Nine: Sister comforts.

Characters: Amber and Sofia.

Pairing: None.

Setting: After the graduation party. *spoilers for Forever Royal.

"Can't sleep?"

Amber's voice was soft and gentle as Sofia stood in the doorway, clutching the stuffed rabbit her sister had given her on her first Wassailia.
She hadn't slept with it in months but thought she would need it that night.

Especially after the day she had.

"No. Keep thinking about the amulet," Sofia croaked, her breath shaky. "I know now how Elena must've felt. Being trapped and alone."

"I wouldn't blame you," Amber admitted, moving to the left side of her bed. "You being in the amulet wasn't easy for me either."

"You don't mind if I ask you how you felt?"

"Of course not."

Sofia climbed into the right side of her sister's bed, noticing the unicorn she had made her for their first Wassailia tucked under Amber's arms.
She smiled. Then that smile ended as quickly as it had come.

"When Vor pulled me in, I know you tried your best to make sure that I wasn't," Sofia recalled, almost in tears. "I never knew how you felt about it."

"I thought I lost you. I kept thinking that it would be Elena all over again. I wouldn't want to be here for four decades while you were trapped, never aging," Amber sniffed, holding her unicorn to her chest in a tight grip. "I thought I was a terrible sister. I was supposed to protect you but I couldn't."

"You did. I'm proud of you for it. Vor was the one who trapped me. You didn't do anything wrong."

"But it was my plan that got you trapped Sofia! If I hadn't thought of it, you wouldn't have—"
"If you haven't thought of it, Vor would still be at large!" Sofia interrupted before bursting into tears.

"I shouldn't have been so secretive."
Amber rubbed her back in an effort to calm Sofia down.

She may not had liked lying for her sister just so Sofia could keep her secrets hidden but she did it out of sisterly love.

That and before today, she was the only one who knew of Sofia's secrets.

"Feel better?" Ambre asked softly, seeing Sofia calm down.

"Yes. Thank you," Sofia smiled before biting her lip. "But I might have a few amulet related nightmares for a few weeks."

"Like tonight?"

"Yes."

"Then my door is always open," Amber smiled, spotting the rabbit in her sister's arms. "Guess I wasn't the only one who needed their stuffed animal friend tonight."

"After being trapped in the amulet for who knows how long, I thought my rabbit would help me sleep," Sofia confessed with a sheepish smile. "I had to take off the amulet so I wouldn't relive being trapped in there again."

"But you NEVER take it off!"

"Tonight there was a reason why. I can never look at it the same way again."

"I can't either," Amber muttered softly, almost a whisper.

"We'll never lose each other again," Sofia promised, pulling Amber into a hug. "We're sisters. Now and forever."

"Agreed. But it's getting late. We better get to sleep. Especially before Baileywick finds us awake."

"Right. Good night Amber and thanks for you know."

"It was no trouble at all," Amber grinned as they had let go of each other and Sofia started to fall asleep. "Goodnight Sofia."