Hi!!!! I'm taking Samantha up on her bribe and am getting the next chapter up! You owe me a new chapter Sam! Now, I've been having mild writer's block lately, so if you want me to post faster, give me ideas!!! I may not take all of them but it would help immensely. So, here's another chapter!
Disclaimer: Don't own, never will.
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Quatre was coming home today! Putting on her favorite outfit, black jeans and a sapphire turtleneck to hide her scar, Usagi was in a positively cheerful mood. Weaving hair that had turned white-silver after her recovery into a calf-length braid and carrying her trademark stuffed rabbit, Usagi ran down to the gates to be the first to meet her brother. He was always her favorite sibling, and now she was going to get to see him after a two-year absence. Damn that dumb war, and damn the men who started it! They took my brother away for too long! Slowing down, she approached the front gate. Looking around, she realized that she was not going to have a chance to speak to her brother through the large crowd that had gathered to greet him.
Deciding that she wasn't going to fight a losing battle with the crowd, Usagi turned around and headed for the music room, knowing that that was where her brother would escape to as soon as he had any free time. Walking through the hallways silently, Usagi realized for the first time since his letter had arrived that he had said he was bringing his friends with him. I'm not going to have him to myself, she thought sorrowfully. Those boys that he was bringing were going to take up a lot of his time probably, and she would have a new batch of idiots to look at her strangely. Sheesh, the way most people look at me you'd think they never saw silver hair before! It's not all that uncommon a color. Old people have it all the time! Besides, you don't see them staring at people with green hair, do you? Noooo, and they *know * that is fake! It had never occurred to her that they were so amazed by her gleaming hair because it looked natural, and had a shimmer that no elderly person had ever had grace their head.
Finally reaching the music room, she opened the doors and stepped into heaven. Large windows comprised one large wall facing the east, giving the room soft light throughout the day. A deep carpet in sea green and cream wallpaper gave the room a relaxing feel, it just invited occupants to sit and try one of the many instruments placed throughout the room, whether you knew how to play or not. Over all this the high ceilings gave the impression of total freedom, the last touch to a wonderfully relaxing room.
This had been Usagi's favorite room from the moment Quatre had shown it to her. The peaceful setting put her mind at ease and she found that this was the only room in the house other than her bedroom that she could totally relax in. The constant noise and movement of a large household disturbed her every where she went, but because of the thick walls in the music room, made so that the music would not disturb other members of the household at any time, blocked out all outside noise, so she was able to enjoy the perfect silence. The only time she ever broke the silence when she was alone here was when she played her harp(Or at least tried to)
Because of the immense boredom Quatre's leaving had left her in, Usagi had found other ways to amuse herself than pester family members.(Her former source of entertainment) She had found some self-teaching books in the library and was now relatively adequate on he harp (I mean, she only broke two strings out of twenty! That was good, right?), as well as having taught herself learner's chess (She could actually tell where to put the pieces and how to move them!).
Another thing she had done in her spare time was to join the guards in their daily training. At first when she had shown up everyone had urged her to go away, lest she open old wounds, but once they saw that she had an idea of what she was doing and was not going to insist on sparring with the men, they had left her alone. Some of the kinder men had even go so far out of their way as to help her with firearms, showing the young girl how to hold the gun and aim it correctly. She was never going to be so totally helpless again!
These activities had started as a make-do until Quatre came home, but now were important in their own right. The daily training had kept her from going soft, and now she actually had one or two muscles hiding on her thin frame, though no stranger would have believed so. I can't wait till I see him again!
Lost in thought, Usagi did not see her brother and four other boys enter the room. She also did not see as Quatre looked over at her and quietly conferred with the other young men.
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"You guys, I want you to go and find your rooms. Your bedroom keys have their numbers on them. I'll come along in a minute." The others boys nodded, Duo rather hyperly, and went back out the door to find their rooms, wondering about that strange girl with the torn up stuffed rabbit they had seen sitting in the corner.
Walking quickly to his sister, Quatre grabbed the startled girl up in a hug.
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Staring out the window, Usagi was jolted back into the present but two arms grabbing her up in a large hug. Looking up into the face of her captor, she was overjoyed to see Quatre! Quatre! He's home! He's home! Yayyy!!!!!!!! So what ya been up to bro? Huh? Looking excitedly at her adopted brother, she waited for an answer. Quatre, however, was not a telepath, so obviously he could not hear his sister's question. Setting her down, he missed his sisters look of disappointment. Damn not being able to talk! If only I could. . . Wincing at the phantom pain in her throat, she shied away from that thought. It was best left alone.
Oblivious to all this was Quatre, as he held his sister at an arms length to inspect her. "Look at you Bunny! I swear you've grown a whole centimeter! However will the rest of us catch up with your great height?!" As Usagi was quite a bit shorter than her brother, and in fact the shortest person her age in the house, both smiled at that comment.
"Sooo, how have you been these last few months?" Whipping out a pad and paper from subspace, Usagi wrote her reply. {Fine! I can actually hit the target in archery now! How have you been? No injuries?} "No, not really. Tell you what, I have to go help the others get settled, so I'll come back and introduce you to them in a little while okay?" Seeing his sister's disappointment, he smiled at her and gave her another quick hug. "Hey, come on Bunny Rabbit, I'll be here for at least a few months! We'll have time to get together and catch up later, okay?" Cheering up a little, Usagi nodded. Giving him a last goodbye hug, she watched him walk out the door and down the hall. Ooohhh well, I guess that he's right, we'll talk later. I better get ready for a long wait though, they'll be a while settling in. Getting comfy in a large chair, Usagi took her own advice.
Disclaimer: Don't own, never will.
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Quatre was coming home today! Putting on her favorite outfit, black jeans and a sapphire turtleneck to hide her scar, Usagi was in a positively cheerful mood. Weaving hair that had turned white-silver after her recovery into a calf-length braid and carrying her trademark stuffed rabbit, Usagi ran down to the gates to be the first to meet her brother. He was always her favorite sibling, and now she was going to get to see him after a two-year absence. Damn that dumb war, and damn the men who started it! They took my brother away for too long! Slowing down, she approached the front gate. Looking around, she realized that she was not going to have a chance to speak to her brother through the large crowd that had gathered to greet him.
Deciding that she wasn't going to fight a losing battle with the crowd, Usagi turned around and headed for the music room, knowing that that was where her brother would escape to as soon as he had any free time. Walking through the hallways silently, Usagi realized for the first time since his letter had arrived that he had said he was bringing his friends with him. I'm not going to have him to myself, she thought sorrowfully. Those boys that he was bringing were going to take up a lot of his time probably, and she would have a new batch of idiots to look at her strangely. Sheesh, the way most people look at me you'd think they never saw silver hair before! It's not all that uncommon a color. Old people have it all the time! Besides, you don't see them staring at people with green hair, do you? Noooo, and they *know * that is fake! It had never occurred to her that they were so amazed by her gleaming hair because it looked natural, and had a shimmer that no elderly person had ever had grace their head.
Finally reaching the music room, she opened the doors and stepped into heaven. Large windows comprised one large wall facing the east, giving the room soft light throughout the day. A deep carpet in sea green and cream wallpaper gave the room a relaxing feel, it just invited occupants to sit and try one of the many instruments placed throughout the room, whether you knew how to play or not. Over all this the high ceilings gave the impression of total freedom, the last touch to a wonderfully relaxing room.
This had been Usagi's favorite room from the moment Quatre had shown it to her. The peaceful setting put her mind at ease and she found that this was the only room in the house other than her bedroom that she could totally relax in. The constant noise and movement of a large household disturbed her every where she went, but because of the thick walls in the music room, made so that the music would not disturb other members of the household at any time, blocked out all outside noise, so she was able to enjoy the perfect silence. The only time she ever broke the silence when she was alone here was when she played her harp(Or at least tried to)
Because of the immense boredom Quatre's leaving had left her in, Usagi had found other ways to amuse herself than pester family members.(Her former source of entertainment) She had found some self-teaching books in the library and was now relatively adequate on he harp (I mean, she only broke two strings out of twenty! That was good, right?), as well as having taught herself learner's chess (She could actually tell where to put the pieces and how to move them!).
Another thing she had done in her spare time was to join the guards in their daily training. At first when she had shown up everyone had urged her to go away, lest she open old wounds, but once they saw that she had an idea of what she was doing and was not going to insist on sparring with the men, they had left her alone. Some of the kinder men had even go so far out of their way as to help her with firearms, showing the young girl how to hold the gun and aim it correctly. She was never going to be so totally helpless again!
These activities had started as a make-do until Quatre came home, but now were important in their own right. The daily training had kept her from going soft, and now she actually had one or two muscles hiding on her thin frame, though no stranger would have believed so. I can't wait till I see him again!
Lost in thought, Usagi did not see her brother and four other boys enter the room. She also did not see as Quatre looked over at her and quietly conferred with the other young men.
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"You guys, I want you to go and find your rooms. Your bedroom keys have their numbers on them. I'll come along in a minute." The others boys nodded, Duo rather hyperly, and went back out the door to find their rooms, wondering about that strange girl with the torn up stuffed rabbit they had seen sitting in the corner.
Walking quickly to his sister, Quatre grabbed the startled girl up in a hug.
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Staring out the window, Usagi was jolted back into the present but two arms grabbing her up in a large hug. Looking up into the face of her captor, she was overjoyed to see Quatre! Quatre! He's home! He's home! Yayyy!!!!!!!! So what ya been up to bro? Huh? Looking excitedly at her adopted brother, she waited for an answer. Quatre, however, was not a telepath, so obviously he could not hear his sister's question. Setting her down, he missed his sisters look of disappointment. Damn not being able to talk! If only I could. . . Wincing at the phantom pain in her throat, she shied away from that thought. It was best left alone.
Oblivious to all this was Quatre, as he held his sister at an arms length to inspect her. "Look at you Bunny! I swear you've grown a whole centimeter! However will the rest of us catch up with your great height?!" As Usagi was quite a bit shorter than her brother, and in fact the shortest person her age in the house, both smiled at that comment.
"Sooo, how have you been these last few months?" Whipping out a pad and paper from subspace, Usagi wrote her reply. {Fine! I can actually hit the target in archery now! How have you been? No injuries?} "No, not really. Tell you what, I have to go help the others get settled, so I'll come back and introduce you to them in a little while okay?" Seeing his sister's disappointment, he smiled at her and gave her another quick hug. "Hey, come on Bunny Rabbit, I'll be here for at least a few months! We'll have time to get together and catch up later, okay?" Cheering up a little, Usagi nodded. Giving him a last goodbye hug, she watched him walk out the door and down the hall. Ooohhh well, I guess that he's right, we'll talk later. I better get ready for a long wait though, they'll be a while settling in. Getting comfy in a large chair, Usagi took her own advice.