TW:Gore and slight derealisation

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"Keaks!" Shauna said bursting into the room that she'd left them in. They were asleep holding onto their wound. Shauna sat next to them, staring at them as they lent agianst the damp wooden walls , they looked so uncomfortable. She slowly moved them so they slept with their head on her lap, running her hands through their hair. It was knotted but soft and fluffy.
In the end Shauna fell aslsso there too.

PEacefully the two slept as the the Royal Gaurds were taken out of the city to a large feild for a mass trail and testing of each member. Each nobel men taking  as section of the Royal Guard memeber and hearing about what they have to say. People went out getting the death count, the injured count. Rushhing people to doctors and nurses, getting them medical treatment. There was a lot to do, and unfortunetly it wasn't going to be done in one day.   

There was buldings to rebuild, people to find and save, people in hospitals, trails to run, funerals to run, compensations to give out, and so much more.

But all that conserned Shauna at that moment was Keaka.

As she slept her mind traveled:

She was once again under the willow, reading a book as she did every day, looking right she was the short, weak, brown haird gremlin, Keaka, rest their head against her shoulder. But as she turned the page of her book and kissed the top of Keaka's head the book set a light.

She through it to the ground and watched as all the daisys lined up all turning into balls of fire. Burning hot, glowing flowers. She jumped up, holding on to Keaka, lifiting them as they slept in her arms. Hugging them she felt a cold and thick liquid run through their hands, looking down at them only to see red oozing out of Keaka as if their stab wound was fresh and new. Keaka's eyes opened wide covered in fear and distress they mouthed sorry and dropped to the floor. Everything went dark around Shauna, but they started at their hand; covered in the blood of Keaka, it ran down their arm and slowly dripped onto the floor.

The blood began to mix with bittersweet tears that fell from Shauna's eyes.

They jumped up in a startle, waking up to see Keaka still sleeping on their lap twitching slightly. She let out a breathe of relief and run her hand through their hair once again. "Keaks?" she questioned attempting to wake her up. Their eyes fluttered open, they weren't sure where they were until they looked up at Shauna. "Oh- sorry." they slowly got themselves up. "Pfft- I put you there, you looked so uncomfertable against the wall. You were stabbed and saved my life it's the least I could do."

"Whatever, is everything over?" Keaka asked staring at the shattered window. "I guess, I mean the fighting is, juts rebuilding, support and trails left." Keaka began to fiddling with their thumbs nervously. "Do you know if my family is okay?"
"no sorry." Shauna felt bad, she never even thought to check. "We should go look." She suggetsed helping Keaka to their feet.

They searched through the crowed before making it to the house. They walked into the crumbling house. "Mum!Mark! Loops! Chops!" They called, calling their siblings by their nicknames. Shauna helped them look around, there was nobody insight, until. "OLIVE!" Keaka cried running to the corner of a small room. There was a small black dog sitting there weeping. "It's my dog, Olive." They picked up the dog checking them over with tears in their eyes. Shauna had to cover their mouth as she felt herself blush. "So cute." she muttered.
"Mhm? Sorry, what was that?"
"Oh nothing."

They walked out of the house with the dog, Olive, in Keaka's arms still out to look for their family. Shauna was certain her fmaily was safe, and she could only imagine hwo it felt to not have a clue where they are. "Hey, out of interest, who is Mark? I remember you telling me you younger sister's nickname is Loops and brothers Chops, whilst the thrist sibling lives out of the city, but I though they were an older sister."
"Yeah, that's right, Mark's my step dad, I don't know who my dad is. I never met him."
"Like Conner." Shauna questioned, thinking of how he never met his father, and she doesn't see her's much either, after he left her mother and moves around the Kingdom.
"Yeah we share that in common I guess." They smiled as they saw their little brother running towards them.

"CHOPPERS!" They reached down picking up their brother, hugging him. "Where's mum?" They asked looking at the five-year-old with soot all over his face. "Umm." he wipped his face as he scanned the area and pointed "There." They gave their brother a piggy-back and ran over to their family. Hugging each one of them, Shauna watched from a distant. She couldn't help buyt smile, though she couldn't stop her worrying about the fact that dumbarse just ran whilst having a sticth on their stomach from a stab wound.

She walked over, placing her hand on Keaka's shoulder. "Keaks, careful, rememeber your stitches." Keaka held their stomach remembering the event vibidly. "Yeah, sorry."
"Don't be sorry, just take care."

Keaka's 'parents' looked at each other with consern. Shauna  could tell it was about something other then the stabbing, but didn't bother the address it. "Keara, we should be going." Their step dad said taking their brother, Charlie, aka chops/choppers, from them. "Keaka." Keaka said rolling their eyes. "Sure sure."

Shauna know Keaka was trans, that they were nonbinary, it was on of the first things they talked about so Keaka wasn't deadnamed or misgendred, such as what their step dad just did. Shauna took Keaka's hand "If you don't mind I need Keaka for the time being, if you need help with your house my brother, Connor, is helping with the compensaion and re-building." She said tightening their graps on Keaka's hand and walked off with them.

Keaka looked at Shauna, she was looking straight ahead with a emotionless facial expression. "Thanks." Keaka muttered picking up Olive who was following them.

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