Disclaimer: It's obvious I don't have Tales of Xillia, because it was properties of Bandai Namco.
I don't really think that people will read this but still, I think it is good to have some side story considering The Lost Treasure length. Well, duh, I'm on midterm and all but you see I don't give the thing a damn. Anyway, you might just read it in the summary but the story is about Jude and Milla's children. Yeah, they freakingly had children of their own. All that logic aside I made them had one… or two considering the story. Aaaaanyway, the story won't start if I keep rambling here so welcome to my story 'Maxwell's Descendant'!
3rd Person POV
It was raining cat and dog outside when Jude heard someone knocked on his door. It was natural for Jude to get suspicious since he remembered that no one had a promise to meet up with him soon and no normal human will knock on people's house in this kind of weather. Nonetheless he gets up from his sitting position and walked to the front door.
'I wonder who will come at this kind of weather,' he thought as he walked closer to the front door of his house as the knocking still continues.
The knock quickly turned into a rapping and Jude who was a little bit annoyed shouted, "Coming!" he said with slight annoyance since it was rainy and the person didn't make any promise yet so he didn't know who will come.
Jude placed a hand on the door knob and focused his mind to somehow felt the Mana which was radiated by the person on the other side of the door. When he realized who it was, Jude opened the door quickly and saw a rather surprising person standing in front of his door steps.
It was a woman who was a little bit shorter than him with green long wavy hair and wore a dress that enforced the fact that she is a spirit. She also floated from the ground as their eyes met and Jude swears his mouth only get wider by the appearance of that person.
"M-Muzét?! What are you doing here? W-wait what is that basket on your arms?" Jude asked continuously as he looked at Muzét who remained still in her place without saying anything.
Muzét didn't take the liberty of explanation as she said, "Today, Milla give you two lives to take care of. They are yours and my sister's and they are fraternal twins by the way. Milla named the girl Stella so you are free to name the boy," Muzét said as she shoved the basket that contained two sleeping babies inside it.
Jude only stared in disbelief at Muzét although he did remember doing that kind of thing with Milla especially after their secret marriage. But again, it was the time when he is still in his 18 and now he is in his 22, how come Milla had their children when they didn't meet for 4 freaking years?!
But again, he knew that Milla or Muzét won't lie to him. If both of them said that the babies are his and Milla's then it is the truth. His gaze turned soft at the realization, these two are the result of his love with his beloved wife.
Stella… his daughter name… named after the star. They both liked the night sky despite the low temperature outside. Sometimes they would meet and then went on stargazing together. He remembered how Milla would always say when they went out together that if she had a daughter she will name it after the star.
"Muzét… tell Milla that I named our son Altair…" Jude said softly as he placed his hands on his children and stroked them gently in fatherly manner.
Muzét only smiled at the fatherly figure in front of her and said, "Will do when she wakes up… Giving birth to these two aren't the easiest after all…" Muzét said as she took a good look on her niece.
Jude just remembered that and asked, "Muzét is Milla's life in danger? Can I see her soon? And why she didn't tell me?" Jude asked with a worried tone, obviously since he didn't know that Milla had their children since only she knows when.
Muzét sighed before answering, "Milla passed the critical time and now is sleeping to recharge her Mana. It will take few years until she could communicate with you again, except she do reckless thing. And then giving a body to a soul isn't our forte and when I see the process I think I'm going to destroy a dimension or two. Oh and about that… since my dear sister is a very good person, she didn't want to make you worry about her and make you left the Spyrite research. We all know that if you heard about this, you will crack the separating walls between human and spirit and Milla don't want that before the research is done. I, the Four, and the other Spirit then decided to keep it a secret regarding to her wish," Muzét explained with her eyes trailed somewhere.
Jude wanted to let out a protest but decided to swallow it down. He took the basket close to him before saying, "That's Milla I guess… I'll appreciate it if she told me but it can't be helped. For now I will take these children under my wing until they could search for the truth themselves," Jude said as he looked at the baby who shared his and Milla's physical appearance.
"So you won't say it to them that you are their real father? I don't understand it…" Muzét said as she placed a finger near her lips. She is no expert when it comes to human's mind after all.
Jude let out a nervous laugh before saying, "I don't think it would be wise to tell them, 'Altair, Stella, your mother is the Lord of Spirit, Maxwell' while they are still young they must be thinking that I'm lying to them. If they shared our stubbornness then they won't stop walking even with the fact that I adopted them. It will still create uproar though since no people will understand why I had two children although I had no wife, the public didn't know Milla after all… At least I will tell everyone about the truth and the condition. Muzét, I'm going to count on you to keep it as a secret until the time comes, okay?" Jude said with a gentle look to Muzét who looked at the baby.
Muzét only nodded and then said, "If you say so then I won't tell them except they figure it out by themselves… I will take care of Milla in your stead right now so I will go back to the Spirit World," Muzét said with a serious tone.
"Please be careful on the way and oh yeah, Muzét… could you tell Milla something?" Jude said as he looked to the outside seeing how Muzét slowly drifted away from the ground.
Muzét tilted her head prompting Jude to go on and Jude said, "Tell Milla that… I love her, I will take care of our children so please rest assured and… thank you for the best gift ever," Jude said with a shout to rival the sound of the rain.
Muzét was surprised at first but then her face slowly turned into a smile when she said, "Okay, I will tell Milla that…" Muzét replied with a bright smile before light swallowed her body and she disappeared from Jude's eyesight.
Jude let out a breath of relief as he looked at his new family members. He then brought the babies inside as he silently murmured, "From now on, you two become my family members… Altair Mathis and Stella Mathis…" he murmured.
Jude then closed the door of his house as the rain continues to pour down. But Jude could care less about the rain as he put his newest family member into his room.
"J-Jude… was I dreaming or is this truly the reality?" Leia said with an exaggerated expression when she saw the twins which were Jude's and Milla's children.
Elize tilted her head and said, "No matter which way I look on it, they resemble you and Milla a lot didn't they?" Elize said as she poked at the sleeping babies inside their bed.
"Ah, their eyes opened… they even had the same eye colors as you two though reversed… I don't know if that was creepy or just genetic stuff…" Elle said as she squinted her eyes at the babies who tried to reach Elize hands.
"But, Jude… I don't know that you two already in that stage after eloping… but doesn't that happened years ago? Why the children appeared only now?" Alvin said with a disbelief tone.
Jude looked calm as he said, "We had done that if that satisfy your question… and yeah, it was 4 years ago but maybe Spirit couldn't bear a child as fast as human… logically speaking…" Jude explained as he gazed at his children tenderly.
Rowen laughed at this and said, "You are a father now, Jude-san… I begin to think that I'm old now," Rowen said with a laugh.
"Even I never did that with Muzét… just when you get the chance with all that work?" Gaius said with disbelief in his words.
Jude looked up and said, "Well, you two should elope I guess… Muzét told me this when she came over to bring Altair and Stella to me, she said giving births hurts like hell or something," Jude answered with a light tone before he gazed at his children once again.
"Altair and Stella… so you mean you already named both of them? And your suggestion sounded so evil I couldn't bear to hear it. Just who are you and what you had done to Jude?" Alvin said with a downed expression.
Jude nodded before saying, "I already did the administrative stuff about adopting them since I never get married legally in public though I and Milla are married. I have no intention to tell the two about it until they are ready to take the truth or they look for the truth themselves and Alvin that question hurts," Jude answered before looking at his closest friends.
Everyone was surprised by Jude's words and Elle is the one who first voiced it and asked, "So… you want us to keep quiet about it too? Won't they get suspicious easily since they resemble you a lot?" Elle said with her heads tilted to Jude's direction.
Jude only nodded before saying, "Well… if these children are like me and Milla then I'm sure they won't sit idly to wait for the time I tell them about that. If they wanted to conduct a search, never tell about the name, just give them clue and in one way or another they will find the answer themselves," Jude explained as he landed his gazes at the twins he has.
"And why you are so sure that they will find out before you tell the truth?" Leia who had been cured from her shock asked with a curious expression at Jude.
Jude only smiled before saying, "Parental instinct…"
The time slowly passes as Altair and Stella slowly grow up both in mind and body. No one doubt that they are really is fraternal twin with their striking differences. Altair had short black hair with magenta eyes which give him a serious expression while Stella had long wavy golden hair that reached her back with amber colored eyes she also had more relaxed face so she naturally smiled in all chance. They excel in the different place as well with Altair excel in research stuff and also in swordsmanship as well as martial arts due to Jude's influence while Stella is a genius in Spirit Artes both offensive and defensive.
When they reached the age where they could go to school, they began to get curious about their real parents. It's not like they hate to live with their adoptive father or hating their current life style or anything, they just wanted to know.
One day, they were taking their lunch break in one corner of the school park Stella took the liberty to arise the problem and called her twin.
"Hey, Altair…" Stella called as she placed a spoon of her lunch into her mouth.
Altair looked up and looked at Stella before asking, "What's wrong Stella?" Altair asked with concern in his voice. After all Altair always cared for his twin sister more than anyone, cut for their adoptive father.
"Dad is… our adoptive father right? Then it means we have another Dad and Mom right?" Stella asked with a downcast eye as she stopped eating despite the fact that she only ate a portion of it.
Altair knew where Stella wanted to go with and says, "Father said so but… he said we aren't unwanted children. Our parents couldn't meet us because of certain condition… but more importantly, what's wrong Stella? Did you want to find them?" Altair said with his eyes looking up to the sky. It will be a lie if he said he didn't want to meet their real parents but somehow he doesn't really want to.
Stella flinched at the question before saying, "I want to meet them… but, Dad will get mad right? I don't want to see Dad get mad… and Dad had an important research as well… I know that but…" Stella said as she looked to nowhere in particular.
Altair turned silent with this. He spent a lot of his time with his father since he managed to understand the charm of a research. He also learned a few things about their real parents in those times as well. Remembering every little detail of it, Altair said, "Father said that he will bring us to our parents when we are ready to see them… Apparently the reason why we ended up in front of Father's doorstep is because that he knew really well about our parents…" Altair explained with a distant tone.
Stella nodded a few times before saying, "Dad also said the same to me. But when we will be ready? I want to ask them why they left us… it's not that I hate Dad but it's just… I want to meet them. That's why Altair, help me find them!" Stella said as she looked straight to her twin eyes.
Altair was shocked to say the least and then asked, "Are you sure about that? What about Father?" Altair asked in disbelief with his eyes looking at his twin eyes.
Stella looked determined enough and answered, "Yes, but of course I will tell Dad about this. I don't want to do it behind his back. But, if Dad doesn't let us do it then… I'm going to give up," Stella said with voice full of determination.
Altair placed a hand over his forehead, his curiosity certainly start taking its toll on him, before saying, "I understand but if only Father let us do it… we'll go to Spyrite Research Department in Helioborg after school," Altair said with a desperate voice though he couldn't deny that he wanted to know as well.
Stella cheered up and then they finished their lunch before going back to their class.
"You can look for them if you want to," Jude said calmly as he watched his children who had grown into teenager in their 14. He knew that sooner or later his children will ask his permission on that. They are such a sweet children after all.
Altair and Stella mouth went agape hearing their father calm response. They thought he will refuse the idea completely. Jude only laughed at the sight since it looked like he was seeing his younger self with Milla's younger self as well. Maybe their reaction looked a lot more like the younger him though…
"I'm your father… of course I knew sooner or later you will ask me for permission to look for your parents. Instead of saddened, I was happy that you two still cared about your parents," Jude said as he shuffled through the pile of his works. His job made him need to read quite a lot and since it was troublesome to move his works elsewhere, it turned into a pile making it quite hard to look for a thing.
"B-but…" Altair said trying to voice up a reason.
Jude looked at Altair before saying, "It's okay really… I'm going to give you some lead since your parents actually wished for you two to find the truth. Your father especially, told us to not tell any name regarding them," Jude said as he opened few drawers from his work desks.
Stella approached her father before saying, "My Dad other than Dad said that? Why?" she asked innocently as she glanced on her father's works.
Jude only smiled, knowing that he is the one who said it in the past and is the real father of the twins. He finally found the thing he was looking for, an album before saying, "Father knows that you will inherit your mother curiosity so he wanted us to keep quiet. And this is the only lead I can give you two without breaking the promise… your parents had a lot of picture in there," Jude said as he gave the twin the album of his time with his companion during the journey and some from another time.
Altair took the album and opened it before saying, "Can we keep this?" Altair asked in disbelief. Well, he didn't think that they will get an easy 'okay' after all, nonetheless getting a help as well.
"Yes you can… I'm sure she will say the same as well if she is in my position right now," Jude said as he trailed down on a memory line naturally.
Stella realized that her father mentioned another person in his sentence before saying, "Dad… who is this she you are talking about?" Stella asked innocently and straightforwardly. After all, she isn't the brighter one from the twin, inheriting her mother plain obliviousness.
Jude laughed at it before saying, "A very important person… anyway I'm quite busy right now so will you go to Aunt Leia's house to get the house key for now? She is in her agency by the way," Jude replied with a light laughter.
"We understand and Father… can I ask you something?" Altair replied before throwing another question to his father.
Jude looked at Altair and asked, "Just ask me anything but if you want to ask your parents name, then I won't give any," Jude replied with a natural gentle expression. Being a father made that expression become natural for him.
Altair looked around before saying, "Well… were our parent loves us?" Altair asked hesitantly.
Jude placed a pen over his forehead a little, making Altair and Stella nervous at the same time. He then pulled the pen away before saying, "They love you so much if they can they will just tell you two they are your parents. But you know, there is a lot of condition so they couldn't tell you yet… especially your mother," Jude replied with a serious yet gentle tone.
"What kind of condition?" Stella asked innocently as she took a peek at the album Altair was holding right now. She wondered why their parents couldn't meet them after all if they really love them.
Jude looked a little bit further away before answering, "When you find out about the truth… you will understand," Jude replied as he smiled on his thought. The truth is indeed hard, but he knew that his children could take it.
Altair and Stella looked at each other and then Altair asked, "Why Father is so sure about that?" Altair asked curiously. Well, he didn't really understand after all.
Jude only gazed at the twins lovingly for a few minutes before saying, "I'm your father after all," he said with gentle voice.
Now that's it for this chapter. If you wonder why I named them like what I write, Altair is one of the star that met with Vega in Tanabata Festival and I just thought that it was cool. Stella is well… other than it sounded really good the meaning is morning star or something so I think it is good enough. Okay, my naming sense suck but will you leave me some review?
