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~Chapter Two~
Present Day
'It's been so many years since that day... Why... why did I have to remember that now? I've spent so much time to try and forget those years... but I guess they never really go away.'
Not that she wanted them to at least.
Madeline stared up at the popcorned ceiling and for once, didn't feel like starting her day. She observed little crevices in the walls and could even faintly see those small light rays shining in through her window.
She sighed and felt a scraggly paw at her right arm. She looked over to her stuffed animal that she still kept after so many years. Her true confident. She shook her head and felt crazy at the thought though. There seemed to be this blanketed weight wrapped around her. She felt like tightening into a ball and sulking for the rest of the day, but that never does anyone any good.
There'd been a dream- a fluttery memory- of her as a child. And she disliked her childhood years for the most part. However, she felt this sensation in the pit of her stomach and inhaled deeply at the fondest memories... then cringed and wrinkled her nose at the worst ones. She would admit that the good always outweighed the bad.
Until it was gone.
She thought of every scenerio- every possible outcome that could have happened if things had been different. She sometimes cried at those thoughts, but has soon come to let them go...
The crying at least.
She sighed and pushed some strands of hair out of her eyes as she sat up. She felt a bit light headed but tried to ignore the throbbing pain in the back of her head. She got up and decided that today was going to be one of those days where she let the bed sheets be unmade and the dishes to become a wasteland of piling garbage near her sink. She didn't feel up to anything today.
Her job, though, she abslolutely had to be obliged to. Whether she wanted to drag herself anywhere or not.
Madeline entered her bathroom, yawning slightly, and took a long look at her features. She inspected her dark circled eyes and mess of blonde hair. She attempted a smile with her pink, chapped lips but only brought out a slight twitch of her mouth. She sighed, looking down and grabbed her toothbrush.
'Maddie! Come on, let's go play, kesese!'
She winced and bit her lip at the sour taste in her mouth.
'Maddie, how awesome would you say I was- like super mega awesome? Right? Und you'd be my second in command since you're also awesome, though not as much as me of course-'
She shut her eyes and focused on brushing thoroughly around around her back teeth with a grimace.
'You made this? Okay, I declare these as being ze most awesome pancakes ever in the history of... me saying so! Kesese!~'
Madeline tightened her grip on the toothbrush.
'Birdie!-'
She immediately spit out the minty paste and rigidly wiped her mouth, twitching a bit from overwhelming emotions. She hunched over the sink and breathed in and out, shaking her head 'no'. There was nothing she could do now. The past was where it belonged and she couldn't carry it around with her anymore.
Though, it never meant that she didn't every day since then...
Eighteen Year Ago...
Laughter was all around her, but where was she? She felt lost, but in a good way she supposed. She liked to watch everyone play, though they excluded her. She often came here hoping to see the boy once more... the first- maybe only- actual person who would talk to her. But, she guessed dreams were supposed to stay in people's heads. She could have sworn though that everything about that wonderful wintry day was real.
She still smiled at the thought that she was blessed with the dream, but frowned at it never being real-
"Oi! I remember you!" She cringed at the loud voice next to her, but assuming it was for somebody else, she merely stared down at the snow, clutching tighter onto her stuffed polar bear. Though, the voice was familiar... she felt too scared to look up at it...
"Hey! You! Can you hear me? I was talking to you- you know, just now!" She suddenly saw a head of silver hair in front of her and she turned red from the surprise, squeaking in shock and fell back from the swingset in fright. Her back hit the snow and she winced.
"Oh, sorry! Didn't mean to do that, ha! You okay there?" She didn't want to, but her head tilted up to meet the boys grinning expression and bright red eyes. And she remembered that day and gave a small, cheerful smile, happy that it was never a dream.
"H-hi..." She whispered quietly through the cold, light wind and smiled some more, shyly.
The boy only laughed and held out a hand for her.
"You look like you've seen a ghost kesesese!~ Though, Ludwig says I look like one- hm. You don't think so right?" He said, only it sounded like a yell to Madeline's sensitive ears. She could only nod slightly though, still in a state of shock and happiness. She saw the boy's features look confused.
"Oi! You okay?" He asked, stepping back. "You're looking really funny." He pointed to her face and she flinched.
"A-ah... sorry." She apologized softly, looking down.
"I-it's just-"
"Vell, god, don't scare me like that!" He continued, missing her last inaudible sentence. He grinned cheekily and brushed some snow from her head.
"Kesese, we have the same hair color, now!" He smirked and messed with her hair, causing her to giggle.
"Oi! So, want to play again Maddie? Only, I have a different game in mind! You see-"
Madeline didn't hear the rest as she perked up at the sound of her name from another person. Once he was done babbling, she urged up the courage to speak.
"Y-you... you remember my name?" She asked, increduously with wide lavender eyes.
The boy laughed cockily and patted her head.
"Vell, duh! I mean, I forget a lot of things, but not people who fall in the snow twice! Keseses!" He laughed, but made a playful nudge to say he was joking.
"Now, obviously you didn't foget my name. It's very awesome I doubt anyone could!"
Madeline giggled softly and nodded.
"Your n-name is G-gilbert..." She said.
Gilbert frowned and crossed his arms in a look of mock dissapointment.
"Vell, yes, but what'd I say to call me?"
Maddie blushed from embarrassment and stumbled on her words.
"O-oh... um... G-gil?"
"Yeah, that's it! Haha, see you're already catching my awesomeness! Now, come on, you wanna play or not? I need recruits!"
Maddie smiled brightly and nodded, starting to walk alongside the boy with the wintry silver hair and happy red eyes.
-Lavender Red-
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