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Excrutiating pain flared through his body and XB gasped as he hit the ground. There was noise all around him but he couldn't think as the pain swallowed him into unconsciousness.
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"XB? XB!" Xb groaned and tried to blearily blink his eyes open. His vision blurred and swam sending a wave of nausea through him making him squeeze his eyes shut. "XB? Princess?" Princess? What... KERALIS! XB shot up blinking his eyes open vigorously. "Hey Princess careful!" XB stared in front of him where Keralis sat, his large eyes widened in surprise and concern, clutching onto a ornate sheild of gold and silver. "Keralis?"
Keralis smiled widely, his Princess was here! Carefully wrapping XB into a hug allowed him to feel that XB seemed to be shaking painfully. A small gasp that tore itself from XBs mouth as he adjusted his hold concerned him even more. Keralis pulled back and scanned over XBs body looking for any sign of distress or any visible injury on him.
After seeing the way he hunched in on one side and the way his face was scrunched up like he was going to cry, Keralis immediately sprung into action. "Hey Princess whats wrong. Are you okay?". Instead of answering, XB pulled Keralis into a bone crushing hug and began sobbing into his arms. "You're okay, you're here. Keralis god I'm so glad you're here. I'm sorry I didn't want to go in, I'm sorry"
"XB what are you talking about? Are you okay? Princess?" XB suddenly went limp in his arms sinking down to the ground.
Keralis shook XB to wake him but was unsuccessful making him panic more. Standing up and carefully picking XB up into a bridal carry had Keralis sprinting towards Hermitopia in a heartbeat.
"XISUMA, X, ANYONE HELP!" Feet pounding on the grass towards Hermitopia Keralis screemed himself hoarse hoping someone would hear him.