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Shareena didn’t need to be told that twice, bolting down the hall to go get a healer. The princess always thought it had been odd, how prone to danger their summoner was, but this had been the last thing she’d expected! What were they doing? What was so wrong with Mary’s psyche?
There was more bloody water than clear soaking the cobblestones, and saturating the large rug in the summoner’s room, and it ran redder still from the bathroom door...
Mary had made one stab wound in the center of her chest, just above her breasts, one in her abdomen, and she’d been slicing a wrist when she heard Ed’s voice. Of course he hadn’t said anything harsh to someone who’s psyche hadn’t been compromised, but Mary wasn’t one of those people. The proper word for Mary, according to people who had worked with her in the music scene back in her world, had been ‘disturbed’. Not that it wasn’t true, her ‘adoptive’ sold to father had absolutely ruined her, but it wasn’t like she’d ever had any psychiatric help for her CSA.
Back to the issue at present, Mary was startled when she heard Ed shouting for her to stop. Hearing his footsteps, she dropped the bloodied knife on the flooded floor beside her, the metallic clinking of the ladybug knife to the floor the only sound other than the rushing water, and his announcement that he was coming in. Mary turned, backing up into the other side of the tub as the door opened.
To say the sight before Ed was a sad one was an understatement; the small woman looked confused, and hurt and scared. Her chocolate waves were plastered to her small bosom due to being submerged, but the bleeding wound at the center was clear to see. Her normally gentle eyes were reddened and still filled with tears, blood still pooled from her abdominal wound. Mary was quick to shut her eyes and cover her head with her arms, one bleeding from the wrist, as she tried to make herself even smaller, reciting choked words she’d only said to ‘Papa’ before today.
“P-Please don’t hurt Mary, Mary’s sorry! Mary won’t be a bad girl anymore, please!! No more!!”
A Summoner’s Tale (closed FEH AU with traceofalchemy)
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No answer, just like Shareena has gotten. Now that Shareena was silent, however, the faintest sound of choking sobs and running water could be heard. The princess looked even more alarmed than she had when Ed had snapped at her for simply asking if he knew if Mary was alright. Hyper she may be, she wasn’t a complete fool. Something felt off about this whole situation, and that’s why she’d come to Ed; because the alchemist knew the summoner better than anyone in the Order, even if they’d known her longer.
“See?!” She hissed at him, presented with proof Mary wasn’t letting anyone in, and jiggling/pushing at the door to also prove that opening it by force had been impossible too. “She’s in there, and something’s wrong!!” Princess Shareena continued, giving him a glare. “It’s your job to ensure her safety! I wasn’t asking you for help because I just couldn’t find her! I asked you for help because I know something’s not right, and she could be in some kind of-!” She snapped, only to look down when she felt a stream of moisture at her feet to see red tinted water. The shocked girl looked up at Ed, finally understanding why Mary wouldn’t let anyone in.
“That…that’s blood…”
Ed continued to try the door even after he’d figured out that it wasn’t opening. He didn’t think he’d said something that harsh to her, he was just so upset with himself that he must’ve taken too much out on her.
“Mary?” He called, knocking again louder.
When Shareena looked down, so did he and he stared in horror at the bloody water spilling from under the door.
“Mary!! Whatever you’re doing stop!!” He shouted, banging on the door in a panic. Not even a second later he’d shoved past Shareena and done exactly as he’d told her. He clapped his hands together and made another door into her room along the wall next to the other door. “Go get help.” Ed said back to the princess before stepping into the puddle of water in her room, “Mary? I’m coming in!”