A fairy tale (gay) Christmas

🌨December 22nd🌨

Head knight Jackson Winters 🌨

It really hurts and I'm scared. But I'll keep going until we are all safe, without uttering a single word. You know why? Because I have fate in us all.

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‼️Warning! Blood and violence and death! Do not read if you can't handle‼️

"We won't last another minute, let's run"

I whisper into Minas ear, and Clearblue manages to hear from his close distance. We can barely keep them off our backs, as we are severely outnumbered. This will not become the time of my death. Such a low end will never come to me, not before I can tell Clearblue that I love him.

I will slit each traitors throat open before I let them kill me. They shall all die at my hands. Anger courses through my veins and adrenaline follows, making my hits more precise and swings stronger.

Clearblue suddenly manages to bury his sword into one of the soldiers stomachs. He falls to the ground while blood flows from his mouth, but Clearblue only looks at him coldly. He does not have any remorse for traitors. When the soldier lays still he drags out his sword from the open wound and continues the battle once more.

We are backed up against a wall, keeping Amalia and Daisy behind us while we fend off the soldiers. Every second they come closer and closer to getting a good hit. If one of us falls down, the rest will soon follow. I don't know how long we can keep this up, or what we will do if we somehow manage to survive this. The king will not stop at just one attack, he has already sent numerous soldiers to die just for our deaths. Why not send more?

The best thing I can do is kill more soldiers. The less they are the bigger chance that we will be able to run away. There is no way that we can fight them all, but maybe we can escape them somehow?

I leap up towards one of the soldiers, surprising him by going behind him and swinging my sword through his neck. Blood sippers out immediately and I flinch when it gets on my face. He falls to the ground just as another soldier plans to sneak up behind me while I'm occupied. Thankfully I have quite good hearing.

Without hesitating my fist suddenly lands on his nose, effectively knocking him out. Since these two are dealt with, I pull out my sword and return to my position next to Clearblue, who is struggling to fight a tall soldier. Clearblue growls and tries to push the soldier off him, while blood stains his clothes from a injury on his arm.

My heart jumps in fear of loosing him, and I immediately run up to them and stick my sword through the soldiers back. He lets out a pained scream and falls unconscious on top of Clearblue, making the prince wince and push him off.

"So many gone already, I think it's time to run"

He yells over the noise. I nod and turn towards Mina, who is grinning wickedly while her blade sinks into someone's neck. They die quickly and she pushes him to the ground and kicks him. Mina can become something quite different when she fights. Someone more malicious and bloodthirsty. She is quick and effective, but won't mind making your death a long and painful one, even during battle.

"Mina take Daisy and I'll take Amalia, let's run!"

I yell while pushing a soldier off me and swinging my sword to meet his. The sound of metal going against metal rings in my ears while Mina nods and takes Daisy by her hand. The soldier tries to kick me while we fight for the upper hand, pushing our swords against each other. But he makes the mistake of kicking too much, and I manage to lock my leg under his and push him to the ground. He falls with a thud and I kick him in the head, knocking him out or maybe even killing him.

At that point Clearblue, Mina and Daisy were already trying to run for it. I took Amalias hand and we started to run after them. The soldiers caught on quickly, much to my dismay.

We were already too far out of the reach, so they could not stop us as a group, but one of them decided to at least try. He ran in front of me and Amalia, trapping us while the others continued to run. I let go of Amalias hand and reached for my sword, but I wasn't quick enough. The soldiers dagger almost dug into my stomach, but I managed to dodge just in time. The dagger dug into my arm instead, causing me to flinch heavily and let out a panicked breath. My adrenaline was still too high for any sort of pain.

Amalia screamed in fear making the others turn around and see that we were left behind. Amalia doesn't even hesitate before taking my other arm and dragging me from there, although the soldier is still behind us. I growl and turn around, swinging my sword with my injured arm towards him. Pain shoots through my arm and I scream, but it's worth it. The soldier gets hit in the stomach and holds his wound in pain, while Amalia continues to drag us away from them.

We catch up with the others just as my vision starts to spin. Blood flows from my wound making me slowly loose consciousness, but I still manage to catch Clearblues terrified expression. He blinks away tears and switches places with Amalia to support me. His hands are shaky.

"Stay awake Jack, stay awake"
He whispers into my ear as we run.

"We have to get to the horses before they catch up"

Mina takes a hard turn and we follow. I try to keep myself conscious but my body is giving up on me. The adrenaline is slowly running out, and as each second passes more pain spreads through my arm from the open wound. I just hope that the dagger was clean, if my wound gets infected I don't know if I'll make it.

Finally I see my horse, even though it's only his siluette. Their voices are becoming less clear and more like mumbles to my ears. Thankfully Clearblue stays right by my side, so I don't have to panic. Although the terrible feeling of someone being behind us, trying to kill us doesn't go away. I hold on to him tighter and close my eyes to shut out the blurriness.

Their hands guide me up on a horse, and thankfully I can do it from memory. I grab onto the saddle strings, patiently waiting for the moment when I can finally pass out. When Clearblue gets behind me and grabs onto the saddle strings instead, I let my eyes fall shut.

The last thing I can remember, is the sound of hooves and the snowstorm that blows against my skin.

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