A light brown haired girl swung her feet off a rooftop, gazing almost sadly up at the stars. Her greenish brown eyes flickered to each of the ones she could identify by name.
"That must be where Traverse Town is... And there's Atlantica... Ah, Deep Jungle should be magnificent at this time of day..."
Her eyes fell on Hollow Bastion- No, Radient Gardens. The place she first turned up. She could recall that first day well, the first day she could remember for a long time.
Slowly, the memories started to come back. But they were being shared by some unknown... Spirit, it could be called, within her. After releasing it, she was on her own with her past.
'So,' she thought, 'why shouldn't Randy grow up knowing who he is?'
The only problem was, Xemnas had kidnapped him, thinking him a heartless or a nobody. He would not allow Adele or anyone to take him back.
His hair reminded her of moonlight, a silver shade similar to that of Ienzo. And, if you happened to be taking the child to the grocery store with Ienzo, and a lady passes by, it might be easy to think it was her own son.
Truthfully, she knew nothing about his past. Only that, in the month he had been with them, he had grown considerably, and not only physically. His intuition was extremely high, and his favorite thing to do would be to play with a much scrambled Rubix Cube.
How much could she possibly stress that she was NOT his mother? But, secretly, her maternal instincts had caused her to see him as her own, and therefore her protests were weak at best. Ienzo, however, was set on being called by his name and not 'dad'.
The bonds between Randy on the organization could only grow, as Axel discovered a part of him that no one else knew exsisted. Ela, his other, was a member of a family of children, two workaholics, and more children. He learned at an early age that a substitute for these missing pieces could be reached, and ended up becoming a father and a mother to his needy brothers and sisters. He knew more about children than most professionals.
The door to the castle roof opened again, and then shut. Footsteps sounded in the near silence, and she knew enough about the person to be able to identify him correctly without turning.
"Hey."
"Hey to you too." A gentle hand rested on her arm. "What's going on?"
"Storm coming." She paused to sniff the air. "Much wind, cool rain, not much lighting. Should be wonderful."
"My own personal weather channel. What more could a guy want?"
She gave a sort of tired sigh.
"Sorry."
"No, it's just that... You know how I get my mind on something and can't get it back where it's supposed to be."
"Hmm." He hummed his reply.
"And I can't help but feel that Xemnas isn't telling me something."
A soft sigh, and then a head came to rest on her shoulder, a bit of silver hair tickling her face. A tear made its way slowly down her face.
"I don't want him to miss out like me."
"Don't worry." He started to say something else, but they were interrupted by the door opening again. A small boy ran up to them and climbed up on the ledge where Adele sat.
"Mom, I can't sleep... The sky looks stormy."
"Hm. It is stormy, Randy." She pulled him on to her lap and stroked his beautiful hair with one hand. "I thought only I noticed."
"Does it look stormy to you too?"
"No, dear. It smells like rain to me."
The group remained silent for awhile, the only noise being the wind. Ienzo shivered and moved closer to the two.
"How can you not be cold?"
"This is very pleasant weather."
"Agreed. The wind makes me feel so energized."
"And you say you're not related."
A sigh, from both of them at the same time. Then musical laughter.