zenalia turns to see her children, "Oh, I'm so sorry you two have to see me like this." Both of them at the same time reassure her it is ok, Zenalia chuckles "Look at you two, acting so mature." She turns to look at her husband and he looks back. She then turns to her children once again "Listen you two, I believe you will become the future of this village, Celeste you will become the next and greatest leader this village will have ever seen as we thought you would be, your magic and spell casting prowess shows that and you Xenith I don't know what but, I know some day you will greatly impact the village and for better or for worse it will bring a new age for the village and you shall lead them through it." She puts her hands on both their faces "I love you both so much and I know both of you will exceed my expectations." Celeste puts her hand on her mother's "I will mother." In response, Zenalia smiles. Xenith stands and begins glowing with pride
"I swear to you mother, I will rise above your expectations and make sure you never regret putting your faith in me!"
She smiles at her son and then at her daughter for a minute. Eventually she sighs and then turns to her husband, Zayfur turns to his kids "Alright you two, wait for me outside we're going to head back home. Zenalia stops Celeste before she gets up, she reaches to the back of her neck and then reaches out her hand "Here this is a necklace that my mother passed down to me." Its a thin chain with a small white flower like charm on it "I want you to have it" Celeste with a look of awe on her face and accepts it graciously. As the two siblings smile at their mother, they exit the room.
The two siblings wait by the exit of the establishment where the clerics work at. A dreadful silence fills the room for an hour or so. Suddenly a faint shout is heard
"ZENALIA!"
The two rush back towards their mother's room and throw the door open. They see their father lurching over her with faint sniffles, they look at their mother to see her asleep however something about her seems lifeless, they can tell she has passed away. Celeste collapses on the floor crying, her brother walks around to the front of her and kneels down, pulling her closer to hug her.
"Its ok, I'm here."
A lurker nearby thinks to themselves
"Its your fault they're dead you damned Aasimar!"
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Fallen
FantasíaBorn by prophecy, live by circumstance, the life a red eyed assimar named Xenith Laytun'Farr had been put into until it all went spiraling down
