Sombra walked through the inner streets of the town, seeing where she could spend time with her little 'niece'. Since leaving the chateau, Sombra fed Victoria with bottles of milk that her parents had, sang to her under the shadow of a tree, jiggled around a few light constructions in front of her to keep her distracted.

"Que piensas, chula?" She asked the little tot. "Think we should ruin the silence in a library?" Sombra asked jokingly, receiving a giggle from the little girl. "You're right, that'd be too predictable." She sighed.

She continued to think of places where she could take her to relax. She wasn't old enough to socialize with other kids, but perhaps some one on one time on the swing set, with Sombra pushing gently of course.

"Perfecto." Sombra smirked as she walked to the park, put her bag down and carefully took Victoria out of the rebozo and placed her tiny body in the holes of the swing seat. Sombra began to gently push the little one bit by bit, letting her get used to the speed of the swing. Making sure not to go overboard, Sombra would slow down a little bit every now and then and then pick up the pace again. Rinse and repeat. As much as Victoria was enjoying being pushed back and forth against the wind, her attention was suddenly caught by the rest of the playground, her tiny eyes looking at the monkey bars with awe.

After a couple of minutes, Sombra yawned slightly, and when she opened her eyes, to her horror, Victoria was no longer on the swing.

"Nononono..." Sombra began to panic as she looked around the swingset, underneath it, behind her, and above her. "Que chingados!" She cursed at herself, how could she lose the most precious child in the world after one little yawn. As she continued to panic, she could hear the sweet little giggles of said baby and quickly whipped her head toward the sound. "Mija!" She yelled and without thinking, rushed towards the monkey bars, where Victoria was happily crawling over the bars without fear.

"Get down from there!" She half-scolded, only to be ignored by the child. Fortunately, the bars weren't so high that Sombra couldn't reach. Unfortunately, however, when Sombra reached her hand to grab Victoria from the side, the little girl instinctively swatted her hand away. Sombra gasped. "Quien te crio?!" She silently raged. The contact didn't hurt her, but it did shock her that for a baby, she was as strong as she was, much more impressively with the reflexes she had.

Sombra noticed that Victoria was heading over to the end of the monkey bars that was connected to a portion of the playground that lead to the top of the slide, she quickly made her way over to the end to cut her off. Reaching the end, Sombra turned around to where she hoped Victoria was still crawling off the monkey bars to her end. But to her continuing shock, Victoria was gone again.

"What the hell? How is she doing that?!" She frustrated, looking around her. She heard the sound of hands slapping down on a wooden surface behind her. Sombra turned around and saw that Victoria was climb-crawling up a short vertical slope with toy handles that lead to slide. Sombra, panicking climbed up the little section and tried to reach the little girl before she slid down. Giggling as she reached the end of the slide, Victoria smiled as she contemplated the ride down. Just as Sombra rushed forward to reach her, Victoria sneezed and turned into a tiny cloud of grey smoke, Sombra phasing through the toddler and going down the slide face first.

"Pfft!" Sombra wiped the edges of her mouth from any wooden chips that might have stuck on her harsh landing. "Since when could she do tha-oof!" Sombra coughed as Victoria went down the slide and landed safely on Sombra's back, clapping her hands together in excitement. "Ay..." Sombra sighed, rolling over slightly and picking up Victoria in her arms. "You are a handful. You know that?" Sombra frowned, making sure she held onto Victoria securely. Victoria laughed up at her aunt before yawning and holding onto Sombra closely for warmth and comfort.

"Oh no, nena." Sombra sighed. "You don't get off that easily." She walked back towards the swing-set to where she left their bag and rebozo. "Oh, who am I kidding, you're too cute for me to be mad at." She smiled down at the sleeping baby.

"You just need to learn and behave yourself a little more, peque." She kissed the top of the little one's head and wrapped the rebozo back around themselves and began to head back to the Chateau.


Que piensas - Whaddya think?

Chula - Cute one (female pronoun)

Perfecto - Perfect

Que Chingados - WTF

Mija - My daughter/little one (shortened)

Quien te crio - Who raised you

nena - little girl

peque - little one (shortened)