Jordan's P.o.v

The more I endured of this horror, the worse the horror had gotten. With each passing image my head hurt worse and worse, but somewhere down the line of watching my friends being slain by Mianite, and Toms body being hung like a trophy, a sense of comfort gave away.

It was brief.

But, in that fleeting moment I'd felt safe, as if nothing would hurt me again, like I could withstand whatever came next.

And then that moment was gone and the horrible imagery came back to fill me with such dread, but that comfort was still there, not in my head or my body.

But in my heart.

My heart held that comfort as tightly as it could hold. And as the nightmares and horror went on in me. My heart clung onto the comfort.

The comfort gave me strength to keep pressing on with these horrible horrible images.

I found my last was the worst of all.

Tom was running towards me, a cute smile on his face, he was holding something I couldn't make out clearly. I was opening my mouth to yell his name, but I had turned to stone.

A greyish figure was behind Tom, his beard white as snow, as well as his eyes, the blade in his hand had sparked with lightning and with me frozen in time, I watched as the blade was pulled back. And with a silent noise was thrown at Tom.

I couldn't scream. I couldn't move. I could only watch as the blade cut through the other side of Tom, blood erupting from his chest and mouth. Landing in his knees I watched in horror as he mouthed something to me. And my heart shattered finally making out what he had said.

'I love you Sparkley Pants.'

He fell forward, letting go of the bloodied rose he held.

I could only scream at that point, the one person I cared about gone. Gone. GONE!!!

And as the blackness consumed me I waited for it to take me to a place where I could die in peace, letting go of what I could cling on to...

Tom.
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Toms p.o.v.

I watched as his screams died down and his shaking ceased, I got up quickly from the chair I'd been sitting in. Originally, I was laying next to him, but he kicked me in the nuts at some point and I crawled away in agony.

Sitting next to him I held his hand tightly, when he finally focused his blue eyes on me, I gave him a smile, a small one, but it was still there.

"I was worried you'd never wake up man, you sounded like a wild banshee in here." I tried to make my humor light as I could make it, hoping he'd be okay, but I had my doubts.

He sat up slowly and I watched him, but nothing could have prepared me for what happened next. He reached out for me, as if to give me a hug, but his hands had grabbed my forearms in a rather tightly manner. He pulled me forward as he leaned in, and with this being so fast I had no time to register what was happening.

The next thing I know though, is that his lips were on mine.

Sparklez was kissing me.

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Toms p.o.v.

"So um...are you hungry?" She asked.

"No."

"Are you thirsty? Cold? Hot?" I badgered him.

"I'm fine, thank you."

This was all the replies I could get from Sparklez all day. He refused to eat anything and he refused to go outside. Ianite had been trying to apologize all morning to him but each time she did he would just stare into the distance without saying a word. Needless to say, she was really really panicky. I guess she was afraid he hated her now.

"So you don't need anything? I can get it for you..."
She asked while nervously playing with a strand of her hair. We we're all sitting in the kitchen eating breakfast, except Sparklez.

"I don't need anything."

"O-okay. Did I mention I am terribly sorry?"

"Only a few hundred times."

"Oh okay. Well...I am."

The silence was deafening.
Ianite stood from her chair and exited the house, trying to hold back tears as she did.

I sighed and looked to Sparklez.
"She really didn't mean it Jordan. She feels really guilty about it."

"Tom...you didn't see what I saw last night. If you had, then maybe you'd understand why I can't forgive her just yet."

"I saw some things...Ianite could see them and she showed me through, like, her powers or something. The dream was about Mianite?"

"That was just one. Tom I had 36 nightmares in a row. Each one even more sadistic and horrible than the last. And the very last one I had was...I don't want to hear a single word about forgiveness, you don't know the hell I went through last night. I'm sick of be forgiving and trusting people I barely know. I don't want anyone else I care about into my life. I'll just have to watch them die or leave me."

His glare left me and he continued to stare at the un-eaten plate of food in front of him.
I should feel sorry for him, but I don't. Ianites done everything for him, and he just blew her off like she was nothing.

"Just because she made a small mistake, doesn't mean you have to be an ass to her. I really can't believe you right now."

I sat up from the table and slammed my dishes in the sink, making a loud shattering noise.

I walked out of the door to my tree and searched for Ianite.

She was sitting out by the stream, watching the sun rise. Her body shaking from quiet sobs.
I approached her and stood beside her.

"I'm sorry. I don't think he means to be a jerk right now, he's just a bit hurt."

"My spark...my Jordan...my kingdom...my son...my poor baby Andor...I've let them all down. I am weak and I cannot reclaim what is mine..."

"Well then maybe you should-"

I looked down at the ground and my chest suddenly weighed three tons.

She was...melting.

Her dress was turning into taint, it was spreading slowly towards the grass and water.

"Oh my god," I gasped.

She looked to me and glanced to where I was staring.
Her eyes widened and her hand went to her chest.
She began hyperventilating as she dragged her self away from the taint.

"No no no no...please no...not again..." She cried while trying to stand.
She couldn't. Her legs were gone.

"JORDAN!" I yelled. I grabbed her by the arm and tried to help her get up, but she pushed me away.

"No! I'll just infect you like Freya and Alva...just leave me..."

Sparklez opened the door and squinted towards us. He saw the rain and his eyes widened.
He ran over to Ianite held her hand.
She whimpered in pain as we watched the taint spread faster, her body disappearing.

"How did this happen?!" He asked panicked.

"I was just talking to her and she's like melting or something! Help her! Do something! She dying again!"

"Just leave me...I have failed you. Im sorry Jordan..."

Her face was beginning to pale. The bottom half of her body was completely gone.

I was panicking. If she left again we'd have no chance against Mianite.

"You haven't failed me. You haven't failed anyone. Whoever took Spark is who failed everyone. Don't you dare blame your misery on yourself."

"But you no longer want me as your goddess. You despise me..."

She clutched her stomach in pain, as she began to fade even more.

"No. I was being an ass. You didn't mean what you did, and I shouldn't blame you for it. If you leave now we'll all be doomed, and I can't bare having someone else I love leave me. Please...I need you too..."

Her eyes began to glow. Does that mean she wasn't fading anymore?

She closed her lids and her head began to fall. Sparklez held her up in his arms, and finally she drifted off into sleep.
Jordan looked like he was about to have a sob fest. His eyes remained on her sleeping form, they were filled with regret.

He had almost killed his goddess.

He covered his face with his hands and just sat there for a moment, Ianite resting peacefully over him.

"So...she's okay now?"

"Yeah...I didn't think about what would happen if I tried to push her away...I guess this was what happened when Helgrind pushed her away."

He lifted her up and the taint began to fade away from the ground. It was a little odd to watch, since she didn't have a lower body, only a long dress covering what was gone.

"What do we do now? I mean where do we take her?"

"I guess back to her home. Don't worry I'll fly her there. You don't have to go."

"Nah, it's fine. I'll come with just in case. That was terrifying."

"I almost killed her..."

He looked at her sleeping form and his tears began to return.

When we arrived at her home, Jordan seemed to know everything about her house. He immediantly took her to a bedroom and laid her down on a bed.
I looked around the room, and man did this place look old.

"When's the last time she cleaned this place? There's mold everywhere."

"She doesn't want to disturb anything. She says it's the way Spark had it before he left." He pulled the covers over her half body and pulled her hair away from her face.
My mind raced back to the kiss we had shared earlier. The one where we weren't drunk.
The one where we did it willingly.
We hadn't mentioned it to eachother since it happened, after he had done it, we silently sat there and I simply just left and began to make breakfast in the kitchen.
I wasn't really sure how to respond to these new feelings.

"...Do you like her?"

"Wh-what?"

"I said do you like her? In like a romantic way?"

"No! We're just friends. She loves Spark, not me. And I don't love her. It's just a friendly thing."

"But you care a lot about her, correct?"

"Yeah, she's like my little sister, kinda. She's always following me around and wondering what I'm doing."

"So you forgive her now?"

"You were right...she didn't mean anything...I nearly killed her. I didn't know that would happen though...I didn't know she'd turn into taint again."

"Sparklez I'd wash my hands if I were you. That goo is all over your hands, and I don't want you going nuts again."
He looked down at his hands and cringed.

I laughed as he ran to the bathroom and began scrapping his arms of the purple gunk.
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Pretty good chapter huh?
And guess what...I DIDNT WRITE HALF OF IT!
Okay so, a fan private messages me and was like "if you want to, can you read my story?"
And I was totally amazed at how good it was, like it was way better than the chapter I had written up.
So I asked this fan if I could post it and I would give them full credit, and they agreed as long as I kept their name anonymous. Guys, this chapter was one of the greatest ones so far because of this anonymous beautiful creature, who can write way better than I can xD
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