Character Profiles:
Lindy Harlaown- She is a successful business woman that sells wine throughout the continent. She lost her husband, Clyde and her son, Chrono during the Belkan War. And she happily volunteered to shelter the orphan children for some unknown reason.
Amy Limietta- She is Lindy's faithful assistant that does all the chores around the house. She was also Lindy's son's fiancé and was totally lost when she heard that he's already gone. Unlike most of the people, she was able to talk to Nanoha without her getting flinched though the reason about it was still unknown.
Chapter III: Start of a new life is hard
"Yes"
"Ehhhhhhhh!" the younger auburn shouted. She can't believe that the girl that she called an "idiot" was actually her sister. However, she was able to recover from her shock moment quickly and offered her sister a handshake. Nanoha looked at the younger auburn's hand, doubting that she might do something but in a few seconds, shook hands with her.
"My name is Momo Takamachi, the youngest daughter of the Takamachi" she said as she brought out from her back a stuffed toy (rabbit/ bunny). "And I like you to meet my friend, Usagi- chan." The older auburn smiled at the girl and her stuffed toy... until such eerie aura came out of the toy.
'You there, if you try to do something to Fate-chan, prepare to meet the consequences and remember FATE-CHAN IS MINE AND ONLY MINE! Get it!?'
"Waaaaahhhh!" Nanoha screamed. The stuffed toy just talked to her and it smiled, how creepy. She pointed her finger on the stuffed toy as she was getting ready to flinch. "Did that stuffed toy just talked?"
"Ha?" Momo raised an eye brow.
"Ventriloquism is what you call that stuff, milady." Everyone turned their heads to the staircase as a young blonde walks down. The girl's hair was tied into pigtails by two light green ribbon, has blood colored eyes and was wearing a butler suit. In other words, she totally looks like Fate but she was just younger.
"Oh Momo-chan, didn't I told you to sleep this afternoon" the younger blonde sighed. "Mou, if you continue not to sleep during afternoon, you won't be able to play with me."
"Hmph" Momo turned her head away from the younger blonde. "As if I care blondie and in fact, I don't want to play with you from the start anyway." Momo walked towards Fate and then grabbed her arm. "Because I wanted to play with Fate-chan and she promised to play with me today, ble!"
"Why you little brat!" the younger blonde groaned. She felt the tension of punching the girl right in the face because of misbehaving and Fate doesn't have any time to play with her now that she has Nanoha to take care of. And speaking of Nanoha, the younger blonde turned to her and gave a simple bow. "Pardon me, the name's Alicia Testerossa, Fate-chan's older sister" she said.
Older sister!?
"Don't give me such look, milady" Alicia groaned. "I'm just a head shorter than her you know and besides, she was just drinking more milk than me so that's why she's that tall"
"Yeah, sorry" Nanoha scratched her head upon thinking her mistake. "By the way, if she's alive why didn't you make her the next heir instead of me?" There was a short pause in the hall; they're thinking of the answer to that question and why haven't they thought about it at first. Everyone then released a sigh.
"We don't really know but our former mistress said so" A woman that came out of nowhere, clasped her hands after she said these words. Her hair is grey, has glasses and was wearing a long yet simple purple dress with frills at the end of the dress.
The lady then looked at the younger auburn as the girl started to fidget her hands and legs. She snapped her finger and suddenly the girl ran towards her room. This tells Nanoha that the lady was somehow scary, judging on the movements and the reaction of her sibling.
The lady also walked towards Nanoha and as she held her dress, she gave a simple bow. Well, she isn't just scary she's also a proper example of being a proper lady. "Good morning milady, my name is Precia Testerossa, mother of Fate and Alicia and also a disciplinarian (not to mention, I am Momoko's secretary)."
"Eh, nice to meet you" Nanoha said. She tried to mimic Precia's formal bow to her but was stopped when Precia said that her bow was wrong. Her body was a bit slat and it must be done slowly yet gracefully. Her two daughters couldn't do anything but to watch their mother that was teaching their new mistress how to bow.
"Say Fate, do you think she could last tomorrow's practice?" Alicia asked. She knew that their mistress would have a very tough day tomorrow because of the hard and strict lessons that she would have to learn as a royalty/ noble.
Fate crossed her arms while looking at Nanoha who was already tired of practicing a simple bow. She knew she needs to encourage her but it would be difficult now that she already knew about her shy and her hobby of flinching personality. "I hope it would be a yes" she sighed.
"Well that's just the beginning of our practice and you couldn't last a single hour" Precia said. "If you continue being like that, you would never meet your mother's expectations for you being a lady." Nanoha felt down on what Fate and Alicia's mother said but still she thanked her.
Nanoha POV
Dinner time at the Takamachi Household
I was soon called by the maids as the waitress/ waiters places tonight's dishes on the table. Even Momo was called. I just stared at my plate full of foods that I never knew while Momo started to cut her steak with a knife.
Once again, I tried mimicking someone hoping to do it right this time. I picked up my knife and started to cut my steak. However, it was too hard to cut so I tried cutting it with more force but I never expect that I would make the steak flying towards the chandelier and broke a few lights.
Even my plate was send to the air and all the dishes fell to my head. My sister couldn't help but to laugh so hard. "Bwaaaahh" she laughed so hard that even the food on her mouth came out and it flew on my face. *sigh* this was my first yet worst experience in the dining room.
"Are you alright, milady?" Fate asked. She grabbed a hand towel from the cabinet and gave it to me. I wiped my face as I started to cry (but they didn't know that I was because I'm covering my face with the hand towel).
"Fate-chan, can you please accommodate Nanoha to her room?" Precia asked. Fate immediately nodded and walked with me until I reached my room. It was very spacious and it even got a beautiful view of the sky that cheered me up for a bit. Fate then left to do some chores.
I sat on my bed as I brought out the clothes that I'll wear right after I take a shower and when I'm done I collapsed on my bed. My ferret knew that I have a problem because even he got his own. Well it's not important though but he has a hard time moving around the house because there are bulldogs and cats in the area.
"We have problem don't we, boy" I said as I pet Yuuno on his forehead. The ferret curled itself telling me to pat it more until someone came knocking on the door. I stood up from my bed and opened the door and there I saw Fate. "Ah Fate-san, do you need something?"
"Nanoha, we need to talk" she said. Eh, this was the first time she just called me "Nanoha" and I feel awkward. But I wonder what she wanted to talk about so I let her inside my room. "Sorry for bothering you in this hour, milady"
"No, it's just fine" I said. "So what do you want to talk about, Fate-san?"
"I know you're still worried about what happened during your first dinner here and how you get so embarrassed in front of your sister and the servants" Fate said. Well I won't deny because it was really true anyway. "And probably, you're thinking of not being worthy to be the next ruler of the country, am I correct?"
"Yeah" I replied. "After everything that happened, I don't even think that I have enough courage to be a great ruler of the country and I don't have enough self-trust to think of many tactics to defend the people." After I said this, I started to cry once again.
"You're wrong about that, milady" Fate said. "Lady Momoko, chose you for such a good reason and I know that!" I was surprised when I heard her voice rising up and I really feel that she was cheering me. "Lady Momoko, ordered me to find you because she knew that you're the best one to be the next heir... you yourself has enough courage and self-trust if you try so hard to face the problems that you have."
"Fate-san"
"You know, you kind of reminds me of myself back when I was still training to be a servant" Fate said. "At first, I thought of giving up until Lady Momoko cheered me up. She said that I was like a daughter to her and she said some things that totally cheered me up. She also said that I must try to train to the fullest until then." After she said this she stood up and smiled at me. "No matter what happens be yourself"
"Sure" I replied. After some story telling about her life and some words from my mother cheered me up. I guess I have to try before giving up, huh. I stood up from my seat and bid Fate goodnight. "Thank you for cheering me and goodnight, Fate-chan."
Fate's eyes widen when I called her "Fate-chan" but she quickly smiled after that. After all, she told me that I can address her anything I want if you can remember.
"Well then, good luck on your practice for tomorrow, Nanoha" she said.
Practice!?
Author's note(s):
So here you go, for those people who think that my story is a little bit short (that made them somehow unsatisfied). I made it a little longer than before and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
