A tale of two sisters [M] [Archived]

[Medievarad]

She breathed shallowly, eyes slowly sliding open. But they felt so heavy, she just wanted to sleep. "Get.. The souls.. Sis," she murmured weakly. "Not sure.. How long.. I can.. Without mine."

[DragonSong]

"No no no, you have to come with me!"

[Medievarad]

Shria grunted spftly as she assumed fetal position, sweat trickling down her forehead. "And.. Do what? Be killed? Worse.. Have you killed?"

[DragonSong]

"What am I supposed to do? I'm not leaving you here!"

[Medievarad]

"I.. Dunno, sis," she croaked, shivering, eyes growing more pale. "I.. I can't.. Who.. Who am I?"

[DragonSong]

"Shria!" Zahra tried to lift her sister, struggling with the effort. "C'mon, you gotta focus!"

[Medievarad]

Shria groaned softly. "Damnit sis.. Five more minutes," she murmured, trying to shrug Zahra off again.

[DragonSong]

"No." Zahra ducked under her arm. "Lean on me, we'll get you up on the horse behind me and all you have to do is hold on, okay?"

[Medievarad]

Her tanned, brown skin had slowly grew a ghastly grey, her eyes faint and lifeless. "Where.. Are we?" She inquired with faint murmur.

[DragonSong]

"We're still in the desert." Zahra moved to balance her, trying to give her a leg up onto the horse.

[Medievarad]

"Why.. Are we in the desert?" Shria asked, blinking slowly. "Mom's sick.. We need to get to her.."

[DragonSong]

Her heart lurched as she hoisted her into the saddle and mounted up behind her. "Um...okay. We'll do that, but you just have to hang in there with me, okay?"

[Medievarad]

Shria nodded. "We need to get this medicine back to her-" her faint eyes widened momentarily. "Sis.. Do you have it?" She murmured in utter confusion.

[DragonSong]

"Yeah. Yeah, I do." She wrapped her arms around her sister to take the reins, spurring the horse forward.

[Medievarad]

"Good," she breathed softly, leaning against Zahra now, eyes sliding closed. "I'm.. I'm gonna take a nap now," she said with a faint yawn.

[DragonSong]

"Okay. But you have to wake up soon, alright?"

[Medievarad]

"Yeah," she murmured softly. "I.. Just need to rest my eyes for some minutes," she answered with a tired sigh, leaning against Shria, slowly drifting off.

[DragonSong]

"That's okay." As long as she could feel her breathing, it was okay.

[Medievarad]

A soft hum came from Zahra in response, resting closer against her sister. Her breathing was shallow and uneven. Yet it was still present, albeit very weakly.

[DragonSong]

She didn't know what else to do, just steered her horse toward civilization and kept riding.