To protect one another

'I knew it, they are exactly were a foresaw it. I just turned the corner and spotted them right away, trying to harm Anne and Elise. My hands trembled slighty, and it is normal since I have always hated to fight. I learned to fight because Elias told me that it would be necessity in case I needed to protect myself. And right now that's what I need to do, not only to protect myself but also for Anne and Elise, I must stay strong.' She thought while closing her eyes, breathe deeply and looked toward the man trying to attack the girls. After calming her mind, she acted quickly and pulled arrows at the assaillants, her every move were fast and precise. Her arrows shot two man but the assaillants were numerous, and after they saw her, their attention quickly turned toward her. She took advantage of that situation to instruct Anne and Elise to flee.

"Anne, Elise hurry get away from here now!"

"Ah! Lea....what about you?!" Anne said as tears ran down her cheeks, and all her body trembled from fear.

"Don't worry the guards are coming, everythings will be okay, so go now!" She said while dodging attack from the assaillants.

'As soon as they saw me, they all concentrated their attack on me. Like I thought they really mistook Anne for someone else but who could have thought that it would be me and why me?! No one is supposed to know me in this country, expect those from the palace....' As she thought about the reason for this attack, she saw the girls been surrounded by two assassins. Helpless, she couldn't intervene to save them because she was fighting against some of those assaillants so her heart became restless and she didn't notice one of those man disgused as a citizen coming at her with a blade. Fortunately for the girls Val came to help and they were safe, Eleanor saw him and was relieved by his appearance even if it was unexpected, 'this is a relief, Val saved them at the right time but is he here on duty? since he is the captain of the royal knights. But if he really is, that mean he must be with Francis.....' As those thoughts crossed her mind, a vision showed her a man attacking her from behind but she knew that it was too late to counter the attack because she was too distracted by the girls situation. She wanted to move and dodge the attack though she would still be a bit injuried, but then as she turned around to face the assaillant, she was facing the back of a man who intervened to be her shield. 'Ah....I was right, it is him! Francis, but wait..why?! why is he doing that, I could...I could have countered this attack..' Shocked, Eleanor looked at Francis's back, feeling more and more stunned by what just happened and trembling from the fear of knowing that he got hurt because of her.

"Your majesty....why did you do this? I could have dodged it....." She uttered with her expression full of worry.

Francis didn't hear her or in this case he couldn't, he lifted the man by the neck and broke it. He let go of the assaillant's soulless body and staggered while looking right and left. He couldn't hear people's voice clearly, he saw Val calling for him but his voice sounded distant even though he wasn't so far from him. His eyesight became blurred, he had a hard time seeing thing clearly, his body was tense and heat emanated from it. He still looked toward Val who was calling for him and was evacuating people at the same time with the help of guards.

"Your majesty....do you hear me, if you can still hear what I am saying please control yourself. Don't let it overpower, you must stay calm....your majesty!" shouted Val with a face filled with anxiety. 'Damn it, what should I do now, if he lose control now, he will go berserk on all these innocent people. But only that woman can make him return to himself.' Val thought as he looked worried at Francis. But then he saw something unexpected happen, Eleanor grabbed Francis from his arms and made him look at her and was talking to him.

"Hey! miss Eleanor, you shouldn't stay near him, he is not the same....he doesn't reconize anyone while been like this, so..." He told her but she wasn't listening to him and was focused on Francis.

She held his hand tightly and was talking to him calmly with tears on her eyes. He was looking at her with a frown on his forehead, like he was trying to remember her.

"Your majesty, are you okay, do you see me?!...uhh! you are hurt because of me, I am so sorry....But you shouldn't have done that." She said faintly with trembling voice.

Francis was losing control and his feeling was unsteady. He moved his hand to her throat and tightened his grip. She didn't scream or get scared, she knew that he wasn't normal but she thought that he reacted like that because of his wound.

"I know that this is all my fault but you have to calm down or your wound will get worse....please Francis!"

When she said his name, he stopped tightening his grip on her throat and fixed her blankly. 'Lea....what happened? why is she crying? am I dead? No it is something else, I seem to be losing my mind...my hand, was I strangling her?!...No! I must stop this, I can do it like I always did. Lea! there is no way I am ever gonna hurt you....' He thought deep in his mind and slowly regained conciousness, he let go of her neck and as he calmed down his legs became weak because of the wound and he fell on the ground.

"Ahhh! Your majesty, Francis!....look at me, it is okay, I will save you. So please hold on, don't die, do you hear me! stay alive!" She sat beside him, shouting while crying and taking care of his wound. Francis was looking at her while breathing slowly, he smiled at her and said,

"Seem like...I intervened in time to save you."

"Uhh...You shouldn't have done that I could see it....I could have dodged it. I am sorry about that.....and thank you for saving me." She said while pressing her hands on his wound to make the blood stop. But if this keep going, he will lose too much blood and die here. Eleanor knew it and thought, 'he will not make it until Cain come or we take him to the palace.....I don't have a choice, I must use it. But with so many people around it will be difficult...Ah! but maybe, I can use the spell of illusion. The problem is that, this spell is taking too much energy from the user, I will have to heal him quickly and if I save him by using the elf power I inherited. It will drain too much of my energy and I might damage my body. But, I don't have a choice right now, if I don't act quickly he will die.' She closed her eyes and after thinking it through, she stayed quiet and concentrate on her spell. Then, after quietly mutering some words, she looked around and as she tried to see if others could see her by waving at Val and he didn't answer, she began healing Francis while using her power. Francis was still conscious with his eyes faintly open, Eleanor didn't notice him looking at her. Before he lost consciousness, he thought, 'Lea, stop crying I will be fine...I can't die here because if I die, it will be the end of everything in this world. Something frightening is sleeping deep inside me, something you should never know.....Ah, I have a hard time seeing her, am losing consciousness?! But what is this light coming from her hands? it is green and feel weirdly good, I don't feel pain, it is like I am been held in her embrace.....'