My blood splashed onto the walls like thick red ink spilling on a white sheet of paper.
I thought there was no possible way that I'd lose, Pluto wasn't supposed to be able to kill me. This wasn't in the plan. I looked over at him, his arm was gone and his face was covered in his own blood. I looked down at myself, my leg is gone, and I'm missing my right eye.
"Pluto, you damned coward."
"Lily, you'd think out of the nine major gods that little old me was the weakest. That's why you can't beat me, that's why no matter how fucking hard you try. You will always be too weak."
Pluto approached me while speaking.
[He's such a condescending bitch.]
"You were close though Lily, YOU JUST ABOUT ALMOST HAD ME!"
He's lost his mind. Pluto the god of space and time, he was supposed to be the weakest. I was supposed to be able to beat him, and after everything. This can't be how it ends.
[Am I just this weak?]
"Oh Lily, Lily, Lily. You deserve far more pain, for what you've done to me. LOOK AT ME! MY ARM IS GONE! ITS GONE! I'M A GOD I CAN'T BE MISSING MY ARM. DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE DONE?"
I refused to look him in the eye.
[I just need him to get a little closer. I can still raise my arm. I can make one last slash. No, I have to.]
"Shut up Pluto, You do know that no one really likes you anyways, Neptune has always outshone you-"
"YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, MY SISTER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS."
"Seems like someone's feeling a little jealous of their older sister, maybe that's where you get all your anger from. Mommy didn't show you enough attention did she?"
"YOU LITTLE-"
He picked me up by the neck.
[I can't breathe. I must swing my sword. One last attack. One more. ]
I raised my arm to swing. I put all my remaining strength into this last swing, all of my years of training. My companions that are waiting for me to come back, all of the people who got me to where I am now...
Splosh.. Drip Drip Drip
My arm was gone.
The remaining blood I had slowly dripped out of where my right arm used to be. My sword laid motionless on the ground. It was so beat up, I loved that sword. I tried to speak, but I couldn't. I had nothing left to say and my body would give out. I lay motionless in his grasp. Unable to fight back.
[This was it, I'm sorry everyone. I promised that I would see you all again, that we'd celebrate. I just needed Pluto's crown, if we had that, we'd have been able to beat the other gods. At least I thought. Why would a human like me be able to fight a god. What was I thinking. I'm glad that they can't see me like this.]
Pluto dropped me onto the ground. I crawled towards my sword using my last remaining strength. Even if my right arm was gone I would fight until I was dead. No matter what. For my friends I had to do this. I grabbed the sword with my left hand.
Smack
Blood shot out from my mouth. Pluto punched me in the gut. The impact was extreme. This was the power of a god.
"Lily you don't deserve death. No. You need to be punished. You messed with the gods. No human is allowed to mess with us and cause the damage that you've caused and get let off with such a humane response like death. No you deserve something far worse. A curse in its own. I've always wondered what I would use this for."
He pulled out a gold pocket watch. It shone brightly in the night sky. The atmosphere around me grew darker and darker as my consciousness faded but this. It was beyond anything I'd ever seen. The tall blood stained stone walls covered in ivory and vines. The stars that popped like little white specs on a black canvas. It was so perfect almost as if the sky had been painted. The cold painful truth was that no matter the scenery I couldn't take my eyes off the pocket watch. It was mesmerizing.
"Neptune and me were just playing around one day with our powers and I made this. This pocket watch contains a very certain spell when used on humans. Of course it can only effect mortals. Otherwise I'd keep it for myself. But I think its just perfect for you. There is one draw back though, but I have no reason to tell you that. I just think it'll be fun to watch you torture yourself for years to come."
He handed me the pocket watch and grinned. It laid in my left hand. No matter how beautiful, there was something I cared about more.
[Who cares about a stupid pocket watch, I just wanna see my friends. I promised I'd come back. They're all waiting for me to come home with Pluto's crown. We were supposed to celebrate, but I wasn't good enough guys. I'm sorry. Mother, Father if you're watching know I love you and to Alice, Julianna, and to Flynn. My beloved companions, I hope you guys can forgive me. Lastly to my beloved, There will never be someone who I cherish and adore as much as you. Simply looking at you made me feel as if I was free, that the confines of our world didn't matter. That your beauty could forever remain endless and I'd never have to leave your side. I hope you never forget how much love you made me feel. That no matter how many lives I could have lived, you would always steal me. I'm sorry for the pain you will feel, and I'm sorry that I'll never get to stare into your eyes again. The eyes that look like a shinning star in a dark and cloudy sky. I love you.]
And as Pluto said the last words I'd ever hear, I had a thought, a thought that I would soon regret.
"See you soon"
[I just wish I had a little more time with everyone].