Intermission: Jonathan’s Goodbye

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Jonathan's POV

Once we arrived, I saw that the fallen dragons were still waiting around.

"Ezekiel, take care of everyone here. I'm going to go find my wife."

I look at Atlas, I hope the boy noticed it on Roxy earlier. I believe he can do it.

"Atlas, thank you for giving me hope and helping me find peace."

We shook hands as he nods at me. I quickly leave the area.

It didn't take me long to find her. She was resting in our bedroom in the palace. She was crying all by herself.

Before I could even say anything, she saw me. I forgot that I wasn't invisible anymore. Atlas really did a lot to me.

"Honey! I thought I would never see you again!"

I just hold her in my embrace. We stayed like this for a while. I sit her down by the foot of the bed.

"I'm sorry that I left you so soon…"

She shook her head wildly.

"No! It's okay. I've learned to live with it. It's just that I wish you were around when Ior left… now it all makes sense why he left. I should of realized it like that boy said."

I couldn't help but sigh. I'm glad Atlas helped her realize all the things that happened behind her back but he was harsh…

"It's okay sweetie. I was here with you the entire time… it hurt me that I couldn't help you at all."

Roxy tried to hide it but I saw one single tear. I quickly wipe it away. She slowly looks up at me.

Her beautiful green eyes looked like crystals. Her long eyelashes that fluttered every single time she blinked. The makeup she wore, even though it was slightly smeared, still looked amazing. I carefully fix her messy light green hair.

"You're still beautiful as ever."

I smiled as I said it to her. She tears up again so I try to calm her down. I brush back her bangs to make a clearing for her forehead.

"Still big as ever huh?"

She laughs as she sniffs. I chuckle a bit too. I then lean in and kiss her forehead.

"I'm sorry. You married a man that left you so soon. I could never tell you how much I loved you."

"I loved you too honey. I think about you every night before I go to bed."

I pull her in again for a tight hug. I wanted to… hold her longer… tell her how much… she meant to me… but… it felt like… I was weakening… like I was starting to fade away…

"What's happening to you?!?"

I suddenly hear Roxy's worried scream. I look at my hands and realize that I was finally going to enter the afterlife.

"It's okay Roxy. That boy Atlas helped me. I must leave now. I have been around for too long."

I felt her hug tightening around me. I try my best to hold on…

"But… we didn't even have time! It hasn't even been 5 minutes since you came in!!!"

My poor Roxy. She kept on crying. I could feel my body weakening. I could feel the last of my energy getting sucked away from me. I let out a few more words before my body gives out on me.

"Baby listen. Even if our reunion is cut short, I feel satisfied. I was able to speak to you once more. I was able to hold you once more. I was able to tell you how much I love you once more. This was all I wanted."

I bring her chin up so she could look at me once more.

"I'm so happy to have spent my life with you."

"Me too! I'm so happy to see you and hold you again… even if it was only for a moment."

I crawl over to my side of the bed and lay down. Roxy sees what I was doing and comes over and lays on her side. She lays on my chest as I hold her in my embrace for the last time. She said what we were both thinking about.

"I've missed this so much…"

"Me too…"

We continue to stay here until my body actually begins to fade. It started at my feet and slowly went up. Roxy could see it and started to shake. I make her look at me so that she doesn't have to see.

"Kiss me."

That was all she said as she closes her eyes. I lean in and kiss her. I could feel her soft lips as my body continued to fade. It wasn't long before I feel my consciousness leave.

'Ah. I can't believe that I'm leaving her again. I hope you can make her happy Atlas.'

-

As Jonathan completely faded away. His wife Roxy laid in the bed, completely still.

She tried staying strong for her husband but now that he was truly gone, she let out her sorrows.

"Why! Why has the world been so cruel to me!!"

She cries as she shouts at the top of her lungs. Roxy, the quiet queen has suffer through many hardships in her life. This was nothing but another story of sadness in her long life.

As she was grieving, her door suddenly swung open.

"Excuse me Your Majesty! We have a problem!"

The guard suddenly stopped. He noticed that the queen had been crying. Roxy attempted to cling onto any dignity she had left as queen and got up.

"What's wrong?"

She spoke indifferently to hide her shaky voice.

"Uhm. The eastern borders have been compromised! An unidentified army of 10,000 has crossed the Solus Straight and they are heading our way! We are currently trying to communicate with the border to figure out what happened!"