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~ Ne Me Mori Facias ~

The arrow flies.

In desperation
the knight finds
his courage, strength
and most importantly
his semblance.

The arrow strikes-

His appearance disrupts the villain's grin.

-him.

Auras and tempers flare,
hot and bright,
all around,
the three of them.

One light goes out.
Smote to ash, now
he is nothing more
than dark smears
across her skin.

The kneeling girl is frozen
as surely as though
she were cast in ice
with only one thought
on her mind.

That arrow was meant for me.

The villain has hardly
begun to laugh
when the heroine appears,
shouting and panicked.

The frozen girl thaws.

Months later, the heroine
recounts the tale.

"She plucked the arrow from the ash,

and...
I don't remember what happened after that."

~oOo~

A/N: The title is in Latin. It translates to "Don't let me die."