Some Love

The two stood in the field, the wind blowing gently over them. Even though they had only been here just yesterday, it felt as though a million years had passed since they last were tumbling through the grass together.

Off in the distance, one could see the smoke rising from the smouldering ruins where the once-great city had stood. The sky was polluted with black clouds, and a fine dusting of ash fell from the sky like inverted snow.

“A-Are you...” she asked, turning her head to look at him. He did not respond, and simple continued to stare off at the ruins.

The sun was shining, her sun was shining, yet he could not feel the warmth caressing his as it usually did. There was only the ash, and the blasted remnants of everything that was once his life.

“Come here, Dissy...” she said, placing her forearm around his midsection. He shrugged, and moved away from her, her hoof falling into the ash-dappled grass.

There was once again silence between them, before she broke it once more.

“D-Do... do you know who did it?”

He spoke for the first time. “I wasn’t asking for names.”

“No, I know, I’m sorry.... but did you recognize him at all? I didn’t get a good look at him, I’m sorry, if I did I could tell you who it was, but... could you describe him to me?”

More silence. Then, with a heavy sigh, he spoke.

“He was huge. A-And... and red. And he had a fearsome presence to him, like... like I knew that he wanted to kill me personally. It was terrifying...”

He slumped down to his knees, and he was joined by her, who pulled him into a hug. He lay his head in the crook of her neck, his eyes shut tight, a single tear running down his cheek. His oversized tail flopped once halfheartedly, before her multi-colored one gently lay atop it.

“He said... he said he was repaying the draconequui for his lost brood. Do you know...?”

He shook his head. “We fought at least three dragonflights during the war, and I couldn’t even tell you the names. I never paid attention when they talked about it...”

She pulled him into a tighter hug, and he rewarded her with a hug in return. The two sat there on the grass, the ash gently falling from the sky onto the two of them. They were unmoving, unspeaking for the longest of times, before he broke the silence for once.

“T-Tia?”

“Yes?”

He looked deep into her eyes, his own shining wet with tears. “Can you promise me something?”

“What?”

“Promise me that everything will be alright in the end.”

No words, and then...

“I... I can’t promise you that.”

Silence fell between the two again.