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Aradia fluttered silently and unnoticed over the beach. The place was filled with crying trolls, and even a few humans, as the Empress, the last Goddess’s body was sunk into the sea, passing through the hands of landdwellers to seadwellers and lastly a large tentacle coming up and cradling the corpse gently, carefully, with the same care as if it was holding a grub.
Feferi’s body was taken down to where it belonged, in the depths of the sea. A fitting funeral of a troll that would go down in the history as a queen, but never being regarded as more than fictional character created by the followers of the sixteen.
Aradia watched worriedly as the trolls started to talk in hushed tones, slowly growing more panicked. It was the normal reaction after losing the one who had been their leader from the very first day of the planet. This was a very sad day for the empire, but for Aradia it was only a relief that they didn’t have to wait any longer. They could finally be together again, all of them. It was something she had wished for the moment she woke up dead.
It had hurt, seeing everyone appear one after one, knowing how much the split between life and death hurt them all in one way or another. But soon they would be able to make truth of the promise the John human once gave them. A quiet sob beside her let her know that she didn’t have to wait anymore.
Feferi was only looking at her with a small, disbelieving smile, tyrian tears running down from white eyes. “I-is this ---ENOUGH?” she asked, as if for forgiveness. The red-blood smiled, patting the others hair in a comforting gesture. A moment later Aradia found herself with an armful of Radiance. She hugged the girl back. “C-Can I rest now?”
“Yes, you’ve done great.” Aradia pushed Feferi away slightly, but still kept a link with their hands. The world started to disappear around them, light of the dream bubbles illuminating the night. The sounds of the funeral slowly exchanged into the voices that the former Empress had forgotten long, long ago.
“It’s time for us to return home.”
They would always be together.