| Chapter Eighteen | He Needs Help
Reminder: Bolded Words Are Dragon Tongue Speaking...which is about all of the dialogue in this chapter...
"Friends make mistakes, it is how they make it right that matters."
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"Did you have to knock him out?" A worried voice asks.
"Yes, you were not there. He was destroying everything." Another one spoke. Seto's eyes opened, his head was killing him, but he felt arms around him, holding him. He met eyes with Rosani. They both blushed and she lets go of him.
"H-Hey. How are you feeling? Better?" She asks. He looks around and coughed a few times, groaning as well. Rosani pushing him gently down on his back. They both are in her room, Asthie, Ty and Captain Derek there as well. Captain Derek uncrosses his arms.
"I say we kill him." Captain Derek said. Ty rolls his eyes.
"Of course you do," Ty said as he looked at Derek. Rosani puts her hand on Seto's arm.
"Something's wrong. Why is he not talking?" Rosani asks frantically. Captain Derek rolls his eyes. Asthie crawls over beside Seto, she puts her hands over him, her hands and eyes glowing pink. Rosani looks at Asthie and than at Seto. Seto felt the pain in his head fade away, but he still felt like he was gonna be sick. Ty moves over beside the bed.
"Calm down, Rosani," Ty said. Asthie lays down, putting her head on Seto's shoulder, her arms resting on his chest. Rosani smiles a little.
"The Council is looking for him." Captain Derek said. Ty looks at the Captain.
"They cannot have him," Ty said. The Captain looks at Ty.
"That is not your call. The people do not want Harvey here, they hate him being here after he destroyed this Kingdom and killed your parents and the young Prince and Princess. So it might be safer—" Rosani stood, facing the Captain.
"He is not going anywhere and that is final!" Rosani shouted. "He is a victim just as much as we are. I am not sending him away!" Captain Derek crosses his arms.
"No offense, your highness. But last time I checked, Prince Tobias is in line for the throne, not you." Captain Derek said. Rosani looks at Ty. She grabs his arm.
"Tobias, you cannot. He's has a really hard life, you cannot exile him out of the place that was his only true home." Rosani said. Ty stared at her and looked at Seto.
"Prince, you cannot just pick the sorcerer because he is your friend. The people come first, your people come first if you want them to follow you, you have to make them feel like they are safe. And as long as Harvey is here, they do not feel safe." Captain Derek said. Rosani grips Ty's arm.
"You cannot. I want to ease the people's consciousness but Harvey needs help, not abandonment." She said. Ty looks at her.
"Rosani, Captain Derek is right," Ty said. She lets go of his arm.
"Of course I know he is. But...this is Harvey we are talking about. He is the only one who can fix your memories, who can beat Tristan. Exiling him is gonna be the worse decision you could make. And besides...if he goes then I do too—"
"Stop letting your feelings for this dark sorcerer cloud your judgment, Princess." Captain Derek said. Rosani looks at Derek. Ty grabs her when she almost moved towards him.
"Calm down, calm down. Captain, we will talk about this later." Ty said holding her back.
"He is not a dark mage!" She snapped before Derek left. Ty lets go of her. Ty looks at Seto. "Tobias, please. Give him a chance. He's a good person with a good heart, his family hated him for practicing Light Magic, they were infuriated and they all forcibly turned him to the dark arts. He is not a bad person, he is a damaged one." Ty looks at her, his eyes soften.
"I would not abandon Seto. Never." Ty said. She smiles a little. Ty looks at Seto. "But Rosani, which is more important. Seto or our people?" Rosani looks away, her eyes water.
"Harvey is more important," Rosani said. She squeezes Seto's hand in hers. "And if he goes, I go." Asthie sat up.
"Me too!" She said. Ty glances at Asthie. Rosani stared at Ty.
"Tobias, he won't hurt anybody. I swear, I will stick to him like glue. He will not leave my sight, just please, don't send him away. He's hurt emotionally already, being thrown out of the only place that has ever truly accepted him would devastate him. He's been through enough, do not put him through more when he does not deserve it." She said. Ty looks at her, seeing tears on her cheeks. Ty sighs and looks at the floor.
"Keep an eye on him. I do not want to send Seto away either, that is the last thing I want to do." Ty said. Rosani smiles, wiping her tears away with her sleeves. "You okay?" She nods.
"He...He just means a lot to me. And it is cruel and unfair how he's been treated." She said. He smiled a little.
"At least he has you," Ty said. She blushed before she looked at Ty.
"And you. I know you might not really remember the Harvey side of him, but you know this...Seto side of him. And that is the real side of him. He is a good person, trust me, I know he is." She said. Ty smiled again, he nodded.
"Trust me, I know Seto's a good person," Ty said. Ty looks at Seto, he can see Seto coming too again. He touches Rosani's arm. "Keep an eye on him. Do not let him out of your sight, got it?" Rosani nods. Ty looks at Asthie. "Come on, Ash." Asthie grabs Seto's arm.
"But...But Jimmy hurting." Asthie said. Ty puts his knee on the bed and picks up Asthie, Asthie grabs Seto's jacket. "No. Jimmy hurt—"
"Harvey will be okay," Rosani said she takes Asthie's hand and pries her fingers off Seto's jacket. Asthie grabs Ty. Rosani looks at Ty.
"Can you put her to bed since it is getting late?" Rosani asks. Ty nods. Asthie looks at Seto.
"I want Jimmy to put me to bed," Asthie said.
"Jimmy's hurt, Ash. He needs to rest before he starts moving around again." Ty said to her. Asthie stares at Seto, she puts her head into Ty's neck.
"Fine." She pouted. Rosani smiled a little, Ty turned from them and left carrying Asthie. Rosani looks at Seto, she puts her hand on his forehead. 'He's a little warm. This is just like before, when his family forced him to use a dark spell, he was so weak and sick afterward because he is not used to it.' She thought. She felt his hand move, his fingers grazing her wings. She turns towards him more and took his hand in hers. She smiled a little.
"Harvey? You awake?" She asks. Seto turned his head a little, groaning. The effects of Asthie's healing magic faded away making his head feel like it is pressurized and his limbs feeling too heavy to move. He knew what was going on, and he knew who could cure it. Problem being he could barely get any words out to tell Rosani who to get.
"C-Cassie..." Seto mumbled. Rosani sat on his bedside, not hearing what he said. She sees his eyes crack open, and even though it was only a little, she can tell he was out of it by a long shot. His skin was several shades lighter than normal and he's panting like he just came back from a five-mile run. She moves closer to him, his eyes closing. She leans a bit closer to him so he doesn't have to speak up.
"What?" She asks.
"G-Get Cassie..." Seto mumbled again.
"Cassie? Cassandra? Your apprentice?" Rosani asks.
"Yeah..." Seto mumbled even weaker before he passed out again.
"Harvey." She said, grabbing his arm. She stood up, she rested the back of her hand on his forehead. 'Crap, he's burning up. What can Cassandra do that I can't?' She thought. She gets off the bed and goes over to the door, she opens it, seeing guards at her door. "Go get Statilia." The guards nod and leave. Rosani goes back over by Seto. She touches his skin, feeling it is cold to the touch. Her eyes glow, the blanket comes out from under Seto and she moves it to rest on him. The door opening, letting Statilia in. She looks at Seto.
"What happened to him?" She asks. Rosani looks at Statilia.
"I know you don't like Harvey, Statilia. But he is really sick and weak. Can you please run down to the infirmary ward and grab some supplies so I can take care of him?" She asks. Statilia looks at Seto and then at the Princess.
"Why not have your sister heal him?" She asks.
"We tried that already, it didn't work," Rosani said.
"Than why can't you get the supplies yourself, Princess?" She asks putting her hands on her hips. "I'm not one of your servants you know."
"I know, and I can't because I promised my brother I would keep an eye on Harvey. Please, he needs it." Rosani said. Statilia looks at Seto again, she chuckles again.
"Yeah, I'm not helping the likes of him." She said.
"Please! If you won't go get them, can you watch him for me while I do it?" She asks. Statilia shakes her head.
"No, I have better things to do. Ask Captain Derek." Statilia said.
"Derek would kill Harvey," Rosani said. Statilia smiled.
"Exactly," Statilia said. She turns towards the door. Rosani sighs irritated.
"What do you have against Harvey? You and he use to be friends--"
"Yeah, we use to be. Be happy I'm tolerating him." Statilia said.
"But what do you have against him?" Rosani asks. Statilia's hand drops from the door handle, staring at the Princess.
"What do I have against him?" Statilia repeated. Rosani nods. "Rosani, have you looked outside?! He caused that! He had a hand in it! He is the reason why this Kingdom fell, and he should be locked up to rot in a cell forever or hung!" Rosani flinched at her loud voice. Statilia looks away from Rosani. "I don't understand how you can forgive him. He killed Wendy, your parents, the young Prince and Princess. He--" Rosani took a step towards her, her hands balled at her sides.
"He is also the reason this Kingdom still stands," Rosani said. Statilia looks at her. "Harvey is the reason we still have a castle to be in, he saved Tobias and saved us."
"That may be true, but if it weren't for his actions before that, he wouldn't need to save us. So he is still a mass murderer and a dark wizard." Statilia said. Her eyes soften, she looks away. Statilia calms down a little, she looks at Seto again. "I'm only tolerating him because he is one of Sky's--T-Tobias's friends." Rosani looks at her.
"Sky? You mean Commander Adam? What does he have to do with any of this?" Rosani asks.
"A lot actually," Statilia said. Rosani raised an eyebrow at her, she smirks a little.
"He's just some mortal, Statilia. How important can he really be?" She asks seeing Statilia get mad at that.
"He isn't just some mortal. Have you actually ever had a conversation with him? He's a really nice and kind guy that's... wait...I see what you are doing." Statilia said. Rosani smiles a little, looking away.
"I remember you always saying you would rather die than fall for a human," Rosani said. Statilia's cheeks blush a bit.
"That's funny, but my answer to helping Harvey is still no. And talking about Adam isn't gonna change that." She said.
"Adam would help me. He's a sweetheart." Rosani said. Statilia grabs the door handle.
"Great, go ask him," Statilia said. Rosani grabs her arm, about to speak but Seto woke up, immediately into a coughing fit. Rosani and Statilia look at him. Rosani hurries over.
"Harvey, no. No, lay down, you're in bad shape right now." She said as he continues coughing. She sits on his bed, holding him. She rubs his arm. "Shhh....calm down....calm down..." Her hand moved up his arm and over his shoulder, onto his cheek. Her thumb caresses his cheek a bit, the warm feeling soothing him a bit. His eyes stayed closed, his coughing fit dying down. She smiled a bit. "That's it. Go to sleep." She glances at Statilia, Statilia looks as if she is having a conflict with herself whether to leave or not. "Come on, Statilia. I know you care about Harvey too." Statilia remains silent. Rosani leaned back a bit. "If you want to do it for Harvey, remember that Harvey is Adam's friend too...And I don't think Adam would be okay with losing him."
"Can you stop hanging Adam over me?" Statilia asks.
"He is the only person that can get you to do anything around here. So I will if I have too. And...when you are done, there was a fire at the base and Adam got caught in it--"
"Of course he did. He just loves getting hurt." Statilia said. She sighs, crossing her arms over them. "Fine, tell me what you need and I'll get it. But after I get it, I'm going to go help Adam with his injuries he probably has."
"The other people who got hurt could use our medicine too you know, not just Sky." Rosani said. Statilia stares at Rosani.
"Good for them, I'm only concerned about Adam." She said. Rosani holds Seto's hand, waiting for him to fall back asleep.
"You know, Statilia. If you keep talking like that people will start to think you have a crush on him." Rosani said. Statilia blushes a bit, she balls her hands into fists.
"I do not have a crush on Adam! We are only friends and nothing more!" She snapped. Rosani smiled, she looked at Seto.
"Yeah, sure."
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