Yeah! A promotion! How life changes…
Sheila was getting more aggressive against you, she would scream and hurl things at you in a fit. You always dodged the objects and ignore her stupid insults; you were quite popular with the other Knights now. Not only for your gender and looks, but they knew they could trust you completely. They knew that you were not going to abandon them until the war was over.
You and Sol grew really close, both of you liked the same things. You found out that Sol was a fan of Queen and attracted to your knowledge of their songs and what happened to each of the band members. Sol found out that you had a huge weakness with water and heights; he eventually started to tease you because of it. Soon Sol started to join you on your prank hunts, looking for a victim and scaring them to the point where it was hilarious.
You and Ky became study buddies, or so you called it. You and Ky would argue about: what to do in certain situations, who was wrong, and who knew more than the other on a certain subject. These arguments did nothing to the friendship but Ky eventually learned more about history and your passion for it. Ky would always worry over you and dragged you to quieter places to talk alone.
You were quite annoying to Sol every time he refused to take a bath, eventually it became routinely to have torn clothes and to walk out of Sol's room sopping wet and Sol running out to yell at you of how he hated these showers. You pestered Ky about how long he stayed up studying and how tired he was in the morning; Ky agreed to go to bed earlier if you taught him to cook and to cook for more than only Sol and himself.
Commander Kliff and you had a father-daughter relationship, you would usually tell of your day and what you learned that day while Kliff listened patiently. Kliff would always be watching for signs that you were unhappy, and would scold the person if they did make you unhappy.
During the month of November and December you started to look for everyone's gifts. It nearly took you an entire month to find enough turkeys to gather, to fatten them up before Christmas. You wrapped up everyone-you-knew presents, Kliff's was a locket with you, himself, Ky and Sol in the picture hidden inside; Ky was a rosary that was blessed by Pope John II, a true honor to have; Sol's was a super rare album of Queen with their signatures on it. You already had the locket and the rosary, but you went to England personally and dig for the album.
Ky enjoyed cooking with you especially on Thanksgiving. Everyone loved yours and Ky's cooking, Sol only ate your cooking, which earned Ky Kiske's scowl. Sheila was basically ignored now, no one slept with her and she was as noticeable as you were before.
Before Christmas, Sheila disappeared from the Holy Order altogether. No one was really bothered by that except you. You soon forgot with all the heretics and chaos the Christmas was bringing. It had been a really long time since the Holy Orders had a nice Christmas, before it was too many battles to remember about Christmas. This Christmas was going to be one of the good types of Christmases; everyone got a secret gift-giver, a person who gets the card with a person's name must give a gift to the person whose name belongs to on the card. You got Daniel, which really sucks. He still does not like you at all, although he got over the 'must kill you' act, he is disrespectful, distasteful, and disgusting. Ky said he got you, which was very nice; it made you take your mind off Daniel. Ky was trying his best to find you a nice gift; you didn't mind what you got, as long as it was not another shirt or skirt.
Sol wanted to give you a gift too, but he never admits it from his mouth. He liked it when you fall asleep on top of him and ignores his snores. You and Sol were close but you wondered why both of you have completely opposite names and abilities. Sol means sun and Luna means moon, Sol has the power to control fire, Luna has the power to control ice. Naturally, Sol and yourself are supposed to be enemies, but you're not; which secretly pleases each other.
Christmas comes and for some reason you have a lot of gifts, you hide them from Sol and Ky. You hunt down Daniel and give him a dagger made from the Dragon's tooth she lost a while ago; it was rather cruel looking. Daniel really liked the gift and quietly told you he dropped off your gift in your room; which was going to be hard to find.
You find Sol dozed off in a tree (the ground had snow on top of it); you climbed up the tree and sat on Sol until he woke up. He was really pleased with his gift and he gave you yours. It was a ruby necklace, it was so beautiful that you were speechless, and off-guard. Sol noticed your rare condition and gave you a kiss, with tongue included. Sol managed to get inside the building with a red mark on his face.
Ky was looking for you and timidly handed his gift to you, it was a plain silver bracelet, "I'm sorry I couldn't find any jewels for it Luna" Ky apologizes for how plain the bracelet was, "You shouldn't Ky! I love how it is! It's not distracting!" you happily place it around your left wrist, "see! It looks really nice, thank you so much Ky!"
Ky's POV: You were embarrassed that everyone else gave out more elaborate gifts than you, but Luna said yours was beautiful and proved it by immediately placing it on her left wrist. Isn't the left hand supposed to wield a wedding ring? Just like mother and father had? You felt proud that Luna had chosen the left wrist than her right wrist. "Here Ky! Your gift now!" Luna hands you a narrow small box that was tied by a ribbon, you carefully opened it and found a complete rosary, "It was blessed by Pope John Paul II, I really hope you like it Ky-chan" you were in awe, the rosary was blessed by one of the most loved Popes of all time. "I cannot accept it Luna. It does not deserve to belong with me." You attempt to pass it back, but Luna gently pushes it to you, "you do deserve it Ky-chan because," Luna blushes which causes you to blush as well, "you were kind enough to let me be your friend." Luna looks into your eyes; she did tell you that she was naturally terrible at making friends. You then pull Luna's hands and your gift closer to you, "Then it will stay nearby my heart always" you gently kiss Luna. You hear Sol angrily storm over to you two. "Why do you let Kiske kiss you and not get a slap while I do?" Luna then gets annoyed, "That is because Ky let me know, he kept control and he did not decide to get naughty at the end." "Eh?" you were confused, Sol was smirking at Luna now. Luna was angry with Sol; Sol then wraps his arm around Luna. "I would like to know what you gave Commander Kliff, Luna" you slyly add, Luna then remembers something you hoped she would, "I forgot to give it to him! I'll be back later!" Sol was furious on what you have caused him to lose. An opportunity to claim Luna.
Luna's POV: You wanted to give Kliff your gift; Kliff was luckily in his office. "Come in" he calls out, you had a name to call Kliff when no one was around… "Daddy?" "Luna? What is wrong?" Kliff looks concerned, "Nothing. I wanted to give you your present. Merry Christmas Daddy!" you were cheery again, "a gift? You should not have done it." Kliff laughs, "I know but I wanted to, Daddy!" you handed the gift to your 'father', he laughs when he sees it. "You know I will always remember you sweetheart." "I know. But it looks nice, doesn't it?" "It's lovely" Kliff looks inside, he chuckles when he sees the picture. "Thank you sweetheart" "Bye Daddy!"
You were trying to open all of your gifts; one of them was a white ribbon. Wasn't a white ribbon supposed to be Japanese tradition? And it is not St. White's Day yet! You were thinking that it probably came from Chipp but he is not anywhere near here! Most of the gifts were jewels and asking for a time out together without Sol knowing anything about it.
You were putting away all the gifts you had received and you finished putting away all of them when Sol burst into the room. "Eh? What's up?" you were confused and tired; they woke you up too early for your tastes. "Nothing. You look tired," "Yeah, they woke us up sooner to train remember?" Sol scowls, he was also attending the training that time and was forced to do pushups in the snow you accidentally created. You were able to make it snow when it was cold enough by your emotions, no one else knew except Sol, who figured it out. Sol lies on your bed and beckons you to come too. You sit on the bed, dead tired and it started to snow again. "Relieved aren't you?" Sol smirks, "Shut up." You started to doze off on top of Sol again.
When you woke up, Sol was still snoring away. You were frightened; you saw a terrible scene in your dream:
"Groar!" a Gear screams out, you were hacking away at the Gears that surrounded you. The place was familiar, but you could not put your finger on it; everywhere around you was getting stained by the Gear's blood. "Gyaa!" you hear a scream out in pain, you panicked and ran toward the place and when you reached it, it was full of human blood…
You attempted to get off Sol, but he hugged you tight against him. "Sol, let go!" Ky then walks into the room, you mouthed out to him to get you away from the giant. Ky hesitated and helped pry you off sleeping Sol. When you were outside the door, you angrily pout out, "He is annoying while he is asleep." "What was going on?" Ky was curious and hurt, "I was tired, and Sol and I fell asleep. Nothing terrible or big." You sigh, "I hate getting up in the morning early because I have to sleep later." "That was all?" "What? You hoped to get a soap opera or something like that?" "No. Never mind."
While you and Ky were cooking Christmas dinner, you got nervous about the dream again. "Ky-chan?" "Yes?" "I really hope that you are okay." Ky stops chopping the onions, "Why?" he walks up to you and gently embraces you, "Well, I had a really bad dream." "A nightmare?" "No. A nightmare would be something I really want badly, I eat it and then realize it was a dream. It was a scary dream too" "What is it about?" Ky makes you stop stirring the pot that you were about to over stir, "well…"
Kliff's POV: you going to see how far Ky and Luna had gotten in the dinner, when you spotted Luna in Ky's arms. She looked quite upset; you decided to eavesdrop on the conversation. "Well, my dream was about a terrible battle. There were Gears everywhere and I was fighting my hardest. Everything was in ruins and blood was spilling everywhere…" "That is the way all battles are Luna. You must have known this by now." Ky tries to reassure her, "But this one is different! I then heard a familiar voice crying out in pain and my heart felt like it was going to be torn into pieces. Ky, I'm really scared that this scream is someone I know well!" Luna starts sobbing, "Luna, calm down. It was only a bad dream, nothing more." Ky tries his best to soothe your daughter. You smiled, if they were to marry, you would allow it completely. You left without letting either of them know. There was a sudden crick from you; you were getting too old for this battle.
Luna's POV: Ky had calmed you and both of you were cooking once again. You were almost done with the feast; Sol woke up and decided to watch you and Ky finish up.
The Christmas dinner was wonderful; the absence of music was replaced with the music in your head. Sol was pigging out and Ky was enjoying the food; for once neither fought, which kind of scared you.
After dinner you decided to go into the room where the Holy Order held mass and started to sing a few Christmas carols, at first they were quiet and weak. Then your confidence grew and you started to sing from your heart. Soon Knights heard your singing and went to investigate, they decided to try their best at singing with you. Soon all of the Knights were either enjoying the show or singing along, Sol did not sing at all, Ky was humming but did not dare to sing.
Later the Holy Order held a meeting without the committee, "Now what is the problem and how do we fix it?"
Next Part… Alone with Commander Ky Kiske
