Loud wailing cries echoed through the forest and just barely could be heard over the booming thunderstorm. In the forest was a wad of blankets and tucked inside was a small baby chimera, she wailed and wailed for her human mother, whom had abandoned her. She was soaked to the bone since the thin blankets did nothing against the pouring rain, which just made her wail louder.
A man heard the wails and had come to investigate, he saw the blankest and walked over, gazing down at the chimera with shaded eyes. Upon sensing the presence of the man the chimera stopped wailing but was still making noise, this time a pleading coo. "Who would leave a baby out here like this?" the man muttered looking around incase the chimera's parents were near, he sighed and bent down to pick up said chimera. "Guess I'll take you then."
Just then the storm ceased and a shaft of sunlight light up the clearing making the baby chimera giggle and coo happily. Her hands reached up for the face of the man who'd picked her up, said man sighed and started walking back the way he'd come. The baby cooed and babbled while she began falling asleep, making the man look down in concern when she went silent.
He walked into a bar and ignored the murmurs that came from the watching people as he headed to the back, private bar. "Bido, where's Martel?" the man asked making another chimera jump in surprise, "She's out on a job Mister Greed, why?" Bido said and Greed sighed, taking off the coat he'd been wearing before grabbing some spare towels from the closet. "Do you really think I have any experience in raising kids?"
The lizard chimera frowned at that and walked over to look at the now waking up baby chimera, "She's a chimera." Bido stated and Greed looked at him in surprise, "How do you know?" the Homunculus asked and Bido glanced up, "Well, she's got cat ears and a tail. No human has that."
Greed peered at the babbling chimera before sighing and beginning to dry her off, "Go find Martel will ya?" he asked and Bido nodded before going to find the snake chimera, when the Homunculus got the baby chimera dry he wrapped her in a blanket and went to sit on the couch, holding her in his arms. "Well, until Martel gets here there's nothing more I can do." He mumbled, closing his eyes to think but he fell asleep and so did the chimera.
When Martel walked into the private bar the first thing she noticed was a fast asleep Greed and baby chimera. She smiled and walked over, gently shaking the Homunculus, "Hey, boss, you needed me for something?" she asked when Greed jerked awake, he looked up at Martel sleepily and nodded as he yawned. "Yeah, need you to teach me how to take care of a baby."
Martel frowned, "Did you get some poor girl pregnant?" she asked and her boss sighed as he sat up, "No, Homunculi are completely sterile, even if I wanted to get a girl pregnant I couldn't. I found this chimera in the woods during the storm." Greed said as said chimera woke and began babbling again, Martel smiled, "What's her name?"
"Sunflower. Sunny for short." "Sunny that definitely fits her."
Three years later
"SUNFLOWER GET DOWN HERE NOW!" a deep voice bellowed angrily making a cat chimera jump in shock, she looked up (well down) at the floor and scrambled off her upside down position on her bed. She darted down the stairs and peered at her obviously furious father, the broken glass she'd hidden sitting on the bar top. "Mind explaining why this glass is broken, Sunflower Jae?" her father ground out from clenched shark-like teeth, Sunny felt tears build in her eyes and she looked down shamefully.
"I-I wanted to be a big girl a-and get a-a drink for m-myself. I-I slipped and it b-broke." She stammered before beginning to cry softly, knowing she'd be in trouble for sure, "Did you get hurt?" her father asked and Sunny slowly held out her cut hands, "Oh Sunny." Greed sighed walking over and crouching in front of her before wiping the tears off her cheeks. "Shhh, don't cry, I'm not mad anymore. But next time you break something don't hide it, come tell me or Martel, all right?"
Sunny nodded as Greed picked her up, "Let's go get your hands dealt with, okay?"
Five years later
"Happy birthday dear Sunny! Happy birthday to you!" Sunny smiled widely as she blew out the candles on her birthday cake before hugging Greed tightly, "Thank you Daddy!" she said happily as she purred, her braided hair swishing from side to side as she was spun around by her father. "Of course sweetie. Now open your presents." Greed said setting down the cat chimera that he thought as his daughter, as Sunny happily opened her presents Martel walked over to Greed.
"How much did you save up for her birthday?" she asked and the Homunculus shrugged, rubbing the back of his neck, "About ten-thousand cenz I think." He said shrugging again before smiling and crouching down as Sunny ran over, she smiled back and put her plastic tiara on his head. "Now you're a princess too Daddy!" she giggled hugging Greed tightly, the photographer saw this and quickly took a picture.
Six years later
Sunny had been asleep until she heard a fight coming from just outside of the Devil's Nest, her head shot up from her pillow and she hurriedly got out of bed. Her long blonde hair flowing behind her as she ran down the stairs and stopped just at the door to the public bar. Cautiously she opened it and peered into the room, Roa was carrying something down to the basement and people were staring after him with wide eyes.
Her curiosity was urging her to follow the large chimera but the way the men looked in the bar sent shivers down her spine. Sunny took a deep breath and darted towards the basement door, her bare feet making almost no noise against the wood. But that didn't stop Greed from stepping in front of her, "Sunny, where do you think you're going?"
The cat chimera looked up at her father and frowned, shifting from side to side, "I-I left something in the basement." She stammered, it was true she did leave her hair bow down in the basement but Greed frowned obviously not believing her. "What did you leave down there?" he asked and Sunny rubbed the back of her head, "My hair bow, I need it to tie back my hair."
Just then Roa walked through the basement door holding her bow, 'Shoot, there goes my only reason to go downstairs.' She thought in annoyance, Greed on the other hand smirked and held his hand out for Roa to give him the bow. "There you go. Now go get dressed." Her father said giving her the bow and beginning to shoo her back towards the door that she'd run through. "Okay…"
Sunny went upstairs and sat on her bed, thinking about what she could do to sneak down into the basement. She sighed in frustration when none of her plans worked in her head and she flopped back onto her bed in exasperation. She fell asleep but when she woke it was quite literally the middle of the night; the cat chimera sat up and quietly went to her door and out into the hall.
After peeking into Greed's room to check he was asleep she hurried downstairs and to the basement. Sunny made sure not to step on any squeaky boards as she went down the stairs, her sunset-like eyes glowing in the dark as she peered at the form that was beside the boxes. Carefully she snuck around the sleeping Dolcetto and ran towards the storeroom, since it was the only usable room in the basement.
Sunny poked her head around the corner of the doorway and stared at the armor that was just barely lit up by the light of a slowly dying lamp. Her ears swiveled backwards to make sure no one was coming up behind her and took a deep breath before stepping though the doorway. Shallow breathing told the cat chimera that there was someone in the armor and they were obviously asleep.
She slowly walked up to the armor and looked at it curiously, her tail swaying behind her as she stared at the armor's helmet. "Sunny what are you doing down here?!" Dolcetto's furious voice snapped making Sunny shriek in surprise which in turn made the person in the armor wake quickly. "Mister Dolcetto I-." "Come on, you're going back upstairs!" the dog chimera growled, cutting her off and grabbing her wrist painfully, instantly her ears flattened back against her head. "H-hey o-ow."
"You're hurting her!" Martel's voice snapped from in the armor and Dolcetto ignored her, shoving Sunny harshly, she tripped and fell to the cold stone floor. "I said you're going back upstairs." Dolcetto growled and the cat chimera's tail fluffed out in fear as the dog chimera towered over her. "Stop it! You're scaring her!" a new voice exclaimed making Dolcetto whip around furiously, "SHUT UP BOY!"
Sunny curled up in the fetal position and began crying in fear, no one's yelled like that in years and it scared her. "What happened to Sunny?!" Greed's panicked voice gasped and she looked up before reaching out for her father; the Homunculus hurried to Sunny and hugged her tightly as she continued crying. "He hurt her," the voice Sunny didn't know said and she felt Greed tense in anger, "Dolcetto?!"