I've decided I'm going to finally recreate this. I've gotten much better, and this has turned into more than a vent.
Prologue
Silver held the newborn in her arms gently, singing a soft lullaby.
Radius chuckled quietly. "Silver, you haven't named her yet. Do that before you start singing." He whispered, trying his hardest not to disturb the child.
They knew she couldn't see them; she was blind. But the couple were determined to take care of her until she could manage on her own. It was a promise they made as soon as they discovered her blindness. And they were fixated on keeping that promise.
Silver stopped singing and spoke. "I don't know what to name her." She said bluntly, smiling. Radius grinned and said. "We want her to be resistant to temptation-"
Silver blushed. "What's going to be tempting her?" Radius laughed and continued.
"So I thought her name should be Reyn." He finished, closing his eyes and grinning. Silver nodded.
"I like it. Reyn Harugo." she agreed, nodding.
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Four years passed and Reyn grew up like a normal child, learning alchemy as quickly as she could. She could summon small breezes at this point, but that didn't matter; Alchemy was her vision - she could get around perfectly fine by observing air currents.
Silver and Radius had another child at that point. A happy, rambunctious child - and therefore they named her Rhino.
The newborn child was perfectly fine - Rhino didn't have a problem in the world.
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Two years passed, and at this time Reyn was six years old.
She strode to her mother without difficulty. "Mom," she said. Her father was still asleep, snoring.
Silver looked down to Reyn and smiled. "What is it, sweetheart?" She yawned. Reyn frowned, a sad look in her unfocused eyes.
"I want to run away."
The words shocked Silver to speechlessness. "Why?" She finally managed to utter.
"Don't tell," Reyn whispered, "I want to go away and live on my own. I don't want Rhino to be upset when she grows up because I can't be the sister she needs. I'll write to you - but only you can read them."
Silver mused on this. "Reyn," She said, "You don't need to run away for Rhino's sake. You don't. It doesn't matter if you're blind, you can still be the best sister you can be for Rhino."
The look on Reyn's face distorted in confusion. "But-" Silver continued, "I know a place where you can stay, if you really feel like you need to do this. I know you're an intelligent kid, but you're still a kid nonetheless."
Reyn frowned, "You would lie to my daddy to make me happy?"
Silver chuckled. "Sweetheart, I'm not going to lie to him. I'll tell him. But I won't let him read your letters." She smiled, and stood up.
"Come with me."
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And years passed without Rhino's knowledge of the situation. She grew up as if she were an only child, without a clue of what the whole picture looked like.
Radius yawned and jumped out of his bed, pulling on his prized possession - his boots - and walking towards the door. Unfortunately, he failed to open it, because he was tackled to the ground a second before.
"Dad! Dad, can I wear your boots today?!" Rhino laughed, rolling off him. Radius laughed and sat up. "Not today, girl." he chuckled. "I have to go to work." He stood up.
"Besides," He continued, "Lightning alchemy is dangerous. I can't let you use it outside of the house yet."
Rhino smiled. "I didn't want to use your alchemy. I just wanted to wear my dad's boots." Radius ruffled her hair and smiled. "You know you just wanted to see lightning, don't deny it." he chuckled.
Rhino blushed. "Okay, I just wanted to see lightning." She laughed, waving. "Okay, come back soon, Dad!"
Radius beamed at her. "Of course I will."
It was their last day together; though it was a great one.
Ah, here you are. So this story was originally called Jerking and Sparking. But I've gotten sooo much better at writing and good ideas never go to waste.