"What in the world is that thing" Silva's mom says looking terrified at the three headed dog. "Don't worry mom i don't think it's a regular dog... i think it's a spirit" silva says to his mom as I somehow slid out of her arms and onto the floor.
I sit down and pet each one of his snouts and get another lick in return. the dog then turned into three spirit flames one was happy one was sad and the other was angry.
"This is alicia's guardian" I hear Goldva say standing in the doorway. "His name is cerebrus and each head has its own name to fit his personality: happy, sad, and pissed off. they have been around the tribe for awhile now seeming to be waiting for something. He's only half ghost" he said
"so whats the other half" silva asked *demon" he said. "Goldva what are you doing here" silva's dad asks "I came here to tell you some important things. Shall we go into the other room" he asks walking towards the other end of the house.
I sit there and watch silva and his parents follow goldva. Chrom and nichrom stay in the room with me and cerebrus. I then notice that nichrom is quite interested in cerebrus. He tries to grab his spirit flame form and eventually suceeds. But he's a demon ghost what's the worst that could happen. Besides im more interested in what was going on in the other side of the house.
Silva's P.O.V.
I followed mom, dad, and goldva after noticing that alicia appeared to be okay alone with chrom and her guardian spirit. When I got into the room dad closed the door behind me.
"should silva be here goldva" mom asked. "yes he should hear what I have to say" he replied and mom nodded. "as you already know that child is the reincarnation of alicia asakura. A strong shaman whom was apart of our tribe five houndred years ago. And I am entrusting her care and safety to you" he continued.
"safety" I questioned. "yes there are many people who may try and take her. She may not look it but she has a large amount of mana" he replied. "oh" I said.
"who would try to take her though. she's so young and innocent" mom asked "well for one the minions of Hao asakura, and there are many others but the one person we have to be weary of is Hao" he stated. "she will eventually encounter hao, but we have to do everything we can to delay that" he continued.
"I'll do everything I can to protect her" I exclaimed. "I'll train as hard as I can so I can get really strong" I continued and dad ruffled my hair. "we'll all work hard to protect her" he said looking down at me.
"I sure hope so" goldva said "luckily though you wont have to take care of her for more than a few years" he continued.
"then what will happen to her" dad asked. "im not sure yet. Im still looking into that, but I will let you know of my decision once I have found the best choice" he said starting towards the door. "it is most likely that she doesn't remember everything in her past." He said looking at the door.
I would always remember what goldva said then "we have to allow her to remember everything herself we cannot tell her anything except her name and she is part of the tribe that is all we can tell her about herself and her past ... other wise she .... she might go insane from the sudden information" he had said and then left.
so now I have a little sister even though shes really like my great great great great great great great grandmother. I had lost count of all the greats dad had told me but yeah something like that.
alicia's P.O.V.
after a while goldva left the room with silva and his parents. He walked into the room and looked at me for a short while. "you will have a hard life ahead of you" he says before turning and leaving out the front door.
It isn't long before silva and his parents are back in the room with me. silva and chrom continue to hang out, although something seems different about silva. The air around him seems more mature than before he went into that room. I just shrug it off and continue to observe all that is happening around me.
It wasn't long until I had my own room. Of course it wasn't fully done for about a month. But I had my own bed, and clothes, and they even got me some things to entertain myself with. Of coarse most of them I found useless so whenever chrom and nichrom were over I offered them to nichrom to play with.
Of coarse silva's mom thought it was just so adorable that I was sharing with nichrom. I really should stop doing things in her presence… it always seems to end badly for me. whether its sneezing or sharing it doesn't matter she just eats it all up.
~a month later~
I'm finally starting to get used to this small body and the unused muscles that came with it. I had been practicing using my legs in a bouncer that I seemed to be placed in a lot. Im not complaining it's really helpful and Im glad that silva kept putting me in it when his parents weren't in the room. Because they said I shouldn't be in there all day, but I guess that silva noticed me always looking at it.
he's kinda like my own personal slave right now. when he's not out training, he's usually watching me and he always notices what I want. And since I cant get to it yet he gets it for me.
Of coarse there is a downside to him and everyone else always being there though. I can never try crawling by my self. But luckily today it's just silva home and his parents, well I guess their kind of my parents too now, were both out of the house today.
Once they left I just sat in the living room with silva. 'and now I play the waiting game' I thought glancing at silva sitting near me. 'it's only a matter of time' I thought as I started "playing" with the toys in front of me. I avoided looking at the bouncer 'not today bouncer' I thought looking at silva. He noticed me looking at him so he moved closer to me. "what's up alicia" he said smiling.
I had to improv this… so I handed him the toy in my hands at the time. This made him really happy for some reason. "oh you want me to play with you" he said with a huge grin plastered on his face. 'play … sure' I thought giggling at him.
So I played with silva for a while. It was about an hour or two before I noticed that he couldn't sit still. 'not much longer' I thought to myself. I sat there and looked at silva with a questioning look. In a few minutes I saw silva stand and look down the hall.
"alicia stay here and don't do anything" he said running down the hall and into the bathroom. 'perfect' I thought as I got off my butt and tried to move around. After a couple tries I was getting the hang of crawling, by the time I was coordinated enough to move correctly silva was in the doorway watching me move across the floor.
"hey I thought I said not to do anything" I heard silva say as I turned to look at him. I giggled at him and crawled over to him. When I sat next to him and looked up at him he couldn't help but smile and pick me up. "good job" he said laughing.
Go figure that when Silva's mom got home she freaked when Silva told her about my crawling around. I knew it was going to come eventually so I didn't care too much. But once I can walk she wont be able to freak as much since I'll probably be hiding somewhere…
~six months later~
I'm already coordinated enough to walk, jump, and run around. But everyday they try to get me to talk. But I see no point because as soon as I say one word they'll try to get me to say another. So I keep my mouth shut as much as possible. Besides its kind of funny watching them get frustrated.
But yeah on another note, my room got finished about two months ago so I have my own room. Even though it looks rather childish… and pink. But yeah I can't complain too much, right?
~five months later~
'I think she's going to explode' I think looking up at Silva's mom trying to get me to say something. "Come on Alicia say mommy, say daddy, say ANYTHING" she says pulling her hair. I then take a deep breathe, open my mouth, and sneeze about eight times. "Auggghhhh" she replies walking off into the kitchen as Silva snickers on the couch nearby.
I can't help but look over at him confused. "Man I don't think I've ever seen her like this before" he says laughing as I walk over to the couch. He sighs before picking me up and setting me on the couch next to him. "Are you ever gonna talk" he asks me as I just pout in response.
"Okay okay I know we can't make you" he says ruffling my hair "but you're gonna have to talk some day" he says patting my head. "Honey you need to talk to Goldva. I think Alicia is defective" I can hear her yell over in the kitchen. 'What? I am not defective' I think with an annoyed look plastered on my face.
It's not long before Silva's parents walk into the living room and stand in front of me and Silva. "She isn't defective honey" Silva's dad says.
"But she wont say anything at all" she says looking rather annoyed at me. It wasn't long before she stormed off into their room on the other side of the house. 'Man she's weird' I think watching her walk off.
"Weird isn't she" Silva says laughing again. I just look up at him and nod.
I sat on the couch next to Silva for a while listening to him telling me about Kalim breaking something he was really proud of, some sort of bracelet I guess. Jeez who ever heard of a guy making girly stuff… is he secretly gay or something?
It isn't long before Silva's parents walk back into the room to see Silva telling me his story. "Silva she probably doesn't have a clue as to what you're saying" his dad says.
"Yeah she does i know it" he exclaims "how so" his mom asks "cause we have this connection thing going on" he defends "okay prove it" his dad says
"fine" he says and then looks at me 'but what should i do' I hear silva think. 'hmmm what will he do' I think to myself "i know" he exclaims and looks at me smiling "okay alicia say my name to prove that we have a connection i know u can do it" he says encouragingly
"silva we can't even get her to say mommy or daddy so what makes u think u can get her to say silva" his mom says
"I told you, because we have a connection" silva defends "come on alicia do it for me" he says looking rather hopeful. 'hmmm to say it or not to say it that is the question... aww the hell with it if i don't use my voice sooner or later i'll lose it' I think to myself
"ssss" I tried as they all watched intently *ssssiii* I tried again 'jeez I didn't think it would be this hard' I thought before trying again "sssiiiiilllllllvvvvvvvvaaaaaa" I somehow managed to blurt out
"siilllvaaa" I said just to make sure they heard me "silva onii chan" I said as silva picked me up "see we do have a connection see" silva said "baka" I said looking down at him smiling "alright im an idiot" he said smiling.
"finally got her to talk did you" I can hear golva's voice from the doorway. As everyone turned to look at goldva.
"what are you doing here goldva" silva's dad asked. "im just checking in on things" he said walking into the room.
"so you've grown attached to silva then have you" goldva asks looking at me. I just stick my tounge out in response to his question.
I then spent the next three years with silva and his parents, they tell me that I'm almost five now. It was quite interesting and surprisingly enjoyable. Once nichrom's brain was more developed we had a lot of fun running around the village. I learned a lot from silva and everyone, although a lot of it seemed rather familiar. But even with all the fun I've been having, I cant help but notice that most of the members of the village are becoming rather somber. Though I don't know why.
"Nichrom wait up" I yelled chasing after him throught the village. "nope you gotta catch me first" he said looking back at me and then turned around a corner. I ran after and when I got to the corner he was gone.
'where did he go' I thought to myself and then saw a shadow appear next to mine. I looked behind me and saw a silowet of someone in the sunlight. "nichrom" I asked.
"nope try again love" the male voice said. "who are you" I asked backing away. "you'll remember who I am soon enough" he said then disapeared.
'was that a spirit'I thought staring at the stop he just stood at. 'no spirits don't have shadows' I thought as I turned and started to go find Nichrom. 'I wonder what he meant by "remember"' I thought as I heard a more familiar voice "Alicia where are you".
I turned in the direction of the voice "over here" I yelled in response. Shortly after Nichrom ran up out of breathe. "where did you go" he asked me
"hm? Oh I um I had to stop and catch my breathe and then I noticed my hair was messed up so I fixed it" I said fibbing and he nodded. "come on lets go look for shells by the lake" I said smiling "yeah then I can show you the craft Chrome showed me" he said as he grabbed my hand and started running towards the lake.
When I got to the lake there were a bunch of pretty shells that looked as if they were just washed up on shore. Nichrom and I walked along and picked up any shells that weren't broken too badly. Once we had combed the beach for shells, we sat on the sand and Nichrom pulled out some string and a sewing needle. I watched as he used his mana in the needle to put a small hole in the shell without breaking it. Then he used the needle to string the shell onto the piece of string.
"see" he said holding it up. "cool" I replied as he handed me an extra sewing needle so I could try. I thought it would be easier. Aparently I was wrong. It took me a while, but I finially got the hang of it and eventually made a really cool necklace. When I was done I tied a knot of each end so the shells wouldn't fall off just like I put knots in between the shells so they wouldn't hit each other.
"here" I heard nichrom say and felt him drop the necklace over my head and onto my shoulders. I looked down at the necklace, it was very pretty with purple and blue shells. "this way you can always remember me" he said with rosy cheeks.
"thanks" I said and then reached up and dropped the necklace I made over his head. "here you can have the one I made" I said smiling.
Nichrom nodded and then looked up at the position of the sun. "it's getting late we should head back to our houses" he said standing up and brushing off.
"yeah" I said knowing it was probably almost dinner time. "here let me help you up" he said offering his hand to me. I smiled and took his hand. After I was off the sand I brushed off as well since I knew I was probably covered in the stuff.
"okay let's go" I said smiling at him after I had brushed most of it away. As we were heading back I couldn't help but notice this really sad look on Nichrom's face. I wanted to ask if something was wrong but decieded against it, he probably didn't want to tell me. 'mom always says that guys don't want to admit their feeling' I thought as I continued to follow Nichrom.
When we had finally gotten back to my front door Nichrom hugged me really tight, like he hadn't seen me in years. I could tell something was bothering him so I hugged him back. 'please don't forget me' I could hear him think.
"I'll see you later okay" I said unsure "y-yeah" he studdered with his eyes glistening in the setting sunlight. "bye" I said giving him another quick reasuring hug and then went inside.
When I had gotten inside everything seemed chaotic. Onii-chan, mom, and dad were running around as if looking for something they lost. They didn't even notice me so I snuck off into my room.
But things only got weirder. When I got into my room everything seemed to be gone. I looked in my closet and all my clothes were gone, my bead had different sheets and pillows on it. i checked in the sheets for my favorite blanket and stuffed animal, but they weren't where I left them this morning.
'don't panick, maybe company is coming over' I thought to myself taking deep breaths trying to relax. I then checked for other things around my room; life savings, videogames, books, and other things. But they were gone as well. 'why would they not tell me and move everything out without asking me' I thought rather puzzled.
I then decieded to check silva's room thinking that maybe they were switching our rooms or something. But no suck luck. When I had gotten there everything was intact just like when I woke him up that morning with only a few remote things moved.
I then went out of silva's room and walked into the living room. I saw some people outside taking a bunch of boxes and things away from the house.
I then noticed mom sitting on the couch holding my lost blanket and stuffed animal. She was fixing any holes that cerebrus had caused. "mom what's going on" I asked her really confused.
"well hunny you're going to go and train in japan" she said between sniffles, but she was smiling nonetheless.
"why? can't I stay here?" I asked and she just shook her head in response. "here I fixed you blanket and kitty" she said holding them out to me. I walked up to her and took them as she pulled me into a hug. I stayed there hugging her back until I heard dad call from outside.
"go on hunny, I'll see you on your birthday and all the hollidays you love so much" she said releasing me from her hug and I nodded starting to head for the door. "oh I almost forgot. Here." She said picking up a silver locket with a rose on the front from the nearby table.
"I put our pictures in it so you'll always be able to keep us near your heart" she said placing it around my neck. "thank you" I said and then gave her a kiss on the cheek and started for the door again.
"bye" I said in an almost inaudible tone bit I knew she heard me. When I had gotten outside I saw onii-chan and dad standing a few feet from the house. Dad gave me a hug with tears in the corners of his eyes.
"silva will take you to japan. Your things are being taken there as we speak and I think your other mom will put most of it away for you" he said forcing a smile.
"other mom?" I asked confused. "yes you see tecnically you are an Assakura. That's why you are going to Izumo to train and live with the Assakuras until the tournament. Then you will be over in Tokyo." He explained.
"but I thought tribe members weren't allowed in the tournament" I replied. "yes but no one has ever told you any tribal secrets about the tournament. So as long as you go stay with the Assakuras you may enter… isnt that what you want" he asked and I nodded in response.
He gave me one more hug then walked with me over to silva. "you be a good girl while your with the Assakuras, make sure you listen to everything they say and stay healthy." He said with tears threatening to spill down his face.
"I will" I said nodding. "good now we'll see you later okay" he said taking my hand and giving it to Silva. "Cerebrus" I called and he soon came bounding from the backyard and into my memorial tablet. "bye" I said waving as Silva's two spirits: silver rod and silver wing assisted in our flight to japan.
It took a while to get there I had fallen asleep while keeping a tight grip on my blanket and stuffed animal kat. When I awoke we were at a really large place. It looked like it had a million rooms and it was surrounded by a lot of trees. Silva and I stood near the entrance and saw some people on the porch who seemed to be waiting.
"here" silva said reaching into his cloak pulling out my bookbag and handed it to me. I opened it up and placed my blanket and kat in the bag and then zipped it shut. I then looked behind me to see three people walking towards us. I looked up at silva to see he had his hood up covering his face. I didn't want to say goodbye this way.
I quickly hugged his legs tightly burrying my face in the legs of his pants letting the fabric soak up my tears. "Onii-chan I don't wanna go" I sobbed "you have to" he said kneeling down and hugging me. "here" he said holding out a small box.
"I've been making these ever since I found you all those years ago. So try not to lose em okay" he said before kissing me on the forehead and standing up nodding at the three people behind me. Then he went into spirit control and flew off back home leaving me standing there with the present he gave me and my bookbag.
Alone again in the world.
sorry its taking me so long to update. Hopefully I'll be able to get more up soon. I hope you guys don't get mad at me for taking forever to get time and inspiration to write. It's hard to find time to write fanfics between school and work and my own book im writing. I hope you all keep reading. And pleaze comment. I love feedback :3
