Griffins Daughter
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and what if instead of being born to Oritel and Marion she was adopted by them because of the Dragon Fire, her real parents are a very…different couple. Valtor never was a father figure but Griffin did her best when she found her daughter one day on Earth. What if Bloom had been sent to an orphanage instead of taken in by Mike and Vanessa? What if Bloom had been under a spell to hide her light green skin and purple hair and what if it broke on her second birthday? AU OOC some bashing.)
The newly appointed Headmistress Griffin of Cloud Tower was sitting in a park of a little known earth town called Gardenia having a picnic with her fellow teachers and friends. Since none of her new students were around the lightly green skinned woman was free to laugh and talk with her fellow Headmistress and Headmaster like the old friends they were. It had been only two years since Valtor and the Coven of Ancestral witches had been defeated and Griffin had stopped looking for her missing daughter for just a little while at Faragonda and Saladins…heavy suggestion. The two had to practically kidnap the green skinned woman to get her to come to the picnic instead of looking for her missing daughter or trying to run the school even though school was out for the summer.
"You're thinking about her again Griffin." Faragonda said noticing the expression on Griffins face and hearing her friends small sigh at the thought of her beloved daughter.
"I know I know Fara. I just can't help it." Griffin said using her petname for the white haired witch-fairy hybrid that gave her an understanding smile while Saladin looked at Griffin concerned.
"I don't blame you for thinking about her. She was a happy little baby and don't worry Griff. We'll find her but you need to relax for just a little while or else you'll burn yourself out and that won't help anyone." Faragonda said putting a reassuring hand on her friends arm and causing the purple haired woman to give another sight before shooting her friend a rare small thankful smile.
"Who knows? Perhaps while we're relaxing she'll stumble right into our laps." Saladin joked slightly, trying to make his friend feel better or at least lighten a little. It helped a little bit as Griffin gave a snort of amusement while Faragonda giggled behind one hand.
"Freak!" A voice shouted nearby causing all three of them to jump, they weren't aware someone else was in the deep part of the park with them.
"Get back here!" The voice, that of a man's and sounding very angry, shouted again as there were large footfalls nearby and a panicked cry of a child. The cry of the child caused all three powerful Magicals to shoot straight up to their feet with a look of alarm on their faces as they began to head towards where the cry came from. There was a soft rustling as a young child, no older than three or four at the most, burst through and smacked right into Griffin who had been closer to the bushes. The sudden impact threw Griffin off balance and she tried to grab onto Saladin and Faragonda to remain upright, but only ended in all three of them falling to the ground with the child landing on Griffins legs.
"Ow…" The child said rubbing her head from where it had rammed right into Griffin's leg while Faragonda, Griffin, and Saladin were groaning as well.
"Saladin get off of me." Faragonda groaned as she gave her friend a small glare while he jumped off of her and helped her off of Griffin who had gotten buried underneath the other two.
"Damnitt. One or both of you needs to go on a diet." Griffin complained massaging her chest where the two had landed the hardest while both of her friends flushed and glared at her flustered. The child blinked and looked up at the three fearfully as the one whose legs she was on sat up and started to massage her back too.
"Now then. What hit me?" Griffin asked looking at the weight on her legs only to stare at the sight of the small child. It was a young girl of about three or four with short light purple hair that had natural brown highlights framing her face, her eyes were a mixture of green and amber color all their own, but what stood out the most was her skin. Her skin was green just a shade or two lighter than Griffins own skin.
"Hello there little one. What are you doing out here all by yourself?" Faragonda asked the child worriedly while Griffin could only stare at the child in disbelief and shock.
"There you are freak!" A man shouted, startling everyone and causing the child to whimper as she scrambled to her feet and hid behind a nearby tree.
"Is there a problem sir?" Saladin asked stepping forward as if to intercept the man that was stalking towards where the child was hiding.
"Yeah! The little freak over there's some kind of demon or witch! I saw her playing with fire as if it were a toy and she stared hard at a dying plant at the orphanage and it suddenly sprang back to life!" The man said glaring past Saladin at the small child who was whimpering and looking for a new place to hide.
"Well I hardly think that's reason to call her a witch, demon or freak." Faragonda said looking at the child concerned before glaring at the man who sneered at her.
"It's not any of your business anyways so get lost!" The man said sneering as he shoved Saladin to the ground roughly and stalked towards the child again, causing the girl to whimper louder which seemed to finally had shaken Griffin from her stupor as she stood up and glared at the man hard.
"Unless you want to see what a trained witch can do get lost!" Griffin snarled as she sent a small energy blast at the mans feet as a warning, so help her if that man hurt the child she was going to turn him into a rabbit and gut it!
"You're a freak too!" The man sneered turning and trying to hit Griffin with his fist only for her to side step it easily and knee him in the kidney before punching him in the face for good measure.
"That's enough Griffin. Let's get the child somewhere safe…you can come back and finish tenderizing his kidney later." Faragonda said putting a restraining hand on Griffins shoulder and causing the green skinned woman to stop punching the idiot and nod in agreement.
"Hey there little one. Why don't you come out from behind that tree? We won't hurt you, I promise." Saladin tried to coax the child out from behind the tree but the small girl only shrunk away from him in fear, looking like she expected to be hit which tugged at the three teachers' heart strings. No child at all, let alone one so young, should fear being hit. Griffin looked at the small childs purple hair and green skin before walking over to the tree and crouching down to be more on eye level with the child.
"Hey there kiddo. Why don't you come here so we can take you somewhere safer?" Griffin asked softly, causing the other two to smile at her since she only used that soft tone of voice for dealing with particularly traumatized witchs or young children. The girl looked at Griffin closely and seemed fascinated by the fact that the other woman had green skin and purple hair just like hers, only darker.
"You look like me." The young girl whispered softly as she edged a little out from behind the tree to get a better look at Griffin.
"Actually little one you look like me but either way I'm glad we look alike. You're my daughter after all…which is why your skin is green and your hair is purple like mine." Griffin said softly causing the child to look at her shocked while Griffin extended a single gloved hand to the child that looked at her calculatingly for a few seconds before she decided that she liked what she saw and smiled slightly at the elder woman as she put her tiny hand in the womans much bigger one.
"That's my girl. Now let's take you home okay?" Griffin asked slowly and gently pulling the child into a small hug and picking her up as she stood, giving the child a small chance to pull away if she wanted to but much to Griffins surprise and happiness the child merely snuggled into the hold. The three adults looked at each other and smiled as they teleported back to Alfea with the young child in tow.
"I called it!"