[ WP ] The hero beats the villain by stooping even lower .

So it has come to this. 
 
 Standing here in the desolated remains of the village I once razed, I face my nemesis. It seems we were destined to meet here, on the ground where it all started. 
 
 He looks different from what I expected, calm, peaceful. Not the expression I'd expect from the avenger that had been pursuing me for longer than anyone had dared. 
 I await his move, and yet nothing. No battle stance, no weapon in sight. Just that unsettling peace. 
 
 `` What are you waiting for?! All this time, the sacrifices you have made to find me, and you wait?'' 
 
 The silence grows deeper. I draw my sword. 
 
 `` Come at me! Join your brother and sister in the ashes of this place!'' 
 
 He walks, steadfast, in my direction. He raises his arms, exposing himself to my blade. I do not miss. 
 
 `` Why have you come all this way just to deliver your life to me?! ``, I shout, bewildered. 
 
 He smiles gently, and whispers: 
 
 `` It's over. My crusade ends here, knowing I have avenged my siblings. You may have my life, conqueror, but I have already won.'' 
 
 His words sound endlessly in my head to the beat of my heavy heartbeats for the entire journey home. For days I rode day and night, tirelessly, tormented by his last words. 
 
 
 As the castle doors open, I see it in the face of the soldiers. I see it in the silence in the halls. My family, pale and still, already in their coffins. 
 
 
 He had won. 
 
 
 
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 My first written piece, sorry if this is n't that good, I just felt like trying.
