Protectors: Tales of Paris
By Adventuremaker21
Chapter 4: Tale of Alya Cesare
"Hey, mom, I'm heading out for a bit," Alya said as she was grabbing her bag and her stuff. "don't wait up for me." She was heading out the door as her mother put out her arm in front of the door. "Don't worry, mom, Nino and I don't roughhouse THAT much."
"Actually..." Mrs. Cesere said as she was digging into her purse. "You're forgetting something a little more... 'rouge'." She said as she pulled out Trixx.
"TRIXX?" Alya said as she was a bit surprised. "I mean...is that a trick?" She said as she tried to correct herself.
"Don't bother, little cub," Trixx said as she was being manhandled by her. "She knows I'm with you."
Alya, at that moment, knows she's screwed and can't really get out of this one. "uh... I can explain."
"Oh, yea, explain," Mrs. Cesere said, sassing to her. "Explain to me why my own daughter has a kwami?!"
"It's a long story and-wait a minute," Alya started, and then she questioned her. "How do you know what kwamis are?"
"Who do you think I make food for on a daily basis?"
Some time ago.
"Uh... Mrs bourgeois, are you and your...friends good on food?" Mrs. Cesarie asked as she saw Chloe help hand her kwamis their food.
"Other than more honey for Pollen, that should be it," Chloe said as she lounged on her bed with Pollen, Daizzi, and Barkk beside her with their foods.
"Thanks for the burgers," Barkk thanked her honestly.
Alya, remembering who she exactly works for, facepalms.
"God damnit, Chloe," Alya muttered under her breath.
"Alya Ceseraie, are you Rena?" Her mother pretty much demanded as Alya smirks.
"Trixx, transform me," Alya commanded as Trixx got yoinked out of her mother's hands as Alya turns into Rena Rouge in front of her.
"Does that answer your question, mom?" Rena said as her mother then slapped her across the face, but Rena didn't budge.
Not.
One.
Inch.
"You know not even missiles can't hurt me, right?" Rena smirked a bit as her mother retreated her hand, even though it hurts a bit to her.
"Why did you lie to me, Alya?" Mrs ceserie said.
"First, call me by my hero name," Rena told her. "Second, I did it so you wouldn't be targeted, and third, look how much better I am as a superhero."
Mrs. Cesarie looked at her and tried to talk back to her daughter. "But your grades...your interviews...your personal life..."
"Mom, does a B+ in biology and a B in English mean I'm doing bad?" Rena counted. "All my other friends are superheroes. If anything, I have a pretty healthy squad, AND defeating papillon a few times a week is actually a perfect way to get to know one another."
"HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE!" Her mother yelled. "IVE SEEN YOU INTERVIEW RENA ROUGE!"
Rena sighs and pulls out her flute and casts her Mirage spell to create a duplicate Alya. "Yea, mom, I'm the hero of illusions! I trick people so I can save them."
"Don't worry, mom," The Alya illusion said. "We'll be ok."
"But...You're my baby..." Mrs. Cesare said as she hugged Rena and started to cry. "You're my baby girl. I'm supposed to protect you, not the other way around."
"Mom..." Rena softly said. "I know it's not my job, but I'm a Protector because it's truly the right thing to do. That, and I can score interviews to boost my resume."
"My baby girl always has a plan," Mrs. Cesare says as Ella and Eta looked out their room and both of them saw Alya, Rena, and their mother outside their door and ran up happily because of the fox-themed hero.
"WOW, ITS RENA ROUGE!" Both twins said.
"Thanks for saving our mommy," Eta said.
"And thanks for saving our big sister, Alya," Ella added on.
"Oh, not a problem, kiddos," Rena said as she was making sure to not spill the beans. The twins tried to hug alya as she turned into the orange mist.
"Alya's orange mist?" Eta said.
"It's like her flute magic thingy where she makes fake things," Ella said as both of them gasp loudly.
"ARE YOU-!" Both yelled out as Rena put a finger on her lips.
"Don't tell anyone, alright?" Rena made sure to make them promise as both twins nod happily.
"We'll discuss this later tonight, Alya," Mrs. Cesarie said with that motherly glare.
"Sorry mom, I cant. It's date night tonight," Rena said as she made sure to grab some of her movies.
"Does Nino know you're Rena rouge?" She talked to her.
"Well..." Rena said as they heard the twins gasp and bounce in excitement.
"CARAPACE IS HERE!"
"Carapace?!" Mrs. Cesarie said as low and behold, the turtle-themed superhero was outside on their balcony.
"Hey, babe," Carapace said as he sees the others are there. "I was coming to make sure the super-secret hush-hush anti-akuma project was-"
"They know I'm Alya, babe," Rena said in a defeated tone of voice.
"Oh..." Carapace said as his arms dropped in fear. "I'm gonna have the talk with the folks again, aren't I?"
"You better believe it, Nino," Mrs. Cesare said, crossing her arms in anger.