if we survived the great war | leo&elise [day 4]

[d7m fraser birk ♚ frankel]

Elise Krane

”Please tell me none of that really happened?!” It did and soon after Luna swung the final blow, Elise ran away from it all, only looking back at Leo. It is just her and Leo now, her alliance has fallen from within. Is it only fair that Leo drives one of her knives into her heart? Complete the trend. Leo is all she has left in this arena, perhaps the only person she has left in the world to rely on. They exchanged friendship bracelets after the bloodbath, it must have sealed their fate. It should protect them from the mutinies that broke apart their team.

Elise raises her right hand, the one with the friendship bracelet around her wrist. Her speech is barely audible as it is entwined with her panicked crying. ”I will never hurt you, that is a promise. Panda and Hespie…” There are a thousands words she could say about the pair of them but none of it sounds right. No matter their lives at home, neither of them deserved it. ”I don’t know what to say about them except none of that should have happened. And it shouldn’t happen again.” Tears are becoming a permanent scar on Elise Krane’s pink cheeks. She does not bother to wipe them away anymore.

She extends out her hand to Leo, offering it out to shake though a reassuring hug would feel so much better for her. ”We need to stick together, for as long as we can. Even if I am dying and it means getting hurt to save me. Just don’t. Just run away, like we ran we away from Hespie.”

[d1b. xylia fray ♕ kaяi]

She closes her eyes shut tight.

And forces herself to count to ten.

By the time she got to six she could feel the tear running down her cheek, leaving a streak in the mixture of blood and dirt caked across her face. On ten, she let out one last shaky breath before taking the back of her hand and rubbed away any remainder of her sadness before turning to face Elise.

”Please tell me none of that really happened?!”

Leonora opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. Instead, she grabbed Elise and wrapped her arms tightly around her, clinging to the last thing she knew that was still left. Her head rested gently atop her ally's before letting go. She held her at arm's length and looked at the girl who somehow managed to choose her in a sea of other tribute's in the training center to trust.

The first time she had ever been chosen first for anything.

"It shouldn't have happened, you're right. I don't even think I could explain it if someone asked..." Her eyes flash to the bracelets on both of their wrists. Tears streamed down Elise's cheeks and Leo took her thumbs to wipe them away. "It won't happen again, we won't let it."

She finally let go of the girl, grabbed her bag from the grown, and tossed it across her shoulder.

”We need to stick together, for as long as we can. Even if I am dying and it means getting hurt to save me. Just don’t. Just run away, like we ran we away from Hespie.”

"I'm not leaving you to die Elise. The only way I'm running is if you're by my side."

Leo found herself counting to ten again and again throughout the remainder of the night.

Until sleep finally found her.

[kaitlin]