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"Mama Urd"
Chapter 1: A Little Miracle
At the moment, the goddess Urd is just making her way home from getting ingredients for her potions. Now she intends to go home and have a nice bottle of sake before hitting the sack. Not to mention warm up from being outside, with it being wintertime and all.
'And I have the temple all to myself…time to have some serious me time.'
But just as she was walking past an alley, a soft whimpering sound caught her attention.
"What in the world could that be?" She asked herself, turning to check it out, despite her instinct to let it be.
The further she went, the louder the noise got.
'Maybe I should have gone home after all.' Urd thought as she turned to leave.
But then a loud cry erupted near a few garbage cans, nearly making Urd drop her groceries.
"What in the?"
Urd went to find the source of the sound. What she saw nearly made her heart break. A young woman was sitting against the wall, covered in ragged and patched clothes, pale blue and no longer breathing. But it was the bundle in her arms that Urd was looking at. A tiny babe was crying out, squirming in her deceased mother's arms. The baby had been bundled heavily to fight the chill, but still, Urd couldn't help but pick up the infant, holding it securely as she whispered to it.
"There, there now…I'm here little one." She cooed, adoration in her eyes.
The baby calmed down, turning big dark blue eyes toward the goddess. Urd smiled as she cradled the babe closer, starting to leave. As soon as she found the nearest TV screen, she transported through and was back in the temple. She settled the baby on one of the sitting pillows, being careful not to harm her.
"World of Elegance…"
Urd's black and white angel appeared behind her, eyes traveling down to watch the baby.
"I need you to watch her for a second, warm her up if you can." Urd said as she moved to the kitchen.
The angel was already at work removing the numerous blankets wrapped around the tiny body. Urd was going through the kitchen cabinets, cursing quietly under her breath.
"Where is it? It has to be here somewhere." She muttered angrily, hand moving restlessly around.
After awhile of fruitless groping, she found what she needed.
"Aha! Found it at last!"
It was baby formula that Belldandy had bought for Skuld, who had said she'd try to make into an alternate source of energy. Though it seemed she had forgotten.
'Thank you Almighty!'
Urd followed the directions to the letter, checking twice to see if the finished product was the right temperature for the baby to have.
"Okay…hope she takes to the nipple."
Urd walked back to her angel and the baby. World of Elegance had removed all the blankets and was currently looking over what looked to be a note.
"What you have there?"
Her angel passed the note to Urd before cradling the baby in her arms. Urd felt her heart aching as she read.
December 5th
To whoever finds this note, please look after my little baby girl. I have no home, no money, no food, and no means to care for my daughter. I feel my time growing short on this earth, so please give her all the love and care she needs. Her name is Yuki, and she was born December 1st. God bless you.
Urd folded the note before looking to her angel, who had the faintest trace of tears in her eyes. She then checked the calendar…it read December 6th.
"Poor thing…not even a week old and she's all alone. She really is a little miracle." Urd muttered as she took Yuki into her arms, bringing the bottle to her mouth.
Yuki latched on and started drinking, seeming to relax in Urd's arms. Urd took the time to examine Yuki more closely. Yuki had a small head of black hair, dark blue eyes, and pale skin. All she had now was a diaper, but she seemed warm now thanks to her and her angel's efforts.
"At least feeding you won't be a problem." She smiled as she placed Yuki on her shoulder to burp her.
A few gentle pats to her little back were all that were needed to get the infant to burp. Yuki then yawned before she settled into Urd's arms, little chest rising and falling with sleep. Urd held her close as she watched her snooze, warmth feeling her heart.
'I'm going to make sure she has the best life possible. Just one thing I need to do…'
"Urd, are you home?" Keiichi asked as he came into the sitting room.
'I have to convince them to let her stay.'
Belldandy, Skuld, and Keiichi walked in, but stopped when they saw the baby laying in the elder goddess's arms.
"Urd…what is t-that?" Keiichi stuttered as he leaned against the wall for support.
"This is Yuki…and I guess you could say she's my new daughter." Urd sighed as she stroked the baby's head.
"Dau…dau…daughter?" Keiichi breathed before he just collapsed to the floor.
"Keiichi!" Belldandy said as she went to attend to the unconscious college student.
Skuld was in too deep a shock to say anything, eyes glued to Yuki as if she was some new fascinating species of animal.
"Well…at least that went well." Urd chuckled as she readjusted the baby in her arms.
Dragonlover71491: I hope this gets some good reception, considering this is my first story for this series. Please read and review.