Note: All characters mentioned in this story that are not related to fate zero are purely the creation of the author. I do not own Hisau Maiya or any Type Moon characters.

{ Come away, O human child!

To the waters and the wild

With a faery, hand in hand,

For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

― W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems }

There was a clap of thunder.

Or at least, I thought so.

I hugged my mother as tight as I can, inhaling her familiar motherly scent.

The thunder never stopped. Normally father and mother would bring me to the window and watch the crack of the sky.

It was beautiful. They told me it was called 'lightning'.

However, today mother closed all the windows and curtains, and took me and my little brother and sister to the basement. There were no windows in the basement, so I could not watch the lightning, but today the thunder was louder than usual, and it did not stop.

"Mommy, is the sky falling?" My little sister was in tears, the thunder scared her.

"No, everything will be fine darling." Mother hugged the three of us even harder, while the thunder seemed to be getting louder and louder.

Bang!

There was a huge crash, and the ground shook. All of us were alright, it must have been the neighbors, but it frightened us out of our skin.

Suddenly, I realized something was wrong.

"Mommy, daddy is not back yet."

"He has gone to help the country, dear." She looked at me with tears in her eyes. "Would you help me take care of your brother and sister until he comes back?"

"Mommy, don't cry." I wiped off her tears, and promised,:" I will take care of them, don't worry, mommy."

She smiled, and patted my head.

"But…when is daddy coming back?"

The thunder outside roared so loudly we all had to cover our ears. The great cupboard crashed near us, and my sister started crying again.

Amongst all the crashing and the cries, my mother's reply was almost too soft to hear.

"He'll be home soon, dear. Soon."

I was Eight. And I never saw my father again.

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