Hello again! I don't have much to say, except that I hope you all know Lightning is the goddess. I did get a comment saying something about it, so here it is.

Enjoy!

vii

Bleary eyes blinked at the homework set before him, but Prince Noctis could not bring himself to do any of it. In an attempt to stop him from building walls around himself after the invasion he witnessed in Tenebrae, the doctor thought it would be best to allow him to go to school again, so a month after the attack, the prince was forced out his bedroom and home and into the hallways of the school once again.

He set the pencil down and lowered his forehead to the papers he had been given by the teacher. He liked reading, though it made him feel sleepy, and he enjoyed learning about animals and history, but math was boring and he would much rather do anything else but that. Noctis opened his eyes to the blurry simple equations on the worksheet and sighed, using his blunt, short fingernails to scratch the back of his head. He was tired. He had not heard from Luna in a while now, his father was too busy, Ignis was caught up in his work and Gladiolus was not the kind to mess around.

Noctis had no friends, and the people that looked after him throughout the day were no fun to play with.

Closing his eyelids for just a second, he breathed in deeply and tried to relax his shoulders. All he really wanted was someone to play with him.

A squeak caught his attention and he quickly lifted his head, distractedly wiping away at the drool that gathered on the corner of his lips. Blinking the sleep away from his eyes, he frowned his forehead at the sight before him. Grass stretched on ahead, clouds lazily floated above and cast shadows over him, protecting his pale skin from the sun. Slowly, Noctis pushed himself to his feet and wandered through the meadow, stepping over white and yellow flowers scattered randomly through the field.

He turned towards the sound as the squeak reached his ears again and yelped as something collided with his stomach, forcing his body back until it was sprawled on the grass. Dazedly, Noctis looked up and saw a familiar black, tiny snout sniffing him before diving to nudge his cheeks. He laughed, hands coming up to pet the white fur of the fox like creature, happiness bubbling from within his chest. "Carbuncle!"

"That's right."

The animal leapt away from him to let the boy sit up, scurrying towards the long dress the Goddess wore. She smiled at the prince as he patted dirt away from his dark clothes and crouched down so they could be at eye level. "How was your first week back at school?"

"It was fine," he replied with a shrug and rocked back and forth on his heels. "I met this boy yesterday."

"Really?" She asked, though she knew of it already. "What was he like?"

Noctis hummed, hands now in his pockets. "He has blond hair. He's about my height, but looks bigger because he's kind of heavy."

"Heavy, uh?" Her fingers gently swept through his raven locks in a poor attempt to brush down the chaotic strands that pointed in all directions. "You didn't tell him that, did you?"

"Uh..."

Lady Light smiled and took his small hand in hers. "Some people are sensitive about their looks, Prince Noctis, even if it looks like they don't care." Letting go and standing up, the Goddess glanced up at the sky briefly before swiveling her gaze down to him once more. "Well, no matter now. Just remember to think twice before you comment on these things, okay?"

The prince fiddled with his fingers, briefly wondering if he should apologize to the boy, and quickly decided he would think of it later when he was awake and had no one to keep him real company. His feet carried him at a rushed pace towards her, grinning up at Light when he reached her side before running past, leaving her behind. Carbuncle was just up ahead jumping among little blue flowers and he joined it without hesitation, going down the hill with a blinding smile on his face. There was not much the two of them could do together, but the prince was fine with just chasing after it, loud bouts of laughter escaping from his mouth as he shielded his eyes from the sun.

Lady Light sat under the shade of a tree, legs folded beneath her and hands on her lap, all small smiles and gentle eyes as they followed their moving forms, emerging from tall grasses and disappearing behind berry bushes. Time seemed to drag endlessly, but eventually they both grew tired and moved their smaller, spent bodies in her direction, plopping down unceremoniously and gracelessly, chests heaving as they fought for air.

Blue eyes set on her face and, slowly, the Goddess turned to look at him, quirking an eyebrow at the sight of his furrowed forehead. "Aren't you going to wake me up?"

She cracked a smile at his reluctant, small voice and turned her attention to the scenery ahead. "No. You can stay for a little longer."