Should Have Let Me Die

I walked with Kalita in the afternoon light that slipped through the trees. We follow the path back the way I had run to save her when I heard her scream. I could still remember the moment I touched her, and she changed so dramatically.

Now, the once small and shapeless girl was a voluptuous beauty of a woman able to change her figure at will, but something still seemed to be under it all. When we got to the edge of the forest, we stopped to watch the sea of tall grass roll like waves on the ocean. I guide Kalita to sit down on a log, and she gave me a strange look and looked over my shoulder at what I assumed was the statue before sitting down.

"I know you want to go see the statue, and we will, I promise, but I have something I want to share with you first. Since I last triggered my power up, Mesh, and now Kara have evolved, so I don't know what will happen when I activate it all together. So, before I do, I want to know how you are doing?"

"What? Me? Umm, I okay, I guess."

I moved to sit down on the log beside her and took her left hand in my right.

"I know he hurt you and finding out that everyone lied to you about what was going on must have been hard as well. It's just you and me now."

I put my arm around her, and I felt her body shrink back down to the small and slim form, with her dress hanging off her. Kalita was shaking, so I took my jacket off, put it over her shoulders, and then picked her up and set her on my lap. She wasn't crying, but she also wouldn't look at me. Instead, she just stared off into the distance until finally turning her face to mine.

"You saved my life, and save everyone around us that you see, but you think nothing of it. It's like this is all just what is supposed to happen to you, but it's different for us. Even us young elves were born before then the last hero died; my father even fought in the war four-hundred and fifty years ago."

"Markeye is over... Wait, how long had Thurman been in your village then?"

"Over fifty years now."

Fucking shit, this world, and this was happening everywhere. I can see why Kalita still feels this was, but wait, if Kalita were born before the last hero died, that would make her... I won't even try to understand what that number could be, and I could feel a headache coming on just from the thought.

That meant that she might know this guy over here then, hehe, and I called him annoying. Good job, im such an idiot.

'I can't always stop you from putting your foot in your mouth.' -Gripton.

"So, then you know this guy over here? How did he get this way?"

"Sir Tim volunteered to be the next summoning key, the same one that you were summoned from; He was good friends with my father before we had to leave the kingdom. After Sir Tim left and my father and I were banished from the kingdom to here, someone found out about me. Father hopped one day he would come back and talk sense into his sister, but now my mother has changed, I think."

"Isn't she human?"

"Yes and no, she was human, but now she is something else. Her body looks younger than mine now, and we have heard about many people going missing in my mother's kingdom of Ratiha."

"Do you think Sir Tim will help get the kingdom back? Would he go against his sister?"

"He will listen to dad and me. Also, they aren't actual blood kin. My grandparents adopted Sir Tim, the old rulers of Ratiha, and raised him as a knight. Sir Tim was only twelve at the time when he died, so when he came here, he was lucky to have the statue in the captial to transmigrate to our world."

"What kind of magic did he get when he was transported?"

"Bolstering magic. Sir Tim could shout words of encouragement to increase the skill and strength of our allied force or increase the productivity of workers."

"Woah, no wonder the guy is so happy go lucky and loud, that's his magic! Fuck, now I feel like a real ass."

"It's okay, let's go see him, and I will formally introduce you."

Kalita hopped off my knee, and I stood up and took her hand. She was still up to my chin in her smaller form, and I guess she wanted to surprise Sir Tim. Judging from what I knew about the stuffy and proper knights, I was all game for this. As we got closer, I could feel the excitement through her shaking hand and grinning face.

"You know, I used to come and visit here. I would sit and talk to Sir Tim about everything going on before you showed up. I'm not sure if he could hear me, but there wasn't anyone that I could talk to about the things happening. Like how I knew everyone was lying about Thurman being a good person, but I had to play along too."

We were at the statue now. I stared up at the tall man on his block, his clothes weren't overly impressive, but he gave an imposing presence. I stopped in front of him, looking down at the plaque on the block the man stood.

[Here stands a great hero that gave his life in hopes that one day, when the world is in need, another hero will be summoned.]

"I know it's been hard, but I know that Sir Tim will be, Impressed with your progress, hehe. His reaction will be priceless!"

"Why are you laughing?"

I laughed more as I touched the statue and quickly jumped back from a well aim kick for a man that was just a statue only a second ago! I put my hand up smiling at Tim, no need for the Sir anymore.

"Calm down, Tim, no need to get violent!"

"I could hear you the entire time!" Tim roared at me.

'Hahaha!' -Gripton.

'Hahaha!'