I Will Be Your Shield

Snippet from my unpublished fanfic "Reunion":
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Another hour passed and Flame Princess stubbornly kept waiting--until a drop of water fell on her shoulder. She hissed in surprise and looked up; the sky was completely black now and thunder began to roll. ‘I... I better get home.’

She stood, and the moment she did, there was a sudden downpour.

It all happened so fast.

First, all she could think about was the inevitable, whole-consuming pain. Once that rain hit her, everything--every fibre of her being, every cell and nerve and every one of her senses--would be dying, and she knew she wouldn’t be able to find shelter fast enough--wouldn’t be able to crawl away--and how was she supposed to get home, to keep living, if suddenly everything she touched was going to hurt her, when even the air became her enemy?

But just as she stiffened herself up for a painful, painful, excruciatingly painful experience, she was suddenly pulled roughly towards something firm and the downpour--instead of soaking her entirely--instead fell onto... cloth?

“We don’t have much time,” a voice spoke, and Flame Princess found that the voice was very much close to her ear. It was rough, as if it didn’t get used often, and it was deep, giving it a texture that reminded her of ash and smoke.

“Wha--”

But she didn’t have time to think as she was suddenly lifted from the ground. “Eek! What! Hey! Who are--” Then he--the person was definitely a male; if the voice hadn’t proven it, then the firm chest she was currently being pressed into definitely did--began running. Stray drops of water landed on her arms and back and she hissed, instinctively curling into him, and the stranger responded by holding her tighter against him. Flame Princess didn’t know why she wasn’t being doused right now but it must have had something to do with this person currently holding her, protecting her. Flame Princess looked up and realised that somehow, he was using thick strips of cloth to shield her--shield them both--from the water, by curling it and cocooning around them like a makeshift umbrella but wider, bigger, and not sliding away the water, but soaking it in.

The cloth was soaking in the water.

Flame Princess could feel it, a sensation like a burn (but not a good type of burn), in her hands.

And when she looked at her saviour, the first thing she noticed was the pain on his face--

Because even though he was using the wrappings to shield them, the water was still getting through, getting to him first, and--

And--

Why was he doing this for her?

He finally found shelter--the closest one that was around--which was a decent-sized tree in the middle of the field. He collapsed beneath it but didn’t let Flame Princess go; probably because drops of rain still fell on them. The leaves were thick and bunched but the rain was relentless; all the leaves did was soften it into a drizzle, and that drizzle strung.

“Hey,” Flame Princess said, making her voice louder than the pounding of the rain. “Hey! Are you alright?”

All she could see was his face as he leant over her as she rested against the trunk of the tree, protecting her from most of the rain. Now, without the blur of a background and the terror of falling rain about to douse her, Flame Princess realised... that he was a fire elemental.

He was made of fire, just like her.

And he’d... just...

“You did that... for me?”

The fire elemental--different from her, from anyone she’d ever seen (his skin was dark, like charcoal, so unlike her bright and orange glow) but still distinctly fire--only looked at her, and she forgot how to breathe for a moment. His eyes were a burning gold, much like her amber, but surrounded by red, and she couldn’t help but think... that she had seen them somewhere before.

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This picture
is full of feels
lkdfbalfkja



I really, really need to show you guys Burner and FP's story Either by fanfic or pictures, or with both, but it needs to be done. SOON.

fdflajfablja I loveeee thisssss

So, just in case you didn't read that massive text above there, the picture is about Burner saving FP from rain. FP is a very, very strong character, so she won't need much protection from anybody--but her fatal weakness is water, and no matter how powerful she is, she can't fight off rain.

So Burner saves her. He uses the cloth to shield them as he carries her to the nearest shelter. But since it's cloth, it soaks up the water, and it threatens to kill him too.

But he doesn't care. All that matters is FP and protecting her.

They get out of this alive, of course.

They set fire to the rain.



//SHOT

_{Should I post up the full chapter of this??? owo I dunno fldkabfalja}

Anyway, enjoy~~

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