Okay, I am about to either make a bunch of people really happy with me, or even more really mad. First of all, my stories Moonlight and Flurries are going to be removed from the site for awhile. Now, before you yell, there is a good reason behind this. I am starting a novel! It's called Returned Souls (duh, you opened it as Returned Souls), and it is strictly Aurikku, starting years after the end of the game and ending nine months after the end of the game. Confused? Don't be. It starts with one resolve and ends with another, and Moonlight and Flurries will become chapters. All righty, here it is. Returned Souls.
*Disclaimer* People won't leave my pom-pom alone! At the last pep-band game they tried to pull it out of my ponytail! And it's the only thing I own!
Returned Souls
No. Her mind spun in endless agony. Why? Why did he leave me? Why did he have to go before I could tell him…before I could tell him he would be a father? Why, when we were so happy? She sank to her knees on the harsh Zanarkand ground and cried.
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"Mommy? Mommy wake up!" Rikku rolled over in bed. "Mommy! There's a lady here looking for you!" She peeled her eyes open to see the swirling russets of her son, Jonathan.
"MOMMY!!!!" She bolted from her bed and ran toward the sound of Chris's voice. Not my sons. Take anything but my boys. They're all I have left.
"Hello, Rikku." A gentle voice whispered as she raced into her living room. Rikku turned swiftly to see her other twin balanced on the knee of a familiar woman she hadn't seen in the longest of times.
"Yunie!" she ran to her cousin and wrapped her arms around her, then turned to her five-year olds. "Boys, what did I tell you about letting people you didn't know into the house? She could have been a fiend in disguise!" She placed her hands on her hips, attempting to be a stricter parent.
"But, Mommy, she seemed really nice and she asked all prettily if she could see you and and…" Chris was absolutely adorable when he pouted like that. For love of the gods, Rikku thought. How can I say one looks more adorable than the other when they're twins? Tysh. Her mind flashed to the man her boys got those big brown eyes from. Auron… She shook her head. Five years and I'm still not over him.
"Mommy?" this time Jonathan decided to speak.
"Rikku, they have their daddy's eyes…" Yuna trailed off as both boys jumped up.
"Daddy!" they exclaimed at once. "You knew daddy? Mommy who is she?"
Rikku stared at the floor guiltily, thinking of all the things she hadn't told them. "Yunie is my cousin, boys," she said, kneeling on the floor. "She is the Grand Maestress. I was on her pilgrimage with her five years ago as her guardian. Your daddy was a guardian with me. He…he…" She collapsed against Yuna's leg sobbing. A moment later she felt her sons crawl into her lap, hugging her as best as they could.
"Mommy, don't cwy," Chris whispered.
"Yeah, don't cwy," Jonathan agreed. Rikku sat up and dried her tears with the back of her bare hand. She looked at her sons, Auron's sons, and the memory of the Moonflow returned to her…
Well, how was the first chapter? More to come soon! I happen to enjoy this stuff. It's is a way for me to release my hyper energy without rambling pointlessly like in The Result of Two Authors. Until next time!
J Rikku (: