The Gathering of the Gods
Side Story 7- Light and Darkness
"Sylvia, give me back Mr. Huggy Bear!" Duo whined, tears stinging at the edge of his pale violet eyes as he chased after the older girl who was currently trying her hardest to rip the toy limb from limb. He did his best to pursue the long-legged girl of 8, his stubby five-year-old legs not helping in the slightest. Finally, too tired to continue chase, the small brunette collapsed onto the floor in tears, his childish wails ringing throughout the church.
Smirking, Sylvia knelt down beside Duo, placing the head of his stuffed animal in his chubby palm and dropping the remaining torso beside him. Duo let his gaze fall to his palm, and couldn't help but shriek louder. She hurt Mr. Huggy Bear! She, she ripped off his head!
"You're so mean Sylvia!" He cried out loudly, his voice echoing throughout the building as the giggling girl raced out of the room.
"Duo, why are you crying?" Duo looked up at the speaker, and tried his best to smile.
"Mr. Huggy Bear's head got ripped off."
"Who did this?" Duo gave no response, refusing to rat out Sylvia even though he wished to so badly. The woman sighed, yet offered the child a smile.
"Well, how about I get Mr. Huggy Bear all sewed up while you get ready for bed?" Duo nodded, climbing to his feet and presenting the remains of the bear to the woman. Sister Helen gave him another smile and then patted his bum to get him moving. Giving the woman a toothy grin, the boy scampered off in the direction of the bedrooms.
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"And then they rode off into the sunset and lived happily ever after, the end." Sage giggled, clapping his hands together in happiness.
"Mommy, read me another!" He exclaimed, giggling as he curled up closer to the blonde. Relena smiled, giving the boy a soft kiss on his forehead.
"Sage, honey, I think it's about your bedtime." The blonde pouted, his hands resting on his hips. "Sage, no pouting, you really should get to bed."
"But it's not like I have a long day ahead of me or anything. I don't go anywhere or do nothing." He mumbled unhappily. "And I get scared…. I dun like the dark mommy…." He muttered, trying to hold the tears that threatened to shed at bay. Relena sighed. The boy was right, like always.
"I…. Oh, all right, one more story. But this time, I choose." Sage giggled, throwing his hands up so that he could wrap them around the woman's neck.
"Thank you so much mommy!" He exclaimed, giving her a wet kiss on her cheek as he curled up into her arms. "All right, this time we're going to read a story about a little mermaid who was never allowed to leave the sea to see humans."
"Like me?" Sage questioned, earning himself a smile.
"Exactly like you."
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Many, many years prior….
"You damn bitch! What the hell made you think that you could do this to me! To all of us!" The blonde man screamed, his fists clenched, his teeth grinding together in anger. The woman didn't respond, instead content to keep her eyes on the scared man that was trying to escape through the doorway without gaining the infuriated man's attention. "How could you cheat on me? How could you be such a dumb, stupid bitch that'll open her legs to anything! The boy's needed you, I needed you, and now you did this! How, how?" he demanded, his voice trailing off into sobs that he tried his best to repress.
She shrugged. "I was bored." She replied, her amber eyes showing that she could care less about the emotional turmoil her husband was going through.
"B-bored? You cheated because you were BORED?" He screamed, madness flaring in his normally calm and serene violet eyes. His hand trembled as he reached into his pocket, pulling a short, slender blade from its prison. With an angered cry, he plunged it into the woman's chest, watching the crimson liquid trail down her naked chest to the blanket around her waist, staining the white linen red.
The blade slipped from the man's grip as he looked on in horror at what he had done. "How…. How could I have done this?" He screamed, his eyes glued to the slumped over figure before him. Slowly he fell to his knees, his hand grasping the blade's handle. "I'm so sorry boys…" He cried as he plunged the blade into his own chest, unaware of the two sets of deep violet eyes watching his every movement.
"Daddy? Mommy?" They questioned, their small arms wrapped around each other in fear. Why weren't mommy and daddy moving? Why was there so much red stuff around them?
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When the twins are aged 15…
At the same time, in two different places spanning vast miles apart, two boys, same only in eye color, awoke from their sleep, each panting in fear from an unexplainable nightmare. A nightmare in which they had a twin and no parents. A nightmare that seemed oddly familiar. Too familiar.
End of Side Story 7….
A/N: Damn that took me a long time…. Heh…. I'm really sorry, really. Maybe I had a revelation or something and will now start writing. Most likely not because I've tried a bazillion times to write the next actual chapter and have, like, a page… Anyways, I'm really sorry, and if this chapter confused you, I'm also sorry, I'm just really tired and have school tomorrow, gag… And I wrote this in like, 30 minutes. Which may be why it's short. I don't know. Well, enough rambling. Bye till next year most likely… heh…. *Sweatdrop*
~Angel