Reason #18 : I’m not worthy

Our Hero

Right back at the scene where the sisters are sliding down, Prince Leon and the rest was waiting outside the house to receive them as they slide down.

"Ok, got you," Peterson said as he caught Khloe into his arms.

"Three down and two more to go. Things are going a lot smoother than I thought. I guess it's all thanks to that little missy over there. She is an amazing one, isn't she?"

"Yes, she is."

The Prince gently nodded as he looks at the figure of that amazing girl that he loves.

<I just wish to have you in my arms now, please hurry soon.> he thought as he continues to look at her from afar.

The moment they arrive, Prince Leon had not averted his gaze away from Ivy since. When Peterson told him the plan, he had not a single shred of doubt that she would fail.

Unlike other maidens, Ivy never needed him as a hero; on the contrary, as long as he could remember, she would always be the hero of his story.

She would always find ways to help people first before herself, and even though that made him felt a little lonely, as all he could do was stand and wait for her, he would still happily do so as long as he could stay next to her.

Prince Leon has been looking forward to the moment where he dreams of her sliding down and catching her in his arms, and he would say,

"I've come for you, my princess."

But little that he knows, his dreams would shatter.

As soon as he saw the sight of Ivy falling, he felt as if that smiling image of her in his mind was slowly breaking into a million pieces.

"I...Ivy" He began to stutter, not believing his eyes, and before he could react any sooner, the whole house had crumbled on top of her.

*CRASH!* and *RUMBLE*

The sight of the house falling gave everyone a shock. As they all just stood there, frozen at the terrible sight.

"NOOOOOOO!!!" Khloe suddenly yelled when she saw the scene of the house crashing down.

While Kourtney and Kim just started crying in grief as they hug each other, feeling as if their heart had just fallen apart.

Although he was still in shock, the Prince bit his lips hard as if forcing himself to stay awake.

With the speed of light, he immediately took a rope and wrapped himself.

While Peterson was still numb from the shock, he saw the prince tying a rope around his waist, and he asks.

"What are you doing?"

Prince Leon just look at him and said

"I'm going to save my princess."

And with that, he lassoed the other end of the rope to one of the wood from the fallen house and slowly pulled himself across the flood.

As soon as he reaches the ruins, all he could see was stones and woods covering the whole area.

The sounds of the moving flood and falling stones were making it difficult for him to sense where she was.

Although he wants to dig in ruins and look for her, he was afraid that any more sudden movements from him might cause more wreckage to fell on her.

So he just kept shouting her name.

IVY !!!!!!!

IVY!!!!!!!

IVY!!!!!!!

IVY!!!!!!!

He just kept shouting and shouting and repeating her name, hoping that he could get a sign from her, but no matter how long he shouts, it was to no avail.

Then as he notices that the flood kept flowing and the building kept on drowning, he grew more anxious, and it made him bit his lips even more until it started to bleed.

"God damn it, Ivy!" He yelled with all his heart.

"Don't you dare die on me! I still have yet to hear you say you love me!

I still have yet to make you mine! So stop f**king around, and give me a sign!

If you die, I'll follow you to the depths of hell, and I'll make you alive again!>

Then he held in a deep breath as much as he could, and he cried out her name once more as if he had vibrated the whole place like a lions roar.

"IVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!!"

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Our Villainess

When she lay there unconscious, she saw a blinking red light and a black figure in her mind.

"Who are you?"

She asked as she hears it calling out her name. She couldn't recognize the person'ss face as it was just fuzzy and black to her. Before he disappeared, her last thoughts were, "who was that mysterious figure."

Slowly the dripping rain woke her, and she was again awake in this world.

She was covered in dirt with bricks and stones around her.

As she slowly tries to make sense and roll her eyes around, she saw Robbie's face, still lying unconscious next to her.

Then she remembered what had happened and where she was.

Robbie was still unconscious in her arms, and half of their body was underwater. Just when she thought the worst was over, but the worst has yet to come when she notices the water level rising again and the sound of the house still crashing down above her. She couldn't move even when she wants to, her body was a trap in the dirt, and there was no possible exit around her. 

Even then, when everything had felt hopeless to her, things got even worse when she saw the color red in her eyes, and she learns that she was bleeding from the hard-hit earlier.

While she laid there, she thought,

"Even when I'm awake, I'm still living in a nightmare."

Then she closes her eyes and smiled.

"Even at the very end, why can't you just let the villainess die peacefully."

Just when she thought it was finally all over for her, the warmth from Robbie's body reminded her that she still has yet to get him out from there.

As she tightens her grip, she said

"It doesn't matter what happens to me, but this boy is innocent. He still has to stay alive. I promise him that I'll get him out of here. "

Then as she looks around for a way out, she suddenly hears a familiar shout.

"IVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!!!!!"

Her eyes widen in surprise as she turns her head up.

"It's Leon's voice, and he is somewhere up here."

And so with all her might, she shouts back, "LEON!!!!!!! I'm HERE!"

When the prince finally heard her voice, he immediately knew where she was.

He could now sense her exact position and which part of the rubble she was hiding under.

He then took out his sword and slashed it towards her path, blowing everything away into particles, leaving only dust falling on her.

*cough* *cough*

"Can you be a little more careful?" She shouts back at him as she was worried something might fall onto Robbie.

But as she was about to lecture him more about it, the Prince just dash in and hug her.

She could feel his heart beating loudly, and he was quietly crying next to her.

"Ok, ok. I'm fine now." She comforted him by patting on his back.

Then she just laid her head on his shoulder and said

"Thanks for finding me Leon, I always knew you are the best."

After that, she fell unconscious again, and the Prince saw the amount of blood flowing down from her head.

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After I lost consciousness, everything happened so fast.

Though my eyes had open from time to time, my mind was utterly delirious.

I felt my whole body had been carried up and down many times, and I could hear someone's heart beating loudly next to me.

Though it was fuzzy, I could tell it was him carrying me. He was running around looking desperate, moving me from corridor after corridor, and when I saw his worried face, I kept mumbling to him.

"don't worry, don't worry."

But he still kept giving me that painful look.

I wanted to tell him.

Don't worry. I won't die, so don't cry.

But I had no energy, and I couldn't get the words out to him.

I saw that he was arguing, I saw that he was angry, but I could not do anything but lay down next to him.

Then there was a dim light, it was small but warm, and I felt enveloped by it as if something was flowing into my body, giving me the strength I need

When I open my eyes again, I was lying in bed, looking at the ceiling.

It feels like night time. I was lying in a room that was dark and lightly lid.

I raise myself from the bed and felt something on my head.

Then as I turn and saw my reflection on the window, the thing that I felt was a scar right above the side of my forehead.

At that moment, I somehow remembered a line from the story.

"The greedy and rumored to be a witch, Ms. Ivy Augustine."

(Author: only mention once in chapter 1 intro to villainess character.)

Then when I touch the deep scar, I only realize

"Ah, so that's why. I'm ugly as a witch now."

Then I felt a soft rustling sensation between my fingers and saw that boy sleeping on the other side.

When I reach out further and accidentally woke him from his sleep.

He looks surprised when he saw me up and awake.

So I looked back at him and smiled.

"Hey, silly boy, good morning."

He then let out a deep sigh of relief and held my hands gently to his face.

Then he smiled and gazed at me warmly and said

"I've come to save you, my princess. Would you marry me?"

And Ivy just laid there, staying silent with a straight face.

The Prince didn't know how happy his words made her felt and how much his words had meant to her.

But the scar on her forehead reminded Ivy who she is in the story.

She felt anguish with the way she looked and was afraid to reply the Prince.

But if she could've replied, she probably would've said

"How could I? When I'm not worthy."

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Author:

I rewrote this chapter 3 times

I've written 2k words each time with different plots but this was the one that made me felt that it was just right. Even though it's only 1500 words ('∀｀*)

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