My true knight Ch. 14 - A true warrior ENG

- Amy? Amy! Wake up, please! C'mon ... - I kept saying, as I knelt beside her. Her face was getting paler and paler. There were no signs that she was breathing.
- Don't do this to me ... please ... - I begged. There was no answer. A knot tightened in my throat. And I had to face the sad truth.
She was gone. For good. She was ...

Dead.

But face the truth doesn't mean that I accepted it.
- Wake up, please ... don't go ... - I said, trying to fight my tears. Again, no answer. Again, my voice was not heard. And it would never be hear by her. I lowered my head, while my memories of her flooded my mind.

"My Sonikku!"
Her sweet voice echoed in my mind. That sweet voice that I loved so much had been silenced. Forever.

"I love you so much, Sonic! And one day I'll marry you, you'll see!"
Her smile brightened my day. My big goal was to make her smile, no matter what the cost ... but I just failed that mission. She would never smile. Never again.

"You're a good friend, you know? Hope many people have friends like you."
Her deep green eyes that I loved so much would not shine for me now. Because she disappeared.

Forever.

- Amy ... - I whispered, while a tear involuntarily fell on the grass.

- You'll pay for this! - Said Morgane also in tears by his dead brother. The witch pulled the collar from Mordred's neck and placed it hers. She muttered a spell and her shape changed. She became bigger, her skin got paler, her nails grew out and her hair was replaced by numerous snakes. But I ignored it.

- I love you ... - I whispered. I never had the courage to say those words. But now that I said them, it wasn't worth it. It was too late.

I felt a great anger growing and burning inside me. My thorns rose up and my fur became dark blue, almost black. I stood up and very calmly I started walking toward Morgane.

- You're done - she said, laughing evilly, her voice cold and harsh. She threw a spell at me. But my anger was so big that it didn't affect me. I kept walking as if nothing happened. Morgane's eyes widened.
- But how did he...? - She asked, shocked. She threw me more spells several times, but nothing affected me. I could se concern and fear in her eyes. I stopped suddenly.

- She didn't deserve this ... - I said, with a dark voice - This is all your fault...
- YOU ARE GOING TO DIE! - I screamed in rage, attacking her. She tried to defend herself but in vain. I knocked her to the ground and I attacked her numerous times.

- But ... What kind of monster did you become?! - She asked, her eyes marked with fear. I attacked her again and pulled the necklace from her neck. I threw it to the ground and trampled it, breaking it. On the battlefield, all the dark creatures disappeared in a scream, evaporating in a black smoke.

- Noooooo! - shouted Morgane, by feeling that seh was returning to normal. I grabbed Caliburn. When she returned to her usual form, Morgane looked at me, terrified. I smirked.

- This is your pay for wat you've done ... - I said, still smiling, with a pitch of insanity in my voice.
Two eyes marked with fear were replaced by a head rolling on the ground, in a silenced scream for mercy, now echoing in the emptiness. Slowly, my anger soothed, and I got back to normal. If it were an ordinary war, a shout of victory would be heard after my fatal blow to the enemy, and several exclamations of joy by the soldiers would be pronounced. But that battle didn't end up in victory for me.That battle was a failure. Because she died. I failed in my mission to protect her.
I turned around and started walking, heavily. I stopped next to her lifeless body layed on the floor.

- This is all my fault... - said Shadow, who woke up e few minutes earlier. For the first time, I felt some guilt in his voice. I shook my head.
- No it isn't. You were under their control- I answered, without looking at him. I saw that my friends already realized what happened. I could hear sobs behind me.
I knelt beside her and looked her for a moment, with my lifeless eyes. I slid my hand on her pale and cold cheek. A tear rolled down my face. True Heroes shouldn't cry. And true heroes shouldn't let the girl who they loved die in a battle. I felt useless. A complete failure.
Without really knowing what I was doing, I approached my head and let my lips touch hers. I never had the courage to do that before... this would be Amy's biggest wish, certainly. I had been a great coward for not making it real when it was possible... now it was too late.
When I felt her cold lips on mines, I felt a breeze on my face and a wave of heat filled my heart. The blue pearl of Amy's armour began to shine brightly. I stopped kissing her and looked at the light. The mortal wound disappeared from the pink hedgehog's skin, her skin seemed to have more color. I felt a pitch of hope inside me.

- Amy? - I asked. There was no answer. - Amy? - I called againl. Again, nothing. I sighed. That should be all the work of my imagination. I was about to get up...

- Sonic? - I heard a faint voice calling me. I widened my eyes and smiled.
- Amy! - I said, happy and relieved. I gave her a tight hug and heard horrays of joy and laughter of my friends and the rest of the troop.

- You're ok ...! - I said, looking at her, stroking her cheek with my thumb. She laughed
- I am stronger than you think ... and than I thought ... - She said, smiling. I smiled back. Caliburn came to us with a big smile.

- Lady Amy, you are alive! - Said the talking - Here's the proof that love can not be separated with death!
My face started getting hotter and hotter at that. Amy looked confused.
- Hmm .. what? - She asked. But Caliburn seemed too euphoric to explain, or even to hear her. He turned to me.
- Lady Amy made a great sacrifice for you, Knave. She proved to be courageous, loyal, a true warrior. You know what you have to do.
At first I was a little confused by that statement, but then I realized what I had to do. I smiled and turned to her.

- Amy, grab your sword and kneel down - I said.
She obeyed. She grabbed her weapon and knelt, supporting herself in one knee and her sword. With mine, I touched with it in one of her shoulders and then the other, while saying:

- For your efforts, loyalty and bravery, I nown you Lady Amy, Descendent of Nimue, Lady of the Lake, Knight of the Round Table.
She looked at me, her eyes shining with happiness.

- ... And Queen of Camelot! - added Caliburn, satisfied. Our expressions changed drastically and we looked at the talking sword, blushing.

- Queen?!





 To be continued...