(A/N: Hi guys! Here's chapter 12 of COTF, i wasn't originally going to add this to the series but I changed my mind because there's a certain key plot point I needed the character for so ta-da! Anyway I hope you all enjoy~! Btw you don't have to read "Fractured" to understand since this still isn't canon to that series! Also Solara belongs to thoughtfullyrainynightmare while Aika belongs to simpingforthisonedeer on tumblr ?!)

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Neva yawned a bit as she stretched, she and Yuno were currently patrolling the Capital as Captian Vangeance ordered them too. He said there were some strange happenings going on concerning children and the Wizard King ordered all Magic Knights that were stationed at the Capital to be on the lookout for any children who appeared to be lost or confused. But she had to admit, she was bored. She was glad for a small break the first couple of days, but it was nearly a week now! Yuno appeared to be content, but she could tell, he was slightly restless as well.

" Tired?" He asked after she had finished yawning, Neva shook her head and sighed a bit.

" No, just bored with all of this patrolling." She admitted with a shrug. " I mean, no one knows where these kids are coming from and how they can even remotely be from the future, for all we know they could be spies or something." She muttered. Yuno frowned in thought,

" I don't think so, from what the Captain told us they all seem to truly be their children. Remember the Wizard Kings assistant Marx can see their memories so I'm sure they went through them to verify their identities." Yuno explained, Neva nodded thoughtfully.

" True. But if someone was determined enough, couldn't they have implanted these children with false memories?" Neva suggested, her distrust of others showing slightly. She had been trying recently to trust the people in her squad more, and even a few people outside her squad. But with all these children suddenly showing up it was suspicious, she knew there had to be a reason why, but it was that exact thing that made her nervous about this whole thing.

" It's not entirely out of the realm of possibility, but someone would have to be really determined and have something big in mind if they were to go to those lengths. It also doesn't explain their resemblance." Yuno pointed out, he had a good point. From what she had heard from Solara, Leonidas, Solara and Fuegoleon's son from the future, looked like a mixture of her and Fuegoleon. Which also helped their case of being from the future.

" Ugh this is just so strange and confusing." Neva said in an aggravated tone, Yuno laughed softly.

" It is. But it can't be helped." He shrugged before he suddenly stopped walking. " Hey Neva, look over there, doesn't that kid seem lost?" He pointed to a small girl amongst a large crowd, she looked completely out of place.

The girl was wearing a dark black and purple dress that completely clashed with the warm earthy tones of the people that surrounded her. Her pale skin and dark hair also made her stick out like a sore thumb, plus her confused and slightly scared face seemed to prove what both Yuno and Neva were thinking.

She was another child from the future.

Yuno and Neva both made their way through the crowd slowly, they didn't want to frighten the girl more than what she already was. She hadn't seemed to notice their presence yet, Neva had a feeling all of this was probably overwhelming the poor girl. When they came closer she noticed the girl couldn't be more than 12 at the oldest. Suddenly the girl turned and stared straight at them, her face paled even more.

" Crap." Neva muttered just as the girl started running. " Hey wait!" She yelled before taking off after the girl, Yuno quickly used his wind magic and lifted himself up into the air.

" I'll try and cut her off!" He shouted and Neva nodded, she would try and chase the girl into a corner if she could get through this crowd!

The girl was small and fast, she was able to worm her way through the sea of people with ease, Neva had a much harder time. She was trying to push and shove her way through, not caring if she made a noble or two mad, she had to get to the child before she lost them! The girl quickly made it out the other side and took off running faster than ever.

Neva growled when she finally made her way out of the crowd and quickly gave chase, sure the girl was fast, but Neva was faster. She had caught up to the girl before she watched her turn a corner into an alleyway, when Neva rounded the corner she smirked( it was a dead end.

" Hey, what'd you run for?" Neva huffed slightly out of breath, she felt a gust of wind next to her and watched Yuno land softly beside her. " Why didn't you cut her off when she came out of the crowd?!"

" You said you were bored, so I gave you something to do." He smirked slightly, and she frowned. Seriously? He was messing with her now?! Of all times! Usually he took these things very seriously, but when she thought about it, he was watching them the entire time so if the girl did seem to be trying to get away he could've easily swooped in and caught her.

" You're unbelievable." Neva muttered, mimicking Yuno's monotone voice. He chuckled a bit before turning to look at the young girl, she was so frightened, his face slowly softened as he walked up to the girl.

" It's ok, we're not going to hurt you." He spoke softly so as to not spook her.

" Get away!" The girl shouted, a huge gust of wind shot out of her hand and was headed straight for Yuno, but luckily Neva was fast and had conjured up a Diamond Wall to block the attack. The girl looked surprised for a moment.

" Calm down, just breathe, all we want to do is talk ok?" Neva said as her diamond wall disappeared, the girl frowned in distrust before suddenly clasping something tightly in her hand, from what she could see it appeared to be a pendant hanging off a chain around her neck.

" Please go away!" The girl shouted again, Yuno stepped forward and crouched down to the girls level.

" I'm sorry, but we can't do that. Are you lost?" He asked softly, his features softening even more. Neva felt her heart skip a beat, this was one of the rare times she had seen him actually show this side of himself, all the previous times had been when he interacted with children as well, or with Asta. It was a kinder more gentle side, and it always made Neva blush and her heart skip a beat.

" Y-Yeah." the girl admitted softly after a moment, a small blush creeping onto her cheeks from embarrassment. Neva crouched down as well.

" It's ok, a lot of people get lost sometimes. I know I certainly have," she laughed a bit. " where are your parents? Do you remember when you last saw them?" Neva asked trying to figure out if she was just a lost child or if she was one of the children they were supposed to be looking out for.

The girl's eyes suddenly widened and she looked between Yuno and Neva, a look of sudden recognition flashing across her face, which confused the two Golden Dawn members greatly. She held the pendant in her hands tightly.

" I...I don't remember." She muttered softly, Neva tilted her head, the girl was a pretty good liar considering her age, but not as good as Neva. The girl remembered the last time she saw her parents, she just didn't want to say.

" Ok, we'll help you find your parents. But first," Yuno said suddenly, he could tell she was lying too, but he wasn't going to comment on it for now. " You need to come with us, there's some questions that you'll need to answer." Yuno added before holding out his hand towards her. The girl frowned at it.

" It's ok, you can trust us." Neva assured her kindly, the girl bit her bottom lip in thought for a moment before gently taking Yuno's hand. He conjured up a small vessel of wind to carry himself and the girl before turning and holding out a hand towards Neva. " Heh No thanks I think I'll walk." Neva added with a nervous laugh.

" Neva, it'll be faster this way. Just take my hand." Yuno insisted seriously, he knew she hated flying, especially when he was using a wind vessel. Mostly because she didn't have anything underneath her to keep her from falling, she had to put all her trust in him for the duration of the flight. Neva sighed before begrudgingly taking his hand, he lifted the three into the air and took them straight towards the Wizard King.

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Julius looked up as Marx walked in suddenly, he had three people behind him and Julius quickly stood.

" Sir, two Golden Dawn members may have spotted another child from the future." Marx announced.

" He does know we're standing right here doesn't he?" Neva muttered to Yuno who shrugged in response, the girl stood between them quietly.

" Really? That's good to hear. Thank you Marx," Julius said with a warm smile on his face. He rounded the desk and came to stand in front of the three newcomers. " May I ask you two to leave for a moment? We just want to verify her memories and see if she is one of the children." Julius asked kindly, both Yuno and Neva saluted and nodded shortly.

" Yes sir." They said in unison before turning and walking out of the office, the girl watched them walk out.

" We'll be right outside ok?" Neva told her before closing the door behind her. She and Yuno leaned on the wall next to the door and waited.

" Who's child do you think she is?" Neva asked suddenly after a couple of minutes of silence, Yuno tilted his head thoughtfully for a moment.

" Hm, maybe she's Aika's and the Wizard Kings daughter? She looks a lot like them." Yuno pointed out, Neva nodded in slight agreement. The dark hair, the purple eyes, she did resemble the two quite a bit.

" It's possible. But highly unlikely." Neva said, causing Yuno to frown a bit before fully turning towards her. " When she attacked us, she used wind magic and if I remember correctly neither one has wind magic as their affinity." Neva pointed out.

" True, unless one of them has a wind mage in their family, like a parent or grandparent or even great-grandparent with that affinity." Yuno argued, Neva placed a hand under her chin and bit her bottom lip in thought.

Yuno's eyes widened as he watched her, that look, the mannerism, they were almost identical to the young girls! Except she had darker hair than Neva, and had a different affinity. Wait..dark hair...wind magic...? Yuno suddenly paled considerably at the realization. 'Oh gods...she's-.' He was suddenly pulled out of his thoughts when he heard the Wizard King call them back in. He opened the door, letting Neva walk in first, before closing it behind himself as he followed her.

" Welcome back. Now we were able to verify her memories and she is, in fact, from the future." Julius confirmed with a nod. " Now, I'm going to let her explain the rest, it'll be easier that way." He admitted with a soft laugh. The girl's pale cheeks suddenly turned pink and she looked away. Yuno swallowed the lump in his throat, he was anxious to learn if his theory was correct.

" My name's Miku Grinberryall, I…" the girl paused for a moment before her small hands slipped from the pendant she had been holding and rested at her sides. " I'm the daughter of Yuno and Neva Grinberryall." She announced before looking the two in the eye. Both Golden Dawn members let out a small gasp when the pendant was revealed; it was Yuno's talisman, the same one he was currently wearing at the moment,

Yuno turner and watched as Neva paled considerably, he had thought she would have figured it out sooner than she had, but she could have easily been like him and in denial about it. But now that it was confirmed that the girl, Miku, was in fact their daughter it seemed to hit her like a ton of bricks.

Neva's mind had gone blank at the news, how was she supposed to react? Was she supposed to be excited that she would possibly have a kid with the person she was currently crushing on? Or was she supposed to be angry that she had let her guard down that much? She was feeling so many different things that she couldn't think clearly, she would need time to process this, and from what she could tell so would Yuno.

" I'll be alerting William about all of this and I'll tell him to come here so I can explain it to him personally." Julius told them, they nodded automatically neither one really hearing what he had said. Miku walked over and sat down in a chair, her head down and hands clasped in her lap, she appeared to actually be a shy and timid girl. It reminded the two of each other in a small way. Yuno watched the girl kick her feet slightly as she was sitting down, Neva would do the same thing sometimes, and Neva noticed how she played with the talisman in her hands as she was currently lost in thought, Yuno would do the same sometimes. When she looked over at Yuno her eyes widened; he was already staring at her as well. Neva gave him a small smile, which he returned, both thinking the same thing but neither one saying it out loud.

There were far worse people they could have had a child with.