A/U where sofia and Cedric grow up together in a modern day setting much closer in age...
super lame cover art by me (if you happen to have ur own fan art you'd like me to use as a cover, PM me! Lol I can't draw very well..)
Just a set of drabbles to make up a sort-of prologue. In these Sofia is 8, Cedric is 10.
Prologue:
The first time Sofia met him, she had been playing at the park near her house. He was a scrawny kid, wearing shorts and a dirty tank top. His hair was black, and cut short. He sat on the ground, watching a spider crawl over his hand. When she got close to him and saw it, she gasped, causing him to jump and drop the spider. He tried to catch it, but it got away.
"That was a neat one," he said sadly.
"Weren't you afraid it was going to bite you?" she asked, horrified.
"No. Now help me find another one." He stood up, and dusted himself off.
"Ew," she said, but figured she should help since it was her fault that he had lost it to begin with.
They walked throughout the park, looking through the sparse grass for any signs of a spider. There were plenty of other bugs, but none of them interested the boy.
"I've seen all those before," he told her.
Sofia nodded, and continued to help him look until her mother called her.
"I have to go now," she said.
"Ok, I should probably go too." He kicked at the dirt, and clasped his hands behind his back. "What's your name?" he asked.
"Sofia, what's yours?" she smiled, glad to talk to him about something other than icky bugs.
"Cedric. Want to be my friend?" he asked.
"Sure, cee-dric!" she smiled at him, but he scowled at her.
"You're saying it wrong. It's Cedric. 'said-rick'." He told her, pronouncing it carefully for her.
She nodded, and said it right. He smiled at her when she did. They waved goodbye and she went to join her mother and tell her about her new friend.
#
She didn't see him again until a few months later. She was tossing stones into the creek with her friends, Ruby and Jade. Then he appeared under the overpass, wading through the creek water. He stopped to look up and see who was tossing rocks down, and then waved. Sofia smiled, happy to see him again.
"Who's that," Ruby asked.
"And what is he doing?" Jade asked.
"That's Cedric, he's my friend." Sofia started to carefully make her way down the steep hill to join Cedric. The water wasn't too deep, and there were plenty of rocks to stand on. So she felt confident that she could stay dry. Besides, she wanted to see what he was doing.
"I'm not going down there," Jade called after her.
"Well I am," Ruby began to make her way down as well. After some loud sighs, Jade began to follow her friends.
Sofia laughed, and picked up the pace. She stepped on a patch of soft mud, and slid. Her arms shot out to balance herself, but it didn't help. She started to topple forward when she heard splashing. Small arms wrapped around her, but with the momentum it did little to stop her. There was another splash and she found herself sitting in the creek next to Cedric who had tried to catch her.
"You should be more careful," he scolded, standing up and looking down at his wet clothes.
"Are you guys ok?" Ruby asked. Sofia looked down at herself, she was wet and it hurt where she had landed, but she would be ok.
"Yeah, just wet." She said. Cedric helped her stand up. She look down at herself and frowned at her wet dress and shoes. So much for staying dry. "What are you doing in the creek?" she asked him.
"Trying to catch some crawfish." He shrugged. "Want to help me?"
"Ok," she said even though she didn't really want to. She wasn't sure what a crawfish was, but if it was anything like the spider she didn't think she even wanted to know. But, she liked spending time with him, even if he was a little weird.
#
Later that day her mother announced that her boyfriend had asked her to marry him. Sofia was very excited for her mom, but not as much when she learned that it meant she would have to move. She had to leave all of her friends, her house, and her school behind. They would be moving all the way to the other side of town.
That wasn't the only change to her life either, her new father was wealthy, and had a daughter and son that were now Sofia's step-siblings. Their new house was huge, much bigger than her old one. Her dad even had an assistant, named Baileywick, who helped him run his business. It was overwhelming, but she adjusted quickly. She made new friends, and kept in touch with her old ones. She never forgot about the boy she had befriended at the park, but she didn't see him again for a long time.