Nine Drabbles
Summary: Nine is like everyone else. She has quirks. Like her nickname for her guardian and even herself are strange, how she acts 7 instead of 11, or perhaps that she's scared of the other 8 & Kenny dieing, leaving her as the last Lorien—ANYWHERE.
Rating: Rated T For… For… Tuesday…? :D""
Disclaimer: I OWN NADA. Just Nueve~
What The Radio Says: F*cking Perfect and/or Raise Your Glass By P!nk (Because You Can SO See Nine/Nueve Singing This 'Cause They Fit Her So Well XD)
[Nueve—Spanish for "Nine" ^^]
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Nine drabbles each chapter about my own version of Number Nine, I was inspired to write about my own Lorien after reading SnowflakeEV's "Subzero"— And I hope you all enjoy this ^^~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.
01. Lorien
Number Nine can't remember anything about Lorien, because she had only been 18 months old when they retreated to Earth after all.
"Lorien is like Santa Claus; just because I've never seen it for myself, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. When you think about it, there's an odd sort of magic in not knowing and just imagining it all for yourself, don't you think?"
02. Counting In Spanish
Nine always thought her name was boring, because that's all it was—NINE. You would call her Number Nine if she was lucky. But still.
So, when this kid's dad came into her classroom to teach them some Spanish she decided something, she gave herself a permanent name. One that could be allowed by her guardian, one that said basically the same thing as Nine—Except with oh-SO much more "personality".
So, from now on, she wouldn't answer to Nine, or Number Nine.
"Call me… Nueve!"
03. A Subconscious Memory
Nueve has never been one for remember anything, but she can remember that one time when she was really little and they were in this one town… She remembered this odd little memory where she was standing in this tiny crib and was trying to get out of the said prison—I mean bed, when she fell over the side, only to be caught by a certain "stranger's" big hands. She couldn't remember crying, so she was sure she hadn't, but remember big brown eyes that belonged to her guardian as he sighed, laughing because he was so relieved.
"That was a close one, eh, you little stinker?"
04. Kenny!
Nueve has been named many names; Brittany Jones, Hailey Jackson, Georgia Truman, even Number Nine. Her guardian has had multiple names as well, the surnames matching her's as he pretended to be her single father, but when she was no more then 5, probably younger, she can remember his name being something (she couldn't remember what anymore) along the lines of "Ken". She guessed that was why she had always called him "KENNY~!" —and he'd answer— ever since.
05. Glitter
It was when she was about 6 or so when Number One died, leaving a painful scar on her body. She could just shrug off Kenny until then, believing she was a normal child until that scar came in the middle of parent/child art class in Minnesota. This was no lie, no game. It was real, she realized as she threw up the glitter into the air, clutching onto her ankle as she cried in pain, Kenny quickly taking her out to comfort her. They moved to California the next day.
She felt like the glitter afterwards, everywhere at once, and felt like –just like it- that no one could gather her up enough so that she'd be exactly the same ever again.
06. The "Lorien" Way
When Nueve was 6, her first Halloween, she had been dressed up in camouflage (seemed ironically practical to Kenny at the time) and going trick-or-treating with her guardian dressed up in doctor's scrubs. He said we'd do this holiday the "Earth" way, not the "I'm- a-6-year-old-alein-who-can-whoop-your-butt" way. But at the first house, she had rung the doorbell, the man had answered, said trick-or-treat nervously and then had the door slammed in her face. Kenny looked down, almost shocked, when he noticed that this little warrior who he had personally trained to kick butt of men double this one's size—looked heartbroken by this gesture the rude man had given her.
So Kenny had kicked the door down and handled this in the "You're-a-f*cking-b*stard-and-I'll-take-none-of-your-cr*p" way, ending it with his hand on the man's collar as he forced him to give Nueve about double her weight in candy.
As he began leaving he looked down, "What do you say to the 'nice' man?"
"…Thank you?"
Kenny nodded and they proceeded in going to the next house.
Nueve had mixed feelings (she swears it wasn't about the cand—… okay, it was about all the candy) about whether or not she should hope for or hope they wouldn't have to continue going trick-or-treating in the same manner as the first one.
07. Expectations
Kenny expects too much of Nueve in almost anyone's opinion, his expectations are just too high for anyone to reach—
Unless you're not from this world. ;)
08. Off-Key
Nueve is many things. She really is. She's hyperactive, creative, and eager.
But the one thing she is NOT, no matter how much she thinks it or does it at the top of her lungs in the car as we drive for HOURS and HOURS-
Is a singer.
09. Just Another Early Bloomer
People go through their puberty at young ages, they can mature faster then others too… So when Nueve was able to suddenly activate her first Legacy when she was 8 (Wooh! Go 8 year-old with super-strength!), the shocked look on Kenny's face felt completely unnecessary…
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*I TAKE REQUESTS FOR THIS ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE NUEVE DEAL WITH BUT ONLY IF YOU'VE REVIEWED~! :D*