Sooo...

Past speak = 'Like this.'

Thoughts + "Like this"

Calli will be refered to as Calliope during the middle due to reasons about to be obvious.

Calli hummed along with the radio as as she mindlessly flipped trough some random leaflet, her book of legends on the side as she had finished for the fifth time. She was seated at the kitchen table, sipping some tea. There was still a dark foggy feeling in the back of her mind but she tried to ignore it for now.

The girl had forgone her regular shirt and was dressed in only her armoured corset and the shorts. But otherwise nothing else. She knew the others would be up soon so she had the coffee-machine already turned on so they could wake up a bit more easily.

A few moments later Misako slowly crept into the room, a bit of surprise at the sight of the redhead.

'Mornin' There's coffee in the pot.' The younger girl told her matter of factly, holding up her mug of tea.

Misako quickly snapped out of it and then smiled at her. 'Thanks, but is there any tea left?' Calli smiled back and then stood to make some.

It had only been a day of Misako staying with them but for Calli it had been weird, the girl just chocked it up to being raised without a mother. Though she knew Misako was curious about her since the events of yesterday, and her markings didn't really help with that case.

There was a bit of silence as the redhead was busy making the tea. As she sat down she noticed that Misako was reading a very old book. Lloyd had told her that his mother was an archaeologist, so maybe she knew something about her race.

Thus she asked; 'Misako..' Lloyd's mother looked at her curiously. 'Do you know anything about Homunculi?'

Misako gave her an curious look. 'The Homunculi are an ancient race, Extinct now actually.' Calli looked at her strangely. 'They went extinct around the same time Ninjago was split in half. They were created around that time to aid in the battle against the overlord.'

'How did they...' Calli trailed off, not wanting to speak the words, despite all the questions she had, this was the only one she was able to vocalise.

'Well according to the things I read about them, they weren't really popular despite all they did to help people.' Misako stated. 'They were created from souls that managed to stay stable after death, however, this usually meant they would take on the form of those that had passed away. The only difference would be the eyes and ears.'

'Let me guess..' Calli managed to smile sadly. 'People didn't like to see their passed away relatives come back to life.'

Misako only nodded. 'Yes, sadly. Though it isn't the main reason, according to records we found, it seemed their camp was raided overnight.'

Calli fell silent before her head snapped up, another part of the conversation just managed to land. 'The battle... that was over a thousand years ago...'

Misako nodded again and waited patiently for the girl to find her words. 'Where they by any chance immortal?'

'No, they did have a longer lifespan but it would be about as long as an Elemental warrior like your friends.'

'But if they went extinct all that time ago, and i'm alive now, how would that be possible?' it was at moments like these she hated her memory gap, but now it appeared it was an even bigger gap. Misako gave her a strange look before realisation set in.

'You're a Homunculus?'

Calli nodded shyly. 'I found out after doing some research after this appeared on me body.' She mentioned at her arm and torso.

Misako seemed to think about what to say, when the door slammed open to reveal Lloyd. 'Morning.' He yawned before he noticed the heavy atmosphere. 'Is everything alright?'

Calli stood up, leaving her still warm tea where it was, and walked out of the door. Lloyd gave her a worried look as she passed him without saying a word.

'I guess that's a no?' He asked his mother and grabbed the redheads tea for his own.

'I think I might have worsened her confusion.' Despite the look of confusion on her son's face she didn't elaborate any further.

Calli had had it at this point. She stalked through the now too familiar jungle. Her mid was made up and resolve powered her every step. She found the little cove within minutes and wasn't at all surprised when she found Inizio waiting for her.

'I see you've finally come back.' The large snake stated.

Calli glared at him, her head held high. 'I want answers!'

It seemed like Inizio waited for her to say that. 'Then ask your questions.'

'How.. What happened all those years ago? How am I the only one still alive!'

The snake only let out a sort of hum before his eyes began to glow. Around the two of them people started to appear, they were talking or sparring with one-another and Souls in all colours were flying around. They didn't appear to see her and her suspicions were confirmed as a little girl passed right trough her.

A little girl she quickly recognised as herself. The bright orange ringlets hung loosely over her shoulders and easily reached the small of her back. The only difference was that her younger version had slightly pointed ears. So that was what Misako had meant with the different eyes and ears. She was dressed in a cute little midnight blue dress with long sleeves and open shoulders. The dress was covered in dirt and twigs and leaves hung from her ringlets, even so Calliope had to admit her own smile was absolutely adorable. Stiix really seemed to have changed her, personality wise at least. Hight wise not much had changed.

She tentatively felt her own ears, she could remember vaguely that they had looked different when she first arrived in Stiix but had rounded as she grew so she had chalked it up to just being a defect she grew out of.

'In your mind you where human. Now you know, you will most likely take on that form again if you get older.' Inizio had seen her and clarified.

Her cheeks turned red and her eyes went back to following her younger self, happily bouncing towards the past version of Inizio.

'I did i'! I did i' ' Her younger version exclaimed, happily clinging the beautifully crafted bow in her hands as she clambered over a large fallen tree she had easily walked around. 'I 'ad a bullseye.'

Inizio's past self turned his head and smiled at the little girl. 'Very good young one.'

'Wha're yeh doin'?' The little girl asked curiously as she noted the little blue soul floating next to a clay figurine. The snake just chuckled at her and then turned to the soul. The snake's eyes lit up and there was a bright flash.

Calliope could see her younger's eyes lit up in realisation as she giddily bound up and down. As soon as the light died down the soul was gone and the clay figurine had changed into a person. A young boy about her age with the most blue eyes she'd ever seen and messy dark brown hair.

The little Calli laughed as she dashed towards him, chattering eagerly, gaining the attention of quite a few other Homunculi who all seemed amused by the exchange.

'Now 'm not alone anymore!' Calliope couldn't help but smile along with her past self. Inizio chuckled beside her.

'You were always the most excitable little one. Sadly, this didn't last very long. ' He noted as the scene changed.

Calliope could see herself dragging the same boy towards the cove and the two eventually collapsed in the water. They both looked to be around eleven years of age and her past self was on the verge of crying.

'Jus' hold on!' She pleaded, her face stained in grime and what one could only assume was blood. The girl violently wiped her eyes as she looked around for something that could help the boy as the water beneath him slowly turned orange. She finally managed to find something and quickly dashed back to help her friend as she tried to keep her composure to help her friend.

Panicked as she was, Calliope had to give her younger self credit for actually managing to get the steps correct. However, it didn't really matter as the boy stopped her.

'Just get out of here!' He managed to order her with a raspy breath.

Her younger self furiously shook her head, not about to let her friend die. 'No!' She exclaimed and went back to dressing the wound.

'Just get out of here and find Inizio.'

His demands fell on deaf ears as she started cursing, her ears picking up the sounds of footsteps. The younger redhead started cursing under her breath with shaking hands, but instead of leaving she got a determined look on her face.

' 'm not leaving yeh here!' She shouted loudly and instead tried to focus with all the adrenaline searing trough her body. The younger girl closed her eyes and her body shaking as she placed her hands on the boy's torso. There was a bright light for a few seconds and once it had faded the boy was gone and a faint blue soul was left in its place. Calli's younger version collapsed in the water.

As the footsteps got closer, Calli could see herself forcing herself on het feet and scooped the little soul in her arms and staggered off in the opposite direction.

Calliope didn't know what to say as the scene changed for the last time, but this time the location had changed as well. This time, she found herself looking at her younger self laying on the ground, unconscious and barely breathing. The blue soul hovered over the younger redhead protectively as a gravely wounded Inizio was moving around the cave. After a few minutes, the drawings that adorned the walls of the cavern started to glow and crackle and surround her younger versions body.

'Let's go.' The past Inizio had turned to the little blue soul, but the little thing only huddled closer. Calliope could understand what he meant. "She risked her life to save mine, I won't leave."

The large snake stared the soul down, but the little blue thing wasn't backing down.

'Very well.' And with that the snake left the cave.

'Where did yeh go.' Calliope managed to ask in a shaky voice.

Inizio looked at her from the corner of his eye. 'I went to confront what was hunting us.' The older redhead tilted her head in confusion but the snake didn't elaborate. She was about to ask more question when the loud crashing of thunder snapped her back to what was happening. The scene had changed once more.

They were still in the cave but it seemed a lot of time had passed. The walls had been covered with moss and plants, the little layer of water was no longer clear after the amount of time that had passed and she could see that the images on the wall were no longer brightly lit up. The crashes became louder and louder, to the point the cave started to shake and pieces of rock fell crumbled down from the ceiling. All the while the little blue soul was still around and burning each plant that got too close to her younger self, who was still unconscious. Suddenly the earth shifted and twisted, breaking open the earth and water flooded inside. The little soul shot up and backed up towards the ceiling to avoid the water.

Calliope turned her head as she could imagine what happened after this. Just as she closed her eyes the scenes stopped and she swallowed. 'Thank yeh.' She just told the snake and sat down, letting it sink all in.

The first thing she was aware of when she opened her eyes back on the bounty were the streaks of tears rolling down her face. She scrubbed them away with her arms, ignoring the burning sensation on the back of her hand and took in a deep breath to compose herself.

'Are you okay?' Calli jumped up at the sound of Lloyd's voice and whirled around to the younger boy and her boyfriend behind her. The latter most likely being woken up by the green ninja, seeing his messy bed-hair and and the large mug of coffee in his hands.

The redhead just nodded.

Lloyd gave her a look she was sure he'd stolen from her, 'Do you want to talk about it?'

The girl nodded once again and the others patiently listened to her story.

Pffff, So this one was a rollercoaster to write... This was supposed to go with the last chapter but seeing as that one was already quite long i decided to separate it.

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well, I hope you enjoyed and and I'll see you in the next chapter.