Search; {closed} Eliwood/Ash
... Eliwood had been losing sleep lately. He would have the same nightmare over and over again. He had a fear of losing those closest to him and of course, as if playing a cruel trick, his mind responded to that. In his dreams, he watched his mother and friends vanish before him. It wasn't as if he was afraid of being left alone; he just couldn't bare being helpless if his loved ones were in danger. It's been like this ever since he was a child and it only worsened after his father, Lord Elbert, passed away.
This night was no different. The same nightmare reoccurred in his brain as he slept. But this time, he body began to shake. Was he having a seizure?
"Milord!"
Someone calling out for him? At this late hour? He groan quietly, still pondering the voice, as he opened his tired eyes reluctantly. At first he couldn't make out the figure before him. He was tall and muscular, he could tell by how wide their shadow was.
"Milord Eliwood, please. You must wake up now!" the voice spoke again. Their tone was low, husky and immediately recognizable.
"... Marcus?" Eliwood managed to mumble between yawns.
"Yes. I apologize for the intrusion, but there's something I must bring to your attention," he spoke with such urgency causing Eliwood to rise up slowly; he was now fully awake, "It's about Ash milord. I heard from one of our knights that they saw her collapsed near a bandits' camp outside Pherae."
Eliwood couldn't respond at first. No. He needed some more time to process everything Marcus was saying. And even after he fully comprehended he couldn't speak and Marcus took the liberty to continue.
"We don't know how far away from Pherae she fainted, We surveyed the entire kingdom and could not find one trace of her nor the camp."
The young marquess clenched his fist secretly. He knew very well Ash disregarded her health and well-being. But to black out near a bandits' campsite? No. He wasn't her fault. She had no control.
"Marcus, prepare my horse." Eliwood gently commanded, "I have to find her."
