My Dragonsoul
Her eyes never changed. Even now, during her last moments, there was laughter, curiosity and most importantly, love. Her delicate hand on my cheek, like a touch of a feather. There were more wrinkles on her face than smooth skin, and I loved her for that. Everything we had lived through together was written there for me to remember and cherish.
She'd been so full of life, so fearless, standing there in the midst of all those princes and knights from kingdoms near and far. They'd all been so eager to impress her, to prove their worth, they'd almost thrown themselves to doom in front of the dragon's lair. None had survived.
And in the end, it was she who'd slain the dragon and saved the kingdom.
”Go live your life as you never have before”
Her voice was ravaged by time, barely more than a whisper.
She sighed, for the very last time, and there, before my eyes, she turned from my love, my life and my everything into an empty shell, a barren carcass of who she used to be.
A pain I'd never felt before, not even in the heat of a battle, took over me. It exploded inside my heart and spread over my body like an ash cloud from a volcano. I could do nothing but wail and curl up, try to keep myself from turning into a pile of cold cinder.
I was still shackled to her in my heart, to her memory, to her legacy. Those chains would never break, nor did I want them to.
The sky blackened, trees wavered and the earth shook from the roar the land had not heard for 60 years. I climbed the neverending steps of the highest tower, stood on the sturdy stone ledge, and the wind caressed my skin like she had done so many times before. I looked down where the ground was ready to welcome me, where gravity would be my last companion and friend, and without hesitation, I stepped over the ledge.
The shadow from my wings covered half the forest under me. I wanted to burn it, burn everything and anything until it was all just embers and ash, just like my heart. But I wouldn't, because I had made a promise to her, and I would honor that promise, even in death.
For I am the dragon, and she was my soul.
