" Mythra , wake up ! "

Beep, beep, beep.

" Mythra, I'm being serious now. Wake up— you'll be late. "

A hand swatted ahead sleepily as Mythra mumbles under her breath, practically slurring. Her red head sister barely unable to understand her. Soon, said sister opened the curtains and light shone through the window abruptly, startling the blonde awake.

" Gah! Pyra, cut it out! " Mythra barked, looking sternly at her sister. Pyra simply shook her head, and looked at the clock; 9:27 AM.

" Mythra, we are supposed to be meeting up with Rex and his girlfriend, the cat girl—"

" Nia."

" — in an hour, almost. Please get ready..."

Pyra frowned at Mythra's smug grin. Pyra seemed to have a hard time remembering names, aside from Rex, the driver of her and her sister, Mythra. The red head left her sisters room, simply waiting for her to get ready to go now, sitting in the living room of their apartment, that Rex paid for.

It has been a few months since Rex and the aegis, accompanied by their friends, found Elysium and saved the world — of course, at the cost of Pneuma's life. It was a miracle that the two returned from their one core crystal, but it came with a cost: their memories. Neither Pyra nor Mythra actually remembered the events that they went through together with Rex. It was sad to him, at first, but he learned to accept that this was how it was now. In fact, he wanted them to be able to live normally, and even paid the rent for their apartment and tuitions for school, as he was able to sell more treasure to more people, making a lot more money than the average fifteen year old boy.

Mythra scanned her bedroom; white and bland, with small hints of the green shade that was the same as her core crystal. Faint music came from the radio from her alarm clock. She felt the slightly cool breeze on her legs when she rolled herself over with her legs no longer on the bed. She was never in the mood to get up as early as nine, unlike Pyra. But regardless, she pressed on, and got out of bed to prepare herself for the day; shower, hair grooming, possibly make up...

After a mere hour, the aegis girl walked into the living room, looking at Pyra.

Her sister wore a red dress with white polka dots and straps- her shoes being red heels. Aside from that, she looked just like she had when Rex had first awakened her- same earrings, same tiara, even the same hair cut. Mythra changed a little, putting her hair up in a ponytail— she didn't know why, but it felt oddly familiar to her. She wore a plain white dress, with white sneakers.

The noticeable thing between the aegis sisters was the core crystal; just like when Pyra gave half her life force to Rex, the crystals were cut. Mythra retained the X-part, and Pyra had the rest. Mythra didn't understand why it was this way, and she always wondered why Rex didn't bother to explain.

" Mythra— you ready to go?" Pyra asked, with a sweetness in her tone as she looked over to her sister. Had she really sat there the entire time, just waiting for Mythra? The blonde nodded to her, and thus Pyra rose, and headed to the door.

" Let's go, " she cheerfully said, before walking out the door... assuming Mythra would follow shortly behind. Mythra did follow, but was slower than Pyra expected. Her tired expression going unnoticed to the red head, as she simply mumbled one word:

" Addam... "

— —

It wasn't all that long before Pyra and Mythra were at the meeting point where they would encounter their driver, and his blade-girlfriend. Pyra thought they were such a cute couple, chances were that she intentionally would third-wheel with them— it seemed like she never gave hem privacy, but it was unintentional.

Mythra on the other hand, didn't really care much about it the couple. She didn't really like to hang out with Rex, Pyra, or Nia. She would prefer to be alone, maybe sleeping right now. Lots was on her mind, and she didn't really tell others about it; not because she couldn't, but because she didn't want to- only Rex, Nia, and Pyra knew about it, and Mythra had only told Pyra.

She was in the deep thought even now, until it was broken by an all too familiar voice.

" Hey, girls. "

It was Rex — Mythra was convinced that Rex was her favorite person in the world. Like, sure he was their driver, but he was just a kid, too.

" Rex! Nia! " Pyra called out cheerfully as she approached the two teenagers ( well, she assumed Nia was supposed to be a teenager at least ). Nia smiled and waved to the red head, before looking over at Mythra, saying a simple, " hey. "

Rex was casual in his attire now, ever since his Titan— and guardian— Azurda, made him start going to school along with Nia. The boy now was most commonly seen in simple blue jeans and either a blue hoodie, or a white t-shirt with blue sleeves. Today it was the t-shirt.

Nia on the other hand, likes to be more stylish with her clothes. Today, she wore dark blue high waisted shorts, and a yellow shirt with short sleeves that rested below the shoulders. Her shoes were heels, like her two forms had, but they were black shoes, and were accompanied by stockings.

" I'm sort of surprised you two made it here on time, " Rex started to say, teasing Mythra when he followed up with, " I was thinking Mythra would want an extra hour of sleep. "

This caught Mythra's attention, and if Pyra wasn't there, Rex would have been hit. The two girls standing closer to Rex simply giggled. Not wanting to ruin their fun, Mythra just let them laugh at her as she kept her stern face. It wasn't long before the four of them were on their way to the place that Pyra chose for them to all hang out for the time being, and thankfully it wasn't very far from their location.

— —

The four soon approached a little café. It had a name, but the four could never seem to remember the name of it, Pyra always remembering it by location. They simply referred to it as " the café over by Gormott's plains," since it was close to where the Gormott Titan has merged with the land.

The four were eventually seated in their usual spot, to the left by a window. It had a nice view of Gormott's wild life, which Pyra simply fell in love with. They were handed menus, and while the three who actually wanted to be here looked over their menus, Mythra looked out the window of the café.

Nia smiled as she looked at the menu, nearly licking her lips as her inner cat would come out after seeing the Salmon Bennedict on the menu. This was normal, so usually Rex had to order the meal for her while she was in awe, and I was just like that today, too.

Pyra always got a small stack of pancakes, as for some reason they reminded her of Rex. She didn't really know why, but they did. They were plain usually, but today she was trying something different by ordering chocolate chip pancakes.

As for Rex, he ordered a simple French toast, with maple syrup. But he always got something different every week, so neither Pyra or Nia knew why he was ordering it.

This left Mythra as the final person to order, and she was zoned out. The three looked at her, as she didn't hear the waitress ask what she wanted.

" Mythra? "

The blonde was startled by the hand that was then placed on her shoulder. She swiftly shifted her upper torso to look over to the person who touched her; it was Rex.

" The waitress wants to know what you want to eat, Mythra," Rex told her, concern in his tone and expression.

" Oh. I'll just have what you're having," the aegis mumbled, before resuming to look out the window.

The waitress soon left, and the attention was immediately returned to Mythra.

" Are you having those dreams again," Pyra asked, as Nia looked around, making sure no one was listening in.

" Pyra, shut up — I don't know what you're talking about ," Mythra snarled, but her mad and flustered expression said otherwise. Rex would've teased her, but he knew about the dreams and how serious they could be- they could be memories of her past, which he figured they were.

" You know, Mythra... you're not alone," he told her, hoping to reassure her that she could confide in them if she needed. Mythra simply flared at Rex, before looking away from everyone yet again. Pyra sighed, and looked to Nia, who gave a sympathetic expression. The three moved on, discussing their daily life; school, Rex's job, their friends... just average things.

"... it was Addam."

Rex's eyes widened as he heard Mythra speak. He remembered Addam.

" So you are having dreams, " he asked, to which Mythra nodded, but said nothing more. She knew Pyra was quite the talker, and didn't want her to talk about it over and over, to anyone they might meet. Thankfully, Pyra and Nia were more interested in their own conversation, that Mythra went unheard from them.

Mythra's eyes darted slightly, before she asked her driver, "do you still... have his crystal?"

Rex nodded, before taking out the purple Aegis Crystal from his pocket, but not lifting it higher than the table. Mythra looked bothered, and looked away. Rex put it away in response, with a subtle apology.

Unfortunately, their brunch hangout would have to be a lunch hangout, as Kora, one of the "former" special inquisitor of Mor Ardain blades, rushed in.

" Ohmygosh, Rex? Rex? "

She soon spotted him.

" Oh thank goodness! Rex! There's something terrible going on over by Mor Ardain! Please help us resolve it? Pleeeeeas-"

Kora did not get to finish her begging as Mythra groaned in annoyance and stood up from her chair, leaving the café; others following shortly after.