Chapter 1 - Never Forget That
Right, she looked familiar, but something inside her did not tell her that fox was familiar. Akali had felt the mix of confusion, curiosity, and somehow... happiness? That was strange, Akali thought.
She let aside the thoughts and made her way to her own quarters. As she walked through the vast hall, she saw a silhouette of a woman, and something behind it. Those tails... is it Ahri..."Who's there?" asked Akali, not hesitating to march towards the figure.
You know who I am, you never forget that...
She stopped.
"Huh?"
You know who I am, you never forget that.
You know your past, you never forget that...
Thousands of images ran through her mind, clutching her silky hair and dropped to her knees, it burned in her mind...
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"AAAAAAH!" She screamed in pain.
"Ma...ma..."Akali saw a mysterious woman stood in front of her, arms crossed, the woman's back facing her.
Upon hearing the voice, the stressed woman jumped in surprise. She turned around and approached the little girl, 2 pairs of brownish orb staring at each other. "Did I just hear you called me, my dearest little Akali?" asked the woman, smiling in joy, problems forgotten. "That is your first word, never forget that!"
Never forget that...
The last words echoed through her mind. Soon, her vision faded in to a different scene.
"No, you are not taking her with you! I have already decided I can take care of her myself!"the familiar woman screamed at the man who was standing on the door. "And you cannot abandon your duty, right?"
"Yes, I have my duty as the balance's guardian. But no, I'm not abandoning my duty as a father of our chi-"
The woman pushed the man outside and slammed the door shut, leaning on it. "I don't want to hear that words from you, I already gave you the chance, but neglected it..." she closed her eyes, breathing in, and sighed. "...you bastard." she felt herself breaking down to cry, "Fine." she heard him said and he walked away.
"Mama, why are you crying?" she heard little Akali approaching her. She quickly wiped away her tears and smiled weakly. "It is... nothing really." she stood up and carried her.
"You know, I love you soooo-" she kissed little Akali on the cheek."-much! No matter what happens, never forget that!"
Although the last words echoed through her mind, this made Akali smile. But suddenly she frowned, I never remember these memories of me...
She came back to the present time, she realised she was kneeling and her hands on her longhair, ponytail untied. She recalled what had happened, then remembered the silhouette of a woman with something behind it, she looked up to see if it was still there, but to no avail.
"That's strange..." she blinked at where the silhouette was once from. "If that thing made me see my puzzled memories, then does it know something..."
"Hey, Akali!" she jumped in surprise and turned around and saw Irelia waving at her. "Why are you kneeling, are you praying to Ao Shin?" she chuckled at her own joke.
Akali stood up, and dusted off her clothes. "None of your business, but if it is then I don't care."Irelia put up an amused expression, causing Akali to taken aback. "My, my, your beauty blooms when that's down! Did I mention to you that you can attract men?"
Akali sighed and turned on her heels. "Look, I am tired of your jokes and I am tired physically, let me take a rest please."
"Well, how about escorting you then? I am kinda bored, nothing to do right now." Irelia offered. The younger woman nodded and resumed her route to her quarters. There was a long silence between them but as they walked through the hall, Akali was whispering something that is barely audible. "So, what's with that kneeling... and I rarely see you untie your ponytail, is something bothering you?" Irelia asked.
"Never... forget... neve-"
"Hello?"
Akali jumped in surprise. "Ow- what were you saying again?"
Irelia sighed, "I said, you're beautiful." Smack. "AW—what was that for?"
Akali laughed, this Irelia… so idiotic… "For stressing me so much!" at that, the hall was quiet again, their footsteps only can be heard.
That night…
Akali saw everything, the darkness of the forest, her vision was trembling… like she was running, but she felt she was not…
"Akali, don't you dare to not hold me!" the familiar voice shouted at her, her mother was carrying her while she runs away from the pursuers.
"Mama, who are they?" she asked. But her mother did not replied, as she ran through the darkness of the forest.
The chase did not last, as the pursuers— the assassin shadows, finally caught the running woman, making her trip on a fallen wood. Akali lost her grip from the woman, she was thrown away, "Akali!" she looked up. "Akali! Run aw— GAAAH!" she heard the flesh being penetrated.
Her eyes widened…
"MAMA!"
She quickly sat up from her bed as she shouted the word. Her breathing was heavy, cold sweat drenching her sleeping pajamas, like the nightmare was real.
She heard the door opened. "Akali," Irelia."Are you fine?" she felt relieved that she's in her world now. "Yes, I'm fine," Akali waved. "I was having a nightmare, that's all."
"Nightmare… might Nocturne homed your mind?" replied Irelia sarcastically. She didn't know about that creature… "Who's Nocturne?" she asked. At her question, Irelia chuckled. "Hehe, you might consider joining the League."
"Never," she shook her head. "From what you are saying, I doubt that will be great for me."
"Of course, you'll never know unless you try," Irelia groaned. "By the way, I'm gonna head back to my quarters, you've annoyed my sleep…"
"Good night then." Akali smiled at her as she closed the door, leaving Akali alone. She lied down again on her bed, why wouldn't it leave me… am I cursed with this puzzled memories of me forever? She thought. Soon, she let it aside to sleep, she faced on her left much to her surprise… "Woah—who are- wait, Ahri?" she recognized the fox woman, lying on her bed facing her.
Ahri smiled at her, "Surprised to see a ghost or a nightmare?" Akali was confused. "Wait, what are you saying? Did you do this to me, the nightmare and… the sudden flash of my mind when I was in the hall?"
"Nope," the fox woman replied. "I don't know what you are talking about. I was just here long time ago, sleeping with you." She sat up. "And you know what, you're mumbling something when you are asleep… come, tell me something about those."
Akali sat up as well, "Okay fine… I can't sleep anymore then…" she tried to think where to start. "Umm… okay, so first this trouble started when I was walking through the hall, then I saw someone, it has tails much like to you… so I asked if you are that someone in the hall earlier. Next, the flash of my mind, it pained my head… those were memories of mine from what I understand, I saw my mother for several times, she's saying "Never forget that" which is similar to the whispering voice when I saw that someone in the hall… wait, they have the same voice… so does it mean that was my mother?"
Blink. "I don't know."
"Yeah, yeah, you don't know that," Akali muttered. "Well, that's impossible. I never saw her, and I believe she's dead when I saw this nightmare occurred just now." She felt sadness as she said that. "She was stabbed by those shadows, from what I can see in that vision. It's too dark…"
"I see, that's how you are troubled." Ahri lied down again on the bed. "Well, that made me so sleepy. A story-telling makes me so sleepy…" she mumbled as she drifted off to rest.
"Good night..." Seeing the fox woman already asleep, she had nothing to do right now. She lied down beside Ahri and covered the latter and her with the bed sheet and let herself into the vast darkness.
Once, the voice surfaced again on her mind…
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Never forget that…
Chapter 1 Fin.
A/N: Yes, Akali is mostly OOC here, just to make it fit for her character in this fanfic.
Should I continue to chapter 2?