The Arcana Oneshots

Sacrifice~ Muriel

A/n: This story has slight spoilers to Muriels route! Also thank you so much for over 150 reads!!!!!!! That's crazy thank you again!

READERS POV. (2nd person)

         You and Muriel were waiting for Count Lucio to arrive with his crazy power and large army. You spent the night under the stars in each other's arms. It was the calm before the storm. After waking up you both knew your lives would change, if it was better or worse you wouldn't know until later.
         Nadia called everyone to Muriels hut to prepare them for the fight. She gave a lovely speech to rally everyone together but you couldn't help but have nervous jitters and Muriel took notice. After Nadias speech Muriel took your hand and dragged you away from the crowd. Once you got away he took you by your shoulders, looked you dead in the eyes, and mumbles "what's wrong you can always tell me." You give him a small smile and say "it just....I-I'm scared M-Muriel w-what if we don't m-make it." You can't help but tell him what's truly on your mind as tears spring in your eyes. He looks startled to see you crying but quickly wraps his large arms around your smaller frame and hugs you close. "It's all going to be okay, well both be fine" he mumbles into your shoulder. You look up at him and state "I don't know what I would do if I lost you though." His lips twitch up but he quickly wipes it off his face. "How about we both just watch each other's backs.....we'll be fine" Muriel speaks with confidence but you can tell he's scared by the small shake in his voice. You give him a small smile and say "yeah let's get back to the others."
        You spend the rest of your time free conversing with the others until you hear a large amount of foot steps heading your way. Your eyes go wide and Muriel tugs you to his chest. You can hear Nadia telling people what to do but your too unfocused to listen. Muriel turns you around so your face to face and mumbles "hey it's fine....let's do this." You get out of your trance and give him a small nod of your head. He takes your hand and starts leading you to the battle field. "You remember what we have to do right" you speak with uncertainty. He gives a small hum in response and squeezes your hand tighter. Lucio yells "LET THE GAMES BEGIN" and all hell breaks loose.
        There's arrows and magic being fired off from everywhere. The only sounds that can be heard is death and metal swords clashing together. You and Muriel take off towards Lucio, your job is to get to him and drag him out of town. As your running you fire off magic and Muriel swings his axe. You try to save as much magic as possible in case something horrible happens. You see a bright gold shine coming from up ahead and immediately know what it is. You tug Muriels sleeve and speak. "Muriel, Lucio is up ahead." He gives out a small grunt and you both take off towards Lucio. You continue running until Muriel quickly tugs your body towards his just in time for a arrow to wiz by your face. You eyes go wide and you give Muriel and small "thanks." More arrows start firing at you and you realize what's happening "Muriel.....were being flanked." Muriel looks around and his face contorts into a look of utter disgust as more people keep coming towards you both.
         A few minutes pass and there has to be at least 30 men surrounding you both. You continue to use your magic to make a shield for you both and Muriel continues to try swinging his axe. You think of an idea but you know it will cost a lot. Tears stream down your face as you turn to look at Muriel. "Muri....I have an idea" you mutter and Muriel turns to look at you. "Okay....wait why are you crying then that's good" he questions until realization crosses his features and a look off horror is placed upon his face. His rapidly shakes his head and says "no....no way are you doing that....I'm not losing you." Now you both have tears streaming down your faces but you manage to give Muriel a small smile. "Run Muriel" is all you say before you take off towards where Lucio last was. You quickly turn around to see all of the men following you and Muriel standing there looking dejected until he runs the opposite way as you. You give a small sad smile knowing that would be the last time you see him.
         As you run you muster up a large about of magic energy and put it in the palm of your hand. The more energy placed there the more tired and dizzy you become. After gaining all of the energy you watch as all of the men circle around you, pointing there swords at you figure. You mumble a spell and slam your hand into the ground using all of your magic. Upon impact the men drop to the ground clutching their heads in pain. You give a small smile knowing that you finally did it before your vision starts swimming and the world starts tilting. You fall onto your knees and watch as a few people run at you from the distance before black incases your vision making you fall unconscious.

MURIELS POV. (1st person)

         When MC told me to run I knew what they planned on doing and what it would do to them. I watched as they booked it with tears falling down my face. I knew I had to do something, anything. I ran the opposite direction towards the camp to grab Asra and Nadia hoping that they can be of some help.
        I reach the camp and told everyone what MC planned on doing and a look of shock crossed everyone's faces. I yell "let's go then" and that manages to snap everyone out of their trances as we all take off towards where MC ran off to.
        My heart stops when we reach MC and watch them cast the spell. All the bodies around them fall to the ground as their body sways in the wind. They manage to look towards us and give everyone a smile before collapsing to the ground. I run faster towards them and pick up there limp body. Asra and Nadia finally reach us and Asra starts checking over their fragile body. He mutters some spells and whispers "now we wait."
        I carry their body back to the camp and gently lay them down. I sit next to them and simply stare with tears running freely down my face, I don't bother wiping them away. "Come back to me please" is all I can manage before falling asleep besides the unconscious body.

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