[ WP ] He held back the rain . It would not fall , not this time .

`` See Karien? I told you there would be no rain today,'' I said with a comforting smile, her eyes began to well up in tears, her hands shook relentlessly as she grasped ever so slowly at the arrows that pierced my chest. 
 
 `` Do n't worry, I am a Tridat remember?'' I said, with another reassuring smile, I turned my back to her, my black metal armor clang against each other like lightning beckoning war. I broke off the feathered end of the two arrows, leaving the metal ends inside my body. 
 
 I looked up, dark clouds covered the sky, an invisible barrier created a dome across the grave of swords, a tomb for the fallen knights of the kingdom, stopping each droplet of water from falling anywhere near my princess. 
 
 I looked ahead at the challenge that faced me, three Tridats, warriors forged through the earths core, mighty warriors capable of magic that could topple mountains and strength that could sunder earths. 
 
 Their swords created from the hearts of dragons and their armors from their scales. 
 
 Each put on their helmet in silence, grotesque obsidian metal with three jagged tips at the top. 
 
 I clenched the hilt of my greatsword with brutish force, preparing myself for the challenge that lay ahead, my eyes widened, time began to slow to a snails pace, once more two of the Tridat pulled on their bows with monstrous strength, the wood made from mountain oak, the arrow head was made from a dragons teeth. 
 
 With extreme coordination both arrows released from their quivers, its power so mighty, it rended a path through the earth beneath it, pushing against the sound barrier. I cheated a small glance to Karien behind me, her dress already dirty with mud, she held her hands together in hope and in prayer, I turn back towards the enemy ahead, determination filled me to my core. 
 
 A one handed swing of my dragons heart greatsword stops the arrows in their tracks, my arms goes numb from the impact, but I would not dare show it, as the arrows begin to fall from the air like feathers. 
 
 `` You dare attack she who I have sworn to protect?'' I mutter. 
 
 Once more my eyes widened, once more time moved ever slowly, I lifted the heel of my foot, power surged through me, disappearing and appearing before one the Tridat, my blade fell upon him like an executioners sword, his reaction slow, his body cleaved in half. 
 
 Already my eyes fell onto my next target, he dropped his bow and arrow and raised his sword - too slow - his sword shattered into pieces, his body too was split in half, I could feel the dragons rage steer inside me, boiling my blood, turning me into a beast. 
 
 The final Tridat jumped backwards, his reaction a little faster than the others, he drew on his bow, his aim steady, he waited, as if his fall would take him a lifetime, I pounced like a beast, reason turning dark in my mind, at this range, I was in his range, not even I could stop it, it would be a life for a life. 
 
 I caught a tiny smirk in the Tridats fall, panic rose from within me, dragging my sanity back from the deepest abyss. 
 
 A silent `` no'' is all I could muster, the Tridat turned to his side, in a moment the arrow released from his bow, *I was too late* I thought, already before the arrow even pierced Karien, I saw her death before my eyes a million times over, her face, her face as I failed her. 
 
 *No* screamed a consciousness inside of me, I stepped upon the gravel ground, my step shattering it, creating a little crater, *I need more* the crater grew ever so slighty, *I do n't care if my bones turn to ash and my blood boils out of my veins, * ***more***; power like never before surged through me, the tiny crater upon my step grew monstrous, an explosion helped me leap towards Karien, desperation, honour, duty, *love* beckoned me forward, I ran, I ran until I ran along side the arrow. 
 
 I could not pass it, until I saw Kariens face, tears ran down her eyes, that was the motivation I needed, in a single moment of explosive power I burst through the sound barrier. 
 
 Blood splattered her face, and horror painted it. I coughed out blood onto her dress, `` I got your dress all dirty, silly me, sorry, m'lady,'' her hands once more shook in terror, the words she was looking for got stuck in her throat. 
 
 A gaping twisting hole pierced through my chest, the arrow I caught with both my hands as it pierced through me, blood from catching it and from the hole in my chest dripped down from the arrow and my gauntlets, smoke lifting from where I caught it. 
 
 I looked at her, her eyes filled with pity, her tears continued to come down, `` you know,'' I said, `` what is the point in me stopping the rain, if you end up soaking yourself anyway.'' I said, wiping her tear away with my gauntlet, a chuckled sob escaped her lips. 
 
 The Tridat flashed towards us in a second, my sword moved like it was swatting a fly, the final Tridat was down. 
 
 I fell upon my knees, the glow of my armor was fading, I felt... smaller, the barrier above me flickered, I tried to stay awake, `` I... promised,'' I murmured, the barrier fails, the rain began to fall down, again I formed another barrier, smaller in size, holding the rain up, an igloo, that cut off the rest of the world from this very moment. 
 
 `` Looks like, I wo n't even be able to do this much, Karien.'' I said, half to myself. 
 
 `` Its ok, you do n't have to do this anymore, I relieve you of your duty for tonight, but I better see you in the morning.'' She said, in half sobs. 
 
 *For royalty she was always such a mess, * I thought. 
 
 `` See you tomorrow, m'lady,'' I replied. 
 
 `` See you tomorrow,'' she said softly, slightly hopeful. 
 
 I stepped up and stumbled forward, the final barrier broke apart, my last breath escaping me, my sword plunged into the sand, supporting my body, the light faded from my eyes, as my towering corpse, loomed over Karien, even in death, I held back the rain.
