Rose of Silence
Velvet
Note: I won't be doing review answerings because you were all voting in the poll. I shall answer next chapter!
Disclaimer: Rose of Silence does not own Magic Knight Rayearth. She does own the plot of this story, and the characters Reiko, Kaede, and Suu. Hands off.
Chapter 4: First Meetings
Author- We have a winnah for the Ascot vs. Clef contest! And the winnah is......CLEF! :D If anyone finds anything wrong with such, then you may hit me over the head and cease to read this fanfic. DO NOT flame me for this. I ask for a vote, you voted. At least you gave your person a chance.
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Later that night, after much breaking news was shoved under the girls' noses, the three were shoved off to bed. Their room was exquisite, elegant tapestries and bedclothes of silk, precious stones glittering from a mantle at the far end of the room. What puzzled the three most was that all the décor was in three and only three colors; blue, green, and red. They did not feel tired in the least, so they stayed up for an hour or so, getting to know each other, seeing that there was a few bumps along the road ahead of them.
Reiko sat in a large, comfy armchair with a tall back and lion paws for feet while they conversed, letting her weight seem to float on the cushions. Kaede was seated, or rather, reclining, in a lounging chair of blue velvet. Her eyes began to dim a little, for lying down so near to sleep is tempting to not drop off right then. Suu was making herself comfortable in another armchair, this one not so exquisite or squishy as Kaede or Reiko's. It seemed to suit her well enough, for she was smiling happily with her feet tucked under her.
They talked well into the night, not stopping to think that another might be up late as well. Yes, Clef was still in his study, reading, trying to find a reason why the three children were brought here, to the dwelling place of their mothers. He could not concentrate for long, as his thoughts kept on drifting back to the girl with sapphire hair. She was his child, for her eyes were a dead giveaway. They had the same sharpness, and urgency as his did, though their color was of their mother's. He sighed, and put his book away. He needed to sleep. He was going to introduce them to Lantis and Ferio tomorrow, and they would need to prepare some things for when they would meet their mothers.
By this time, the three were fast asleep, deep, even breaths replaced the sounds of laughter and conversation had been. Clef's eyelids were beginning to droop as well. After a few moments, the greatest sorcerer in Cephiro had fallen dead asleep in his chair, surrounded on all sides by a mountain of books.
Even in the last hours of the night, one light still flickered in the halls. A woman was walking silently through the corridors, her red hair, still wavy from being held in a braid all day, trailed out behind her. Her eyes were sad, and longing for something she held dear.
(AN: Guess who! :D)
As she rounded a corner, she nearly ran into another woman, this one's sapphire hair was done up in a messy clip at the top of her head. "Hikaru!" She whispered, hugging her friend. A third came upon the scene, shoulder- length golden tresses falling lazily about her shoulders. She smiled. "What are you and Umi doing up so late?" She asked the flame-haired woman. Hikaru smiled.
"I was thinking." Her face grew sad again, and she looked at the floor. Fuu and Umi did the same, knowing what Hikaru had been lost in deep thought for. The three Magic Knights longed to see their children again, but alas, Clef had told them that the time was not right. Umi sighed. "We can't mourn over them forever. We will see them someday."
"But..." Hikaru started. She saw the truth in Umi's words. Fuu put her hands on the shorter woman's shoulders. "The time will come, Hikaru. It will come." She said soothingly. A pause followed after, and Hikaru sighed, clenching her fist before seeming to relax.
"I must go. It'll be a miracle if Lantis hasn't thought that someone abducted me in the night already." She said laughingly, walking back down the hall. Fuu held a hand up to her mouth, stifling silent giggles before waving and heading off in a different direction.
Umi's love had not retired yet, so she decided to depart back to her rooms anyway, to wait for him to return.
The morning dawned bright and joyful in the peaceful land, birds cooing and waking their chicks, the inhabitants getting up and stretching, taking a few moments to breathe in the clean air and survey their beautiful home.
Up at the castle, three young maids were still sleeping. Sleeping peacefully until a said sorcerer came in and abruptly awoke them, hurrying them to get dressed. Clef ushered them down the hall to a small, unused room where they ate a good, exotic-tasting meal before being taken back to Clef's study.
By this time, they were still rubbing the sleep from their eyes as they sat down in three set chairs. Clef seemed to be in a rush today, not like the smooth, relaxed person he was last night. A split second after they sat down, they had to hop back up again and were shoved behind a drapery at the far end of the room.
"Clef, what's the rush? I kinda wanted to sleep, you know." Kaede complained loudly. The other two gave him pleading looks. Clef smiled and held a finger over his mouth.
"Today is the day you will meet your fathers." He whispered. "They've been summoned here. I'll call your name, and you should come out from behind the curtain." He smiled when he finished, looking around at the sleep-ridden, baggy-eyed faces. They only nodded and Clef disappeared once more.
Soon enough, two other masculine voices were heard in the study besides Clef. All three of the girls wondered why there were only two, since there were three of them.
(AN: I really don't know what their voices sound like in the dub, so bear with me.)
Of course, these voices belonged to Lantis and Ferio, two men who would soon meet a surprise.
The three behind the drapes were already wide awake listening to the three converse outside, talking about things they had no clue of, talking about children, and some event that was supposed to happen. A few names were mentioned, unknown to them. Kaede moved around uncomfortably.
"I say we jump out and bring him to the ground." She muttered darkly, gesturing to where Clef's voice was emitting from. Reiko nodded, eyes wanting revenge. Suu didn't seem so hell-bent on the idea, but was swayed by Kaede's questionable persuasive methods.
When the men's conversation rounded to something about showing daughters to mothers, the three girls decided that now was the time. However, things did not go as planned. Suu made a last stand to not do what they were about to do, holding off the jumping for a few seconds until Clef tried to call the first name.
By now, the curtain was jostling violently, for Reiko had apparently underestimated the actual size of the piece of cloth, and had gotten lost in the folds. Kaede and Suu were on a manhunt for the smallest one, sifting through the yards of material.
"Reiko." Clef called. Nothing happened. Muffled voices and sounds of movement were coming from behind a curtain which had caught the attention of Ferio and Lantis, but nothing else. Hearing the name, Kaede said the only thing that she could think of.
"MINOR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!" She screamed.
Reiko had been about a foot away from her. Reiko was cradling her ears when Kaede found her, soon regaining herself and trying to find an exit.
Ferio and Lantis's shoulders shook with silent laughter while Clef sweatdropped. When Reiko was finally shoved out from behind the drapery, she looked quite ruffled. When she saw the three men, she flushed and bowed, hiding her bright red eyes. When she looked up again, she smiled brightly.
"Ummm...Hi?" She said. Lantis gaped at his child. Ferio smiled. "Step over here, Reiko, so we can see the others." Reiko happily obliged, ducking over and sitting in one of the three chairs she had attempted to sit in earlier. Lantis still watched her, bright blue eyes showing joy. He walked over and stood by her.
Reiko suddenly felt comforted in his presenc, and knew somehow that this was her father, and meant to be nobody else's.
"Suu. Come out and meet your sire." Clef said calmly.
Much in the same fashion that Reiko was, Suu was shoved out from behind the drape, glancing around with nervous golden eyes before bowing politely.
"Hello."
Now it was Ferio's turn to gape at his offspring. At how much she resembled Fuu, and how her traits matched both her and her mother's. What was his was her bold edge, and severe will to do anything, which she found after being shoved into the limelight. She looked around fiercely, finally landing on Reiko, who waved.
Ferio followed his child over to Reiko and Lantis, who was grinning like the inner maniac that he held. Soon, Ferio found himself doing the very same thing.
"Kae-"Clef began, but didn't finish on account that Kaede showed up early by tripping over some trailing curtain material and landing face first on the floor. Getting up, she looked around for her said parent, and seeing only Clef open, she was the one to gape.
"No Way!" She cried. Clef grinned. "Yes way." Kaede blinked, and glanced around, seeing Suu and her father hugging, and Reiko standing next to hers, both wearing Lantis's freaky grin. A warm smile soon tugged onto her face as she ran over to Clef and stood next to him, beaming.
The smiles seemed to never end until a single woman's voice from outside the study was heard.
"Clef?" ----------------------
Author— -cowers- don't get angry! I was only going along with what the poll decided. If you voted for Ascot....I'm so sorry! TT Go ahead and hit me.
Velvet
Note: I won't be doing review answerings because you were all voting in the poll. I shall answer next chapter!
Disclaimer: Rose of Silence does not own Magic Knight Rayearth. She does own the plot of this story, and the characters Reiko, Kaede, and Suu. Hands off.
Chapter 4: First Meetings
Author- We have a winnah for the Ascot vs. Clef contest! And the winnah is......CLEF! :D If anyone finds anything wrong with such, then you may hit me over the head and cease to read this fanfic. DO NOT flame me for this. I ask for a vote, you voted. At least you gave your person a chance.
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Later that night, after much breaking news was shoved under the girls' noses, the three were shoved off to bed. Their room was exquisite, elegant tapestries and bedclothes of silk, precious stones glittering from a mantle at the far end of the room. What puzzled the three most was that all the décor was in three and only three colors; blue, green, and red. They did not feel tired in the least, so they stayed up for an hour or so, getting to know each other, seeing that there was a few bumps along the road ahead of them.
Reiko sat in a large, comfy armchair with a tall back and lion paws for feet while they conversed, letting her weight seem to float on the cushions. Kaede was seated, or rather, reclining, in a lounging chair of blue velvet. Her eyes began to dim a little, for lying down so near to sleep is tempting to not drop off right then. Suu was making herself comfortable in another armchair, this one not so exquisite or squishy as Kaede or Reiko's. It seemed to suit her well enough, for she was smiling happily with her feet tucked under her.
They talked well into the night, not stopping to think that another might be up late as well. Yes, Clef was still in his study, reading, trying to find a reason why the three children were brought here, to the dwelling place of their mothers. He could not concentrate for long, as his thoughts kept on drifting back to the girl with sapphire hair. She was his child, for her eyes were a dead giveaway. They had the same sharpness, and urgency as his did, though their color was of their mother's. He sighed, and put his book away. He needed to sleep. He was going to introduce them to Lantis and Ferio tomorrow, and they would need to prepare some things for when they would meet their mothers.
By this time, the three were fast asleep, deep, even breaths replaced the sounds of laughter and conversation had been. Clef's eyelids were beginning to droop as well. After a few moments, the greatest sorcerer in Cephiro had fallen dead asleep in his chair, surrounded on all sides by a mountain of books.
Even in the last hours of the night, one light still flickered in the halls. A woman was walking silently through the corridors, her red hair, still wavy from being held in a braid all day, trailed out behind her. Her eyes were sad, and longing for something she held dear.
(AN: Guess who! :D)
As she rounded a corner, she nearly ran into another woman, this one's sapphire hair was done up in a messy clip at the top of her head. "Hikaru!" She whispered, hugging her friend. A third came upon the scene, shoulder- length golden tresses falling lazily about her shoulders. She smiled. "What are you and Umi doing up so late?" She asked the flame-haired woman. Hikaru smiled.
"I was thinking." Her face grew sad again, and she looked at the floor. Fuu and Umi did the same, knowing what Hikaru had been lost in deep thought for. The three Magic Knights longed to see their children again, but alas, Clef had told them that the time was not right. Umi sighed. "We can't mourn over them forever. We will see them someday."
"But..." Hikaru started. She saw the truth in Umi's words. Fuu put her hands on the shorter woman's shoulders. "The time will come, Hikaru. It will come." She said soothingly. A pause followed after, and Hikaru sighed, clenching her fist before seeming to relax.
"I must go. It'll be a miracle if Lantis hasn't thought that someone abducted me in the night already." She said laughingly, walking back down the hall. Fuu held a hand up to her mouth, stifling silent giggles before waving and heading off in a different direction.
Umi's love had not retired yet, so she decided to depart back to her rooms anyway, to wait for him to return.
The morning dawned bright and joyful in the peaceful land, birds cooing and waking their chicks, the inhabitants getting up and stretching, taking a few moments to breathe in the clean air and survey their beautiful home.
Up at the castle, three young maids were still sleeping. Sleeping peacefully until a said sorcerer came in and abruptly awoke them, hurrying them to get dressed. Clef ushered them down the hall to a small, unused room where they ate a good, exotic-tasting meal before being taken back to Clef's study.
By this time, they were still rubbing the sleep from their eyes as they sat down in three set chairs. Clef seemed to be in a rush today, not like the smooth, relaxed person he was last night. A split second after they sat down, they had to hop back up again and were shoved behind a drapery at the far end of the room.
"Clef, what's the rush? I kinda wanted to sleep, you know." Kaede complained loudly. The other two gave him pleading looks. Clef smiled and held a finger over his mouth.
"Today is the day you will meet your fathers." He whispered. "They've been summoned here. I'll call your name, and you should come out from behind the curtain." He smiled when he finished, looking around at the sleep-ridden, baggy-eyed faces. They only nodded and Clef disappeared once more.
Soon enough, two other masculine voices were heard in the study besides Clef. All three of the girls wondered why there were only two, since there were three of them.
(AN: I really don't know what their voices sound like in the dub, so bear with me.)
Of course, these voices belonged to Lantis and Ferio, two men who would soon meet a surprise.
The three behind the drapes were already wide awake listening to the three converse outside, talking about things they had no clue of, talking about children, and some event that was supposed to happen. A few names were mentioned, unknown to them. Kaede moved around uncomfortably.
"I say we jump out and bring him to the ground." She muttered darkly, gesturing to where Clef's voice was emitting from. Reiko nodded, eyes wanting revenge. Suu didn't seem so hell-bent on the idea, but was swayed by Kaede's questionable persuasive methods.
When the men's conversation rounded to something about showing daughters to mothers, the three girls decided that now was the time. However, things did not go as planned. Suu made a last stand to not do what they were about to do, holding off the jumping for a few seconds until Clef tried to call the first name.
By now, the curtain was jostling violently, for Reiko had apparently underestimated the actual size of the piece of cloth, and had gotten lost in the folds. Kaede and Suu were on a manhunt for the smallest one, sifting through the yards of material.
"Reiko." Clef called. Nothing happened. Muffled voices and sounds of movement were coming from behind a curtain which had caught the attention of Ferio and Lantis, but nothing else. Hearing the name, Kaede said the only thing that she could think of.
"MINOR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!" She screamed.
Reiko had been about a foot away from her. Reiko was cradling her ears when Kaede found her, soon regaining herself and trying to find an exit.
Ferio and Lantis's shoulders shook with silent laughter while Clef sweatdropped. When Reiko was finally shoved out from behind the drapery, she looked quite ruffled. When she saw the three men, she flushed and bowed, hiding her bright red eyes. When she looked up again, she smiled brightly.
"Ummm...Hi?" She said. Lantis gaped at his child. Ferio smiled. "Step over here, Reiko, so we can see the others." Reiko happily obliged, ducking over and sitting in one of the three chairs she had attempted to sit in earlier. Lantis still watched her, bright blue eyes showing joy. He walked over and stood by her.
Reiko suddenly felt comforted in his presenc, and knew somehow that this was her father, and meant to be nobody else's.
"Suu. Come out and meet your sire." Clef said calmly.
Much in the same fashion that Reiko was, Suu was shoved out from behind the drape, glancing around with nervous golden eyes before bowing politely.
"Hello."
Now it was Ferio's turn to gape at his offspring. At how much she resembled Fuu, and how her traits matched both her and her mother's. What was his was her bold edge, and severe will to do anything, which she found after being shoved into the limelight. She looked around fiercely, finally landing on Reiko, who waved.
Ferio followed his child over to Reiko and Lantis, who was grinning like the inner maniac that he held. Soon, Ferio found himself doing the very same thing.
"Kae-"Clef began, but didn't finish on account that Kaede showed up early by tripping over some trailing curtain material and landing face first on the floor. Getting up, she looked around for her said parent, and seeing only Clef open, she was the one to gape.
"No Way!" She cried. Clef grinned. "Yes way." Kaede blinked, and glanced around, seeing Suu and her father hugging, and Reiko standing next to hers, both wearing Lantis's freaky grin. A warm smile soon tugged onto her face as she ran over to Clef and stood next to him, beaming.
The smiles seemed to never end until a single woman's voice from outside the study was heard.
"Clef?" ----------------------
Author— -cowers- don't get angry! I was only going along with what the poll decided. If you voted for Ascot....I'm so sorry! TT Go ahead and hit me.
