Pain wracked her body as she looked out over the destruction. Tears streamed down her face, leaving trails in the dirt and blood layering it. She struggled to breathe, broken ribs.
She limped across the field of bodies toward the castle — maybe someone survived — eyes unfocused. So many glaringly familiar faces — almost unrecognizable in the heat of battle — now commanding her attention. Too many faces... too many dead.
She knows she's in pain — how is she still standing? — she feels so numb...
It's harder to breathe now. Black spots appear at the edge of her vision. She coughs — a wet, harsh cough — and spits out blood.
Her body crumpled. Her emerald eyes stared listlessly at the brightening sky, watching the sun rise over her home, and she knew no more.
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FanfictionShe failed them. So many died. Her friends. Her family. Strangers. She failed them. She gave her life and ended the war. They won, and yet they still lost. If you could go back and prevent a war, would you do it? If you could try again, be better...
