"Hm~ hm~ hm~ hm~"

Hearing the familiar tune that his mother alwaysed hum Alaude decided to ask the old lady, "Where did you get that tune from?" Hearing the question the old woman then started to hum in thinking.

"Hm~ I think a friend of mine, she looked just like you, except the girl version and dark purple eyes, she always hummed this tune and she once told me that she always hummed this to her said adorable son that was such a good boy" The old woman spoke before stroking his hand.

Alaude hearing the old womans explanation then widened his eyes "It sounds like...she is talking about...mother..." Alaude thought as he watched the old woman at work.

"She...this lady must have been a friend of mothers..." Alaude thought as all the suspicion and cautiousness left his eyes altogether to be replaced with warmth and kindness.

"Do you remember the explanation that I just gave you about the little tune?" She asked Alaude, hearing the question Alaude looked questioningly at the old woman before slowly nodding.

Seeing the nod from under her hood, the old lady smiled at him before laughing uncontrollably.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I was just kidding about that explanation you know?! I didn't really have a friend that always hummed that little tune! I made it up AHAHAHAHAHA!" The old woman howled while pointing at Alaude.

It took a while for Alaude to digest what the old woman just said but finally getting it suddenly a dark and thick aura surrounded him.

Finally feeling the dark and thick after laughing her behind off she then flinched before she, she dare tap Alaude on the shoulder.

"A-Alaude dear?" She asked him while physically shaking in fright.

Then that was when Alaude decided to look up, and well, let's just say that it wasn't the nicest expression, Alaude had a very, very dark look on his face while his right eyebrow was twitching.

"Yes ma'am?" He replied with a sweet tone, but anyone smart enough could clearly hear the dark and threatening undertone.

"Uh-hem...well let's just forget what just happened and give me your hand again, NO tricks this time, I swear on my heart and this little ol' life of mine" She spoke while putting her right hand over her left breast and her left hand was lifted up into a pledge.

Rolling his eyes Alaude then handed her his hand again before copying the old lady in closing her eyes.

Then the old lady started to hum again but this time a different tune, Alaude gruffed in gratitude that the old woman decided to pick another tune.

"Hum~ hum~ OH!" She spoke before, if you can imagine, opening her eyes wide and clear, after hearing the 'OH!' Alaude then decided to open his eyes before asking, "What? What is it? Did you see something bad?" He asked her worriedly.

The old lady then lifted her head to face Alaude, though her hood still covered the upper part of her face, she then spoke, "Dear little one, in the near future, you shall meet someone that has many similarities with an old lover that you had, you were destined to save her...but, always look through the expressions that she gives you, she has the same sickness as another loved one that you held close, this new lover, you will have a bright future with her but be warned, this happiness with this person will not last long for a great darkness will ascend and destroy it all" She spoke quietly while looking down this time.

Through the whole thing Alaude was quietly listening, with his head down and his platinum blonde bangs covered his face creating a shadow to go over his eyes.

And a painful flashback came back.

Flashback

"HURRY UP!"

"WHERE IS THE WET TOWELS?!"

"YOU ARE WASTING TIME WiTH THAT! LADY MARIA IS DYING RIGHT NOW!"

Alaude had just arrived home right now, taking deep and heavy breaths, on the way home from school he had heard that his father had finally come home after 2 years from his trip to China, hearing that he ran as fast as he could to arrive to his house and greet his father.

But hearing the last line that one of the fast passing by servants screamed made his blood run cold.

"What?"

Then he ran to his parents room, the fastest that he has ever run, trying to make it to the destined room, hoping that what he had heard that was screamed out before was just a little trick that his father was playing on him after hearing from his mother that he was still at school.

If this was a joke, this was the sickest joke that he has ever heard.

Arriving to the room after dodging and sliding under peoples legs and dresses he finally made it, now, to see the truth.

And he slowly grasped onto the door handle and opened the door.

What he did not expect to see was his father home, hunched over a bed while sitting on a chair with his raven black head in his hands, and a still figure laying on the bed with a white cloth over them.

If that's his father then...who is?...

No...

No...

No...

With a horror stricken face and filled with horror and fright Alaude took a step back creating a slight creek in the floorboard. Hearing the slight creek his father turned quickly to look at Alaude.

"Alaude..."

Then he ran.

Passing by many people and couples crocodile tears spilled out of his eyes.

He had to get out of that house.

He just had to.

After running for a while Alaude finally stopped to have a quick breather. Finally looking up his eyes widened before more tears started to leak out of his eyes.

He was at the park that his mother always took him to.

Thinking about his mother just brought more and more tears to his eyes, he slowly started to walk to one of the many benches that his mother and him always sat at, slowly arriving to the destined bench he slowly sat down, and just like his father, he slouched over while putting his platinum head in his hands.

It was dusk by now, and the young Alaude was still in the same position he was in before, but this time not crying.

His platinum head snapped up when he heard the other side of the bench squeak from heavy pressure, it was his father, but unlike him, his father was leaning back with his head facing up at the colorful sky and his long arms were over the edges just dangling around.

"You know...it took a while to find you...along the way a couple told me that they saw you crying with crocodile tears coming out of your eyes, and another couple said that they saw you come to this park..." His father's usually deep voice spoke softly.

Alaude just stared at his father wide eyed.

Hearing no reply his father continued on, "The Black Death, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53, the Black Death is thought to have originated in the arid plains of central Asia, where it then travelled along the, Silk Road reaching the Crimea by 1346. From there, it was most likely carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships. Spreading throughout the Mediterraneanand Europe, the Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's total population. All in all, the plague reduced the world population from an estimated 450 million down to 350–375 million in the 14th century. Your mother was there that day, saying goodbye to me when I was leaving for my trip to Japan, your mother got bit by a rat while we were saying our goodbyes, your mother said that she would be fine so I believed her and left, but over the years your mother has been getting worse and worse, but I did not know because your mother would never talk about it whenever I brought it up".

His father spoke, then Alaude heard shifting, "Alaude", Hearing his name being called Alaude looked up and meet with his father's ice blue eyes, just like his.

Leroy Roux, he was not only known as the best doctor that the little town had, he was also known as the hottest man in the little village too.

Unlike his son, Leroy had his hair shorter than Alaude's neck lengthened platinum blonde hair, Leroy had his raven black hair cut to appear more "messy".

And his ice blue eyes were quite sharp, which he uses to intimidate those around him.

Although Leroy usually kept an always stoic face on, he was still known as handsome.

And Alaude would admit, he had a big father complex, when he grows up he wished to be just like his father when he grows up.

"Father" Alaude spoke as he sat straight like his father after his father turned to face him. "Forget what you just saw today in the bedroom, act like nothing is different and it is just like any other day, erase it from your mind and grow strong and prideful, don't let anything pull you down...that is all" His father said before getting up and walking away.

Silently sitting there Alaude repeated the words his father spoke over and over before snapping out of it when his father called his attention again, "Oh and yes I almost forgot, I will be leaving on another trip to China, when you arrive home do not forget to take a bath...you are dismissed" His father spoke one last time before going off again.

Disappearing with the wind.

Sitting there Alaude yet again thinking about his father's words before getting up himself and walking away from the park bench.

For a while now, the old woman was getting worried when after her little explanation that she just saw now Alaude went into this state.

"Y-young one?" She spoke softly while poking his arm. Suddenly Alaude's head snapped up scaring the old woman and making her almost fall back, "WHY-! DON'T YOU DARE DO THAT AGAIN!-" "Thank you ma'am, if you excuse me" Alaude interrupted the old woman while getting up before doing a 90 degree bow towards her before walking away with long and fast strides.

Bewildered the old woman blinked owlishly underneath her hood before a wide grin erupted from her old wrinkled face, she then tilted her head up to come face to face with the now dusk sky, "Ahahahahaha! Did you see that Maria?! Ahahahahaha! your son will for sure follow my directions!" She screamed out to the sky.

Now calmed down the old woman stood up and started to walk towards a misty filled area that had come out of nowhere, "I did the best I could, Leroy, Maria, Giana, now it is up to the young Alaude to decide if whether he should listen or not to my explanation...this is the only chance that I can give to him to lead him to a happy life this time..." And the old woman disappeared through the mist.

Empress16910 here! And sorry if you didn't understand or got confused with what the old lady was telling to Alaude when she said 'OH~!'.

I'll try to explain it better to you.

The old lady meant that sooner or later Alaude is gonna meet someone that shares many things in common with Giana, his deceased fiancee, and when the old lady said that this new someone shares the same sickness as another loved one that he had, she meant that this someone will have the same sickness as his deceased mother, and you should get the rest.

Sorry if the explanation up above is not good enough! I tried my best-ish!

Peace out!