"Garroth!" I yelled, reaching out for him as I saw the arrow coming towards us.

I watched as it hit him in the back and making him collapse to the ground. I raced towards him, watching out for any more arrows. It had hit him near the back of his heart but his armour made it so it didn't go all the way through. Thank Irene.

I hadn't seen the person who shot the arrow, which scared me. They could be anywhere now. They could even be one of the villagers and I wouldn't even know since I couldn't see. Why? Why would someone want to shoot Garroth? Wait, Garroth ran over to me. He was stopping the arrow. From getting to me.

He barely even knows me, why? Why would he do that? I heard loud footsteps coming towards us, I hadn't noticed till now but I had tears in my eyes. I was crying for Garroth.

"Oh my gosh! Lord Aphmau! Garroth! What happened?" It was Zenix. I didn't even question why he called me Lord Aphnau but I felt more tears fall down my cheeks that's for sure.

"H-he got shot," I explained, my hands reaching out to him. My knees starting to hurt from the ground and by me sitting on them. "H-he tried to-to stop the arrow from getting to me." I added.

"How do you know it was for you?" Zenix asked, extremely calm. It wasn't like the person who I thought was his best friend might be dying any moment now. He should be scared or nervous, or something! "Here, let's bring him to Kiki's. It's the closet and in sure she'll let him stay there for a bit."

I helped Zenix carry Garroth (although he mostly did it) to Kiki's which was a few minutes away. Well it probably was a minute away but it took longer since we were carrying Garroth. Kiki let him stay and we placed him on her extra bed in the front.

"I'll go get the doctor from Brightport!" Zenix yelled running out the door, I saw once last thing before he left though. A smirk.

I ignored it and focused more on Garroth. His helmet hadn't fallen off which surprised me a bit, he might have a massive headache when he wakes up though. It sounded like he hit his head really good on the ground. It didn't help that it was one of the spots that was stone. Hopefully he wakes up and Zenix gets the doctor here fast. I don't know where Brightport is but I have a feeling it must be close. But why wouldn't the village have its own doctor?

"Lord Aphmau?" Kiki asked, breaking me out of my thoughts. I looked over to her, her face full of sadness and what looked like curiosity. "Do you like him?"

"W-what?" I asked, I must've heard the sentence wrong. And once again someone called me Lady Aphmau. "And why do you call me Lord Aphmau?"

"I asked if you liked Garroth, and I call you that because, well, you've done so much for the village. It seems only fitting to call you the lord of the village," Kiki slightly smiled. "I'm sure he'll be fine." She added.

I nodded and turned my attention back to Garroth, a piece of cloth wrapped around where the wound was. We had gotten the arrow out already and that was a few minutes ago. And the cloth was already drenched in Garroth's blood. There was so much, I really hope Kiki's right and that everything will turn out fine. But her question that she asked kept replaying in my mind, did I like Garroth?

As a friend yes, I had just met him. But he seemed like he would take a arrow for me, wait, he already has. And that's why I'm here, in Kiki's small farm house that houses a goat and a chicken plus the animals outside. Garroth on a hay bed and me, crying because I don't know if he'll make it.

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It's been over an hour and Zenix isn't back with the doctor yet. And I'm getting scared, Garroth's breathing is getting slower. I'm sure he might pass out from blood loss soon, I've had to change the cloth twice already.

I heard the door burst open and someone rushing over to Garroth's side. A man with a moustache came beside Garroth and placed a bag near his head. Grabbing supplies out of it. He turned to me.

"What relationship do you have to this man?" He asked, looking at me curiously. "Are you his lover?"

"What. N-no, I'm just his friend," I explained. "And the person who he took the arrow for." I mumbled, hoping he wouldn't hear. Although it might've been helpful, but I doubt it.

"I suggest you get out then, this might take all night plus a bit of tomorrow," the doctor -well I assume he's the doctor- told me. Making me nod and leave.

I didn't go back to Garroth's though. I leaned up against the wall, waiting for the doctor to come out and tell me he's going to be okay. And that he's going to live. Sure I met him a week ago I think but I still care for him, like he did for me.

But the scene couldn't stop replaying in my mind. Where he gets shot by the arrow, and then it leads to me thinking that he won't make it. Silently I cry outside of Kiki's. My own mind wondering to where it shouldn't, dark thoughts of mine where Garroth doesn't make it. Where it was his heart where he was hit, and it went all the way through. And where it hits him in the head while he's not wearing his helmet.

I hugged my knees and waited. Waited for someone to tell me that everything was going to be fine. That Garroth will live.

*unedited

I hope you guys enjoyed. I actually had this done yesterday. I got really bored. I now have a writing binder with like a thousand pieces of loose leaf (blank paper for those who don't know what it is) in it. So far I have like four pages already done and I started it today.

Hehe

Bye!
~Netti