Till the End of the End

“Together till the end?“Gideon asked. “You know the answer” Lucy stated. “We have no chance, I wouldn’t miss it for the world” I added with a grin, playing the arrows in my quiver. I looked at my two best friends; we had come so far from a boy failing to be a knight (Gideon), a runaway princess (Lucy), and a Blacksmith’s daughter (me). We now were leading a crew of sailors to explore the East, where dangers such as dragons, giant mysterious whirlpools, and sea serpents. Our journey had been smooth sailings until today; a storm with fierce winds had set in. Also, a warlock in odd robes appeared onboard warning us of a dragon heading our way, but we would not be deterred, that is what swore to do when took up this adventure. As we left the safe quarters of the office, a pit of dread settled in my stomach. A feeling that told me that this might be the last time I see the beautiful rosy sunset. Gideon held the door open as he, Lucy, and I walked out onto the deck.

Everyone stood still as Lucy opened up her mouth to speak, but before a single word came out, a monster large and scaly swooped down and picked her up. The men ran below deck like cowards. Gideon screamed as I loaded an arrow into my bow. The dragon had arrived. I wasted no time firing my arrow, but it was too late. My best friend, the one shared secrets and jokes with, the one who didn’t care about her station, was gone, dead. I held back a scream. I loaded another arrow, my anger, revenge, bitter and horrible, were the only things on my mind. Gideon ran in front of me as the dragon shot ice out its mouth straight towards me. My anger doubled, they both were dead, and I had to avenge them if it was the last thing I did. Little did I know it would be the last thing, I did. I pulled out the third arrow, a sudden calmness taking over, like the eye of a storm. I aimed and fired and hit my target, but with the last of its energy, it swiped me off the deck into the ocean. I tried to swim to the surface, but it was over. I floated downwards. I was dead.

When I woke up, I was in a comfortable bed, fit for royalty. The room was much like Lucy’s when she was a princess. I looked down to see, I was wearing my favorite nightgown. I rolled out of bed and softly walked towards a wardrobe near a door. Inside the wardrobe, was my favorite dress, a beautiful simple cotton gray dress with a few swirls here and there. I put it on and headed through the door. I came out into a corridor so I chose to walk left. When I came to the end of the hallway, I saw a throne room, golden glorious . There was Lucy, she was dressed like a queen, and she was knighting Gideon. They both turned there heads to see me standing there, clapping along with everyone else. Lucy walked over grabbed my hand and brought me the front, “and of course, my royal advisor, Lady Penny of the Underworld”. She held up my and hand and Gideon held up hers on the other side. Lucy whispered to us “Friends till the end the world ends”, Gideon responded, “Of Course”. I looked at both them with an impish grin “I don’t fancy it”. They both smiled and shook their heads and the three of us hugged while the people continued to cheer. We were friends forever bad times or good, sad or happy, dead or alive.