Alone in the snow desert (little story i wrote)

Alone in the snow desert

It all began when i took the decision to board the Invincible II,it was suppose to take me to ishgard,but nothing went like i expected,

I heard that since some years,the war between ishgard and the dragon got fiercer*,i thought that it was okay,that the road to ishard was still safe,

All went well,until in mid trip,the boat got stuck in the ice,the captain of the ship told us that it was normal,that we would just have to wait until the ice would melt, just a bit for the vessel to sail again,

Third days*;we are still stuck in the ice,the blizzard got stronger,we started to share evenly the food between everyone,but it wont last long,the travel was expected to last 5 days,not longer but turned out even worse,

Seventh day,we are out of food,we do not have any wood to burn and stay warm,we must move,or we will die here,the others wants to wait the help,they said they should be there soon,but we have nothing left,if we wait 1 day,the hunger will prevent us from moving anywhere,so i decided to move on,everyone looked at me as i opened the hatch and go outside,
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I looked around,and it was wat worse than i imagined,no one would have guessed that 1 week ago,there were a lake here,everything was stuck in the ice,moreover a lot of monsters were roaming there,i thought that i was glad to go alone,cause with everyone,we would have attract a lot of attention,and it would have been harder to find a way back,

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I had to advance precautiously,there are a lot of lezard like monster,that usualy stay near lake,seems like they got as surprised as us by the blizzard,they look starving,for them too,it must have been some time since their last meal,and for sure and i dont want to be the next on the menu,
I continued my way,avoiding any predator,im not in shape to fight,im hungry and cold,the wind seemed stronger,i absolutly had to find a shelter,even for a moment,to catch my breath and warm myself,

Its a that moment,i saw the entrance of a cave
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I went to the cave, slowly,to check silently if they were any predator inside,seems like the cave was empty,but the cave was not deep enough,the wind was still blowing inside,not that strong,but enough to prevent me to rise my body temperature,

I had the idea to summon a bombo to warm me up
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I used my mana to summon it,to get warmer and go as soon as i can,i cannot stay in that cave too long,the wind will freeze me slowly,i will die from hypothermia before anything else,
So i went outside the cave,seems like the blizzard calmed a bit,so i rushed as much as i could,i knew there should be a camp near,i know a bit of the region,its a camp held by templar,

The wind was freezing me,i had put my hands under my armpit to hide them from the wind,i couldent feel my cheek anymore,but i strenghen my resolve to go to that camp,it was the only way,

Finaly,after some hour of walking,i saw something
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Thats was definitly the camp i was looking for,but something seemed off,and i coulden't tell what,but my instinct tell me something's wrong,

They were monsters near the camp,something was definitly off,the templar wouldn't have let them go that close.
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I slowly entered in the camp,the bonfire were off,and..... there were a wolf in the center of the camp,and the aetheryte was broken,the camp has been destroyed,normal monster could not have the strength the destroy the crystal....but Dragon,dragon could had the strength to do so,i realised now,that the war with the dragon,is on the dragon's favor,ishgard is losing his territory,

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My legs grew tired,and fell,the camp was destroyed,i couldn't rest here,i had to move on,but will i find anything?anyone*? The more time passed,the more i saw my death here,in that white desert,

My only way now,is to head for the village near by,i will have to walk again,one hour maybe two, i had to act fast,night was coming in less than five hours,i couldn't stayed outside with that harsh cold,or i would die,

My mind was blank,i couldn't think of anything,just walking,walking and walking again,i could not stop,if i did,it would had been over for me,

The village was near,but i had to climb before entering the village
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My legs were hurting so ,i tryed to breath more,but everytime i did,the cold went deeper in my lungs,i just wanted to be in the village,and in a warm bed....

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It was a desaster,the village had been taken by some sort of dragon,but i couldn't stay outside,night was close,so i went near the house,unoticed,i was listening to the insinde of each house,to know if i could rest in one,that was not overtook by monster's,sadly,they all had been taken by monster's,only the chocobo stable was safe,so i decided to enter in the stable,shut all door,and i lyed down in the hay,i Fell asleep instanlty,i was too tired to think of anything,and didn't know if i would wake up after it,but at that precise moment,it was not my concern at all,

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Surprinsingly,i woke up,i don't know how i did it,but i did,my legs were hurting me so much,i felt like ice needle piercing me...i wondered,if i should not ….let it go,here,it would had been simpler....but,even though i was not choosen like hyadelyn heroes, i was still an adventurer,and so,i should never give up,

I standed and tried to get a hang of myself,i put my ear near the door,i heard nothing,seems like the dragon were not here anymore,i opened the door,and took the direction of the black iron bridge,if i can get to that bridge I should be near ishgard,and so close to some outpost,

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I walked slowly,the hunger and the cold were too intense to go faster,its at that moment that i saw new monster,some sabertooth,they were the total opposite of those lezard i saw yesterday,seems like they were not starving,seems like the weather was not hostile to everyone ….
Far away,behind those sabertooth,i saw it;the bridge,it was imposing,all in black,in that white snow,i could not miss it,
I had to take a big detour,to not attract sabertooth,but the wind was with me,they couldn't smell me,maybe Halone doing,who knows..

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I was finaly at the bridge,i wouldn't had knew that one day i would be so happy to see that big black bridge,i felt the pain flew away,with my strength left i ran across the bridge,i had no choice,these was my last forces,and if the outpost were overtaken,that mean ishgard would be too,and so my chance to survive,i gave everything i got,i felt my blood rushing through my body,i was feeling alive again and i saw it
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The outpost,i saw some torch,i tryed to shout,but my voice wouldn't come out,so i ran to the outpost,the monster's were not a problem,some deer,some occulus,nothing scary,seems like the templar had still the grip of the area,

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Just some meter away, i could saw people*! I tried again to call for them,but my voice stayed shut, My strength was leaving me,i could barely walk to the outpost,just putting a feet in front of the others seemed like a an impossible task,
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When my feet touched the stone ground of the outpost,i said to myself ''its okay,im here,i did it''everything went dark,i couldn't see or hear anything,but i felt something i was looking for,
The warmth of the bonfire,i felt it with the skin of my face,it was a wondeful feelings

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I started to regain conscientiousness ,it was warm,no wind to freeze me to death,no monster's roar that would terrorized me,
I was safe …. i tried to stand up,but falled right away,my muscle were sore,it was very hard to move,on the table,i saw my gear,they were washed and warm,must have been at least one day i was sleeping ,i equiped my gear and went out of the room,i recognise the place,it was the INN of Ishgard,the Lost Knight,i went to see the owner of the INN,he looked at me and smiled,

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We talked a lot,he told me the templar of the outpost in the coerthas saw me fell on the ground,that i was in a bad shape,,frozen,starving,everything someone who would had wandered in the harsh coerthas would be.

Then,after all that time,i remembered,the guys in the Invincible II,i had no idea what happened to them,i was so focused on my safety,that i forgot about them,
He told me that it been one week that i was sleeping,and no one else came after me,and that the templar went to the ship to check on the passenger

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I knew what would happen if they stayed in the ship waiting for help,but hearing from someone else was devastating,he told me that the templar found them,their skin looked like shiva's skin,a white cold skin,they were all on each others,they were probably trying to stayed warm until the help would eventualy come,

I had only one thing to do
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i went to the church of halone,i prayed halone to forgive me to have let them in the ship,and that she make a place for them,no one deserve it.

Its the life of an adventurer,it can be glorious,full of adventure and joy,as it can have sadness and pain,

I would always remember them,and that moment when i last saw them,looking at me going alone,in that snow desert,

La Fin

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