Chapter Three
I opened my eyes again only for them to be stung by the pinpricking cold snow that blazed about my body. Trying with all my might, I squinted upward towards Sephiroth who was ahead of me as I dredged through the waist deep snow. He waded through the snow like it was water. He didn't even take notice of the stinging cold and snow that whipped around his figure, his expression upon his face appeared colder than that of the snow. All the while, I was bent over like an elderly individual, facing the blizzard's burning cold. My arms and legs had gone numb about an hour ago, my face felt raw from the wind and unfriendly chill. I had tried to keep the snow off me with my bedding blankets, but to avail. I was tired, cold and since I was so arrogant towards Sephiroth's offerings of food, I was also starving. I wasn't about to admit any of this to Sephiroth, the last thing I wanted to see was a smug, conceited look from him. Still I trudged onwards against the cold blast behind Sephiroth, who walked as if he was walking through a park.
Man, did he make me mad. But I couldn't care less at the time. I was too weak to dwell on rage. Every step I took was a struggle. It was a hard effort to keep balanced in the snow. My muscles were being so resistant. Even if they were numb, I could still feel the cold bite deeper into them by every minute.
I was falling far behind Sephiroth.
Sooo tired. my mind began to consider a short break. I didn't even notice that I had tripped on myself and was falling side ways until I hit the snow with a soft plop. My eyes were heavy with exhaustion, yet I fought to keep them open.
I could see Sephiroth's dark frame walking farther and farther away. Yet after a few seconds, while on the edge of dispersing into the oblivion of the blizzard, I could see him look back towards me. He treaded back towards me as I fell into the grasps of slumber. Within my mind I could feel warmth surround my soul, I resisted sleep no longer.
I awoke tangled within a bundle of brown and black. Upon awakening, I was confused until I realized that alongside my blanket, the great formal general's large overcoat was wrapped around my frail small body. It was warm, and I could see why the cold didn't affect Sephiroth. I snuggled in it a bit longer before I could hear the cry of a wolf.
It startled me once I sat up. There was a pack of ravenous white wolves with only Sephiroth and his great masamune between their teeth and me. I opened my mouth to say something until it dawned on me that Sephiroth was standing in a guard position. with no shirt on. I sat there gawking at his muscular body with my jaw dropped like an idiot. "Eh?"
He didn't seem to notice my conscienceness, much less my incessant staring. I didn't remember that there were large white wolves snarling a couple yards away, and I was still transfixed on Sephiroth when he killed the last one with ease and grace. He turned back to me and noticed me averting my eyes from him as he approached.
"So you have finally awoken? Can you walk?" Sephiroth's voice made me shiver slightly, despite the fact I was mostly warm.
"I think so." I pushed myself to my feet, a bit shaky. I looked at him again, then at his coat. I pulled it from my back and held it out in front of him so he could take it, feeling the coldness return.
"No, I want you to wear it. I don't want you to faint again, now do I?" He smiled tenderly, gently pushing it back into my arms.
"But you, you're. Er, aren't you cold?" I struggled to point out that he was half-naked, yet failed miserably. He laughed when he figured out why I was pointing to his chest.
"I'll be fine, really. Now let's hurry, if we keep a steady pace we can get there before dark." Sephiroth said before turning towards his destination. I fumbled within his large jacket, tripping more than once. Once again, he came back and helped me up.
"Sorry, it's just your coat thingy is a bit long." I said in embarrassment. He let out a laugh and approached me. I didn't know what he was doing until I was in his arms again. I blushed violently as he began walking again. And I hate to admit it was very appealing. Soon, I had snuggled up to his bare chest and was enjoying the ride.
On and off, I would sleep in his arms as he trudged on. I lost track of time yet when dark came, I could see lights of a village snuggled between two mountain ranges. When I looked upward to Sephiroth's face, his expression seemed blank and empty. Nothing warned us when we were knocked to the ground. Sephiroth was atop of me. His weight forced the breath from my lungs and would have crushed my body had he not put his arms out to keep most of it off me. Sephiroth didn't hesitate to push off the ground, and I could almost swear I saw him blush before he had sharply looked away and toward the fiend that had attacked us.
A Snow strutted five feet away. Before Sephiroth could slash the she-beast, the Snow pounced over and wrapped two delicate looking arms around Sephiroth's face, casting the spell Fascination. I let out a quick laugh, 'there is NO way that's going to effect the great Sephiroth. Eh? Great? What am I talking about?! Uh, oh. What is he doing?' I began to think as I watched his stance change. Instead of in full battle mode, Sephiroth had went to a casual posture and took a slow step forward. My jaw went slack when I saw how easily he could be manipulated by the Fascination spell. 'I ought to learn that spell myself, then I'd be able to control him! What?! Quit think this nonsense and stop that Snow!' My mind screamed at me. I heaved a groan and stood up, dropping Sephiroth's coat from my shoulders and into the snow.
"Hey! Quit you skank and get lost!" I screamed at the Snow. She didn't take any notice of me and continued her charm on Sephiroth. I growled and looked around for something to use. My eyes caught sight of Sephiroth's materia. "I could use it, if only I could get it off him...."
I tried my first approach to his materia while the snow was busy wiggling her hips for him. I tried to unclasp a mastered fire from Sephiroth's belt, yet I could get it to pop out. The Snow noticed my plan and sent a blizzard- like attack at me, chilling me thoroughly. While I was occupied with the pain of the cold, the Snow darted up to me with a quick jab with her fist, sending me skidding on the snow a few feet. I sat up, trying to recover, and felt my lip. It was bleeding. The Snow went prancing back towards Sephiroth, now rubbing herself against the captivated man and stroking him. I yelled at the Snow, though she didn't listen. "HEY! GET OFF OF HIM NOW! HOW DARE YOU!"
Daggers were now in my eyes as I stood up again. I looked around on the ground until I saw what I was looking for. I grabbed a large stone, almost as big as a baseball, and chucked it at her. The rock collided square into her face, as I sprinted back to getting the materia out of Sephiroth's belt. The Snow had fallen to the ground and was now getting up on her feet again. She wiped the blood from her once beautiful features of her face and glowered at me fiercely. She prepared to cast her blizzard spell again, yet I unclasped the Materia just in time.
"FIRE 2!" I shouted, using my magic power to cast the spell upon the sluttish Snow. She shrieked a bloodcurdling scream and fell unto the snow, most likely unconscious. I found another stone, much larger than the first and ran over to greet her body with it. I pummeled her head and body repetitively with the rock until the Snow's blue blood stained the diameter of her body. I was screaming at her body the whole time. "So you like hitting REAL pretty women, huh?! Damn SKANK! Might I suggest you visit Don Corneo, you whore!"
I could hear uncontrollable laughter from behind me. I dropped the rock, it falling unto the corpse of the Snow, and turned to see Sephiroth rolling unto the ground in laughter. He tried to regain his cool and wiped away his tears of laughter. "Ohhh! Heheh, that was great! You, little miss 'I'm innocent,' beating the Snow bloody from jealousy!"
"I- I wasn't jealous! She hit me!" I detested. Sephiroth came over, still sniggering, and took his materia back from my possession and attacked it back to his belt.
"Come now, you wouldn't beat her to death for just hitting you." Sephiroth said.
"I had to stop her from charming your little mind! Idiot!" I screamed at him in anger.
"I wasn't under her spell, I put on the little act just to see how you'd react. I didn't expect you to be so protective." Sephiroth told her. "I could have ended the whole thing with a sweep of my sword if it got too out of control."
"You are lying!" I claimed ignorantly.
"I never lie." He said smoothly.
"...... I bet you were enjoying it though." I stated, turning away from him. He laughed again.
"Nah, besides, I'd rather have a real woman instead of monster." He told me. I looked at him suspiciously.
"Don't get ANY ideas!" I told him. 'Is that why he kidnapped me?!'
"Ha! Don't worry, you're not a real woman, only a cetra child." He laughed. I glared at him obnoxiously. We began to continue on. Sephiroth teasing me the whole way to the Icicle Village.
"'Hey, get off of him!' Oh, little cetra, I didn't know you cared!" He said mockingly.
"Shut up!" I barked. I was glad when we came to the village. Yet, my happiness faded back into despair when the Innkeepers at the few inns there told us that they were booked for the week from skiers and snowboarders.
"I-It's just that time of the year. Y-You have to book your reservation five days in advance, we're quite sorry." They all told us nervously, they all knew what Sephiroth looked like and my traveling cohort matched him right on the mark.
"Oh smart and great kidnapper, what are we going to do now, Sephiroth?" I asked with anger and sarcasm dripping from every word. He didn't answer. We walked through the town aimlessly until we were in front of an old house. Sephiroth looked at it as if he was studying it. I at first didn't notice it until I turned around and saw him staring at it. A man was walking down the street and Sephiroth went over to question him.
"Is there anyone living in that house?" Sephiroth demanded. The man was startled to see the great general before him now. He shook his head in response.
"There hasn't been a soul in there since the scientist and his strange wife were taken into custody almost twenty-two years ago. It was boarded up by Shinra, Inc." He told Sephiroth, not as nervously as the innkeepers. Sephiroth came back to me and the man went back to his own things.
"Soooooo, what are we going to do?" I asked. He pointed at the house he had been inspecting.
"We're going to stay here for the night." Sephiroth told me.
"Well it's better than nothing." I muttered as I followed him to the front door. I was stunned when he kicked down the door. "Uh, ever heard of the door knob?"
"I'll fix it later." He told me as we entered the house. He picked up the door while I looked around. The entrance was full of machines and computers, it looked like a lab. However, the power was down and it was dark inside. Sephiroth had replaced the door and walked past me into the middle of the room. "Stay here, I'm going into the cellar to turn the power back on."
"Uh, be-" I immediately stopped myself. I was just about to tell him to be careful. 'Nope, not me! As if I'm going to give him the pleasure of my worry! Ha! I couldn't care less if he was eaten by one of those Marlboros.' He was staring at me while I was busy with my internal discussion, and I noticed. "What?"
"You were saying something?" He asked with a sharp smile coming to his lips. "Maybe, 'be careful?' perhaps?"
"As if! Now get out of my sight, before I gag at the thought of you." I told him embarrassed, turning away so that he didn't notice my blushing cheeks. I listened to him let out a conceited chuckle as he went into the other room in search of the basement door. I went back to looking around at the various buttons and equipment. A door across the room from the entrance stood leading into the kitchen, most likely covered with sheet after sheet of dust. I poked around a bit longer until the power came on. The lights above all shot on, one after another, a few short-circuiting as well, but giving just enough light needed throughout the house. The machinery began turning on with the beeping of starting back up. Computer lights flashed and screens lit up. I watched it all while leaning on a sturdy oak desk in the middle of the room.
"Well, I wonder what all these things are for." Sephiroth asked aloud, startling me. He had stepped up right behind me while I was distracted with the computers and machines and made me jump when he spoke. He was good at doing that, and he always had a smug grin from the results he had. He ran a finger in a circle on the table, marking the dusty area with cleanliness. "There are several bedrooms downstairs. Go pick one and see if you can fix it up for yourself tonight."
"Fine!" I retorted and walked out of the room into the hall to where he left for the power. I followed the hall, stopping next to a window and looking out unto the snow covered ground. 'I could easily escape.'
"I wouldn't if I were you." He yelled from the room I came from. I sighed in anger and continued on towards the stairs. When I reached the bottom I was in a living area of sorts. There was an old TV, couch, entertainment items and such. It surprised me that no one had stolen anything. I found the master bedroom and decided to steal it from any of Sephiroth's choices. "Everything's so dusty. I'll have to wash these in order to sleep on them."
I remembered passing a laundry room near the bathroom so I stripped the bedding and brought it to the laundry room, hoping that the washer and dryer still worked. Luckily they did, even after twenty years of no use. While I waited for them to finish, I dusted off the furniture in the master bedroom. I looked over the many items and pictures in the room. In many of the pictures there was a middle aged blonde woman with blonde hair and a beautiful brunette that almost resembled me. It gave me an odd and mysterious familiar feeling when I looked at them, almost as if I knew them from somewhere. However, I shrugged the thought of that off and went back to cleaning. Within an hour, I had them washed and dried and back on the bed. Sephiroth came in to check on me without a word.
"Yes? What do you want?" I asked him in a serious tone as he stared at me. "The couple that lived here before must have been nice. These pictures show that they were very happy, and they had a baby girl. I wonder what happened to them? Sephiroth? What's wrong?"
Sephiroth was staring at me with an almost solemn look and had I noticed it. Worry was beginning to creep into my mind. He opened his mouth to say something but closed it again. The former general inhaled slightly and tried again. "These people... T-they were your parents. You were that baby girl."
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I opened my eyes again only for them to be stung by the pinpricking cold snow that blazed about my body. Trying with all my might, I squinted upward towards Sephiroth who was ahead of me as I dredged through the waist deep snow. He waded through the snow like it was water. He didn't even take notice of the stinging cold and snow that whipped around his figure, his expression upon his face appeared colder than that of the snow. All the while, I was bent over like an elderly individual, facing the blizzard's burning cold. My arms and legs had gone numb about an hour ago, my face felt raw from the wind and unfriendly chill. I had tried to keep the snow off me with my bedding blankets, but to avail. I was tired, cold and since I was so arrogant towards Sephiroth's offerings of food, I was also starving. I wasn't about to admit any of this to Sephiroth, the last thing I wanted to see was a smug, conceited look from him. Still I trudged onwards against the cold blast behind Sephiroth, who walked as if he was walking through a park.
Man, did he make me mad. But I couldn't care less at the time. I was too weak to dwell on rage. Every step I took was a struggle. It was a hard effort to keep balanced in the snow. My muscles were being so resistant. Even if they were numb, I could still feel the cold bite deeper into them by every minute.
I was falling far behind Sephiroth.
Sooo tired. my mind began to consider a short break. I didn't even notice that I had tripped on myself and was falling side ways until I hit the snow with a soft plop. My eyes were heavy with exhaustion, yet I fought to keep them open.
I could see Sephiroth's dark frame walking farther and farther away. Yet after a few seconds, while on the edge of dispersing into the oblivion of the blizzard, I could see him look back towards me. He treaded back towards me as I fell into the grasps of slumber. Within my mind I could feel warmth surround my soul, I resisted sleep no longer.
I awoke tangled within a bundle of brown and black. Upon awakening, I was confused until I realized that alongside my blanket, the great formal general's large overcoat was wrapped around my frail small body. It was warm, and I could see why the cold didn't affect Sephiroth. I snuggled in it a bit longer before I could hear the cry of a wolf.
It startled me once I sat up. There was a pack of ravenous white wolves with only Sephiroth and his great masamune between their teeth and me. I opened my mouth to say something until it dawned on me that Sephiroth was standing in a guard position. with no shirt on. I sat there gawking at his muscular body with my jaw dropped like an idiot. "Eh?"
He didn't seem to notice my conscienceness, much less my incessant staring. I didn't remember that there were large white wolves snarling a couple yards away, and I was still transfixed on Sephiroth when he killed the last one with ease and grace. He turned back to me and noticed me averting my eyes from him as he approached.
"So you have finally awoken? Can you walk?" Sephiroth's voice made me shiver slightly, despite the fact I was mostly warm.
"I think so." I pushed myself to my feet, a bit shaky. I looked at him again, then at his coat. I pulled it from my back and held it out in front of him so he could take it, feeling the coldness return.
"No, I want you to wear it. I don't want you to faint again, now do I?" He smiled tenderly, gently pushing it back into my arms.
"But you, you're. Er, aren't you cold?" I struggled to point out that he was half-naked, yet failed miserably. He laughed when he figured out why I was pointing to his chest.
"I'll be fine, really. Now let's hurry, if we keep a steady pace we can get there before dark." Sephiroth said before turning towards his destination. I fumbled within his large jacket, tripping more than once. Once again, he came back and helped me up.
"Sorry, it's just your coat thingy is a bit long." I said in embarrassment. He let out a laugh and approached me. I didn't know what he was doing until I was in his arms again. I blushed violently as he began walking again. And I hate to admit it was very appealing. Soon, I had snuggled up to his bare chest and was enjoying the ride.
On and off, I would sleep in his arms as he trudged on. I lost track of time yet when dark came, I could see lights of a village snuggled between two mountain ranges. When I looked upward to Sephiroth's face, his expression seemed blank and empty. Nothing warned us when we were knocked to the ground. Sephiroth was atop of me. His weight forced the breath from my lungs and would have crushed my body had he not put his arms out to keep most of it off me. Sephiroth didn't hesitate to push off the ground, and I could almost swear I saw him blush before he had sharply looked away and toward the fiend that had attacked us.
A Snow strutted five feet away. Before Sephiroth could slash the she-beast, the Snow pounced over and wrapped two delicate looking arms around Sephiroth's face, casting the spell Fascination. I let out a quick laugh, 'there is NO way that's going to effect the great Sephiroth. Eh? Great? What am I talking about?! Uh, oh. What is he doing?' I began to think as I watched his stance change. Instead of in full battle mode, Sephiroth had went to a casual posture and took a slow step forward. My jaw went slack when I saw how easily he could be manipulated by the Fascination spell. 'I ought to learn that spell myself, then I'd be able to control him! What?! Quit think this nonsense and stop that Snow!' My mind screamed at me. I heaved a groan and stood up, dropping Sephiroth's coat from my shoulders and into the snow.
"Hey! Quit you skank and get lost!" I screamed at the Snow. She didn't take any notice of me and continued her charm on Sephiroth. I growled and looked around for something to use. My eyes caught sight of Sephiroth's materia. "I could use it, if only I could get it off him...."
I tried my first approach to his materia while the snow was busy wiggling her hips for him. I tried to unclasp a mastered fire from Sephiroth's belt, yet I could get it to pop out. The Snow noticed my plan and sent a blizzard- like attack at me, chilling me thoroughly. While I was occupied with the pain of the cold, the Snow darted up to me with a quick jab with her fist, sending me skidding on the snow a few feet. I sat up, trying to recover, and felt my lip. It was bleeding. The Snow went prancing back towards Sephiroth, now rubbing herself against the captivated man and stroking him. I yelled at the Snow, though she didn't listen. "HEY! GET OFF OF HIM NOW! HOW DARE YOU!"
Daggers were now in my eyes as I stood up again. I looked around on the ground until I saw what I was looking for. I grabbed a large stone, almost as big as a baseball, and chucked it at her. The rock collided square into her face, as I sprinted back to getting the materia out of Sephiroth's belt. The Snow had fallen to the ground and was now getting up on her feet again. She wiped the blood from her once beautiful features of her face and glowered at me fiercely. She prepared to cast her blizzard spell again, yet I unclasped the Materia just in time.
"FIRE 2!" I shouted, using my magic power to cast the spell upon the sluttish Snow. She shrieked a bloodcurdling scream and fell unto the snow, most likely unconscious. I found another stone, much larger than the first and ran over to greet her body with it. I pummeled her head and body repetitively with the rock until the Snow's blue blood stained the diameter of her body. I was screaming at her body the whole time. "So you like hitting REAL pretty women, huh?! Damn SKANK! Might I suggest you visit Don Corneo, you whore!"
I could hear uncontrollable laughter from behind me. I dropped the rock, it falling unto the corpse of the Snow, and turned to see Sephiroth rolling unto the ground in laughter. He tried to regain his cool and wiped away his tears of laughter. "Ohhh! Heheh, that was great! You, little miss 'I'm innocent,' beating the Snow bloody from jealousy!"
"I- I wasn't jealous! She hit me!" I detested. Sephiroth came over, still sniggering, and took his materia back from my possession and attacked it back to his belt.
"Come now, you wouldn't beat her to death for just hitting you." Sephiroth said.
"I had to stop her from charming your little mind! Idiot!" I screamed at him in anger.
"I wasn't under her spell, I put on the little act just to see how you'd react. I didn't expect you to be so protective." Sephiroth told her. "I could have ended the whole thing with a sweep of my sword if it got too out of control."
"You are lying!" I claimed ignorantly.
"I never lie." He said smoothly.
"...... I bet you were enjoying it though." I stated, turning away from him. He laughed again.
"Nah, besides, I'd rather have a real woman instead of monster." He told me. I looked at him suspiciously.
"Don't get ANY ideas!" I told him. 'Is that why he kidnapped me?!'
"Ha! Don't worry, you're not a real woman, only a cetra child." He laughed. I glared at him obnoxiously. We began to continue on. Sephiroth teasing me the whole way to the Icicle Village.
"'Hey, get off of him!' Oh, little cetra, I didn't know you cared!" He said mockingly.
"Shut up!" I barked. I was glad when we came to the village. Yet, my happiness faded back into despair when the Innkeepers at the few inns there told us that they were booked for the week from skiers and snowboarders.
"I-It's just that time of the year. Y-You have to book your reservation five days in advance, we're quite sorry." They all told us nervously, they all knew what Sephiroth looked like and my traveling cohort matched him right on the mark.
"Oh smart and great kidnapper, what are we going to do now, Sephiroth?" I asked with anger and sarcasm dripping from every word. He didn't answer. We walked through the town aimlessly until we were in front of an old house. Sephiroth looked at it as if he was studying it. I at first didn't notice it until I turned around and saw him staring at it. A man was walking down the street and Sephiroth went over to question him.
"Is there anyone living in that house?" Sephiroth demanded. The man was startled to see the great general before him now. He shook his head in response.
"There hasn't been a soul in there since the scientist and his strange wife were taken into custody almost twenty-two years ago. It was boarded up by Shinra, Inc." He told Sephiroth, not as nervously as the innkeepers. Sephiroth came back to me and the man went back to his own things.
"Soooooo, what are we going to do?" I asked. He pointed at the house he had been inspecting.
"We're going to stay here for the night." Sephiroth told me.
"Well it's better than nothing." I muttered as I followed him to the front door. I was stunned when he kicked down the door. "Uh, ever heard of the door knob?"
"I'll fix it later." He told me as we entered the house. He picked up the door while I looked around. The entrance was full of machines and computers, it looked like a lab. However, the power was down and it was dark inside. Sephiroth had replaced the door and walked past me into the middle of the room. "Stay here, I'm going into the cellar to turn the power back on."
"Uh, be-" I immediately stopped myself. I was just about to tell him to be careful. 'Nope, not me! As if I'm going to give him the pleasure of my worry! Ha! I couldn't care less if he was eaten by one of those Marlboros.' He was staring at me while I was busy with my internal discussion, and I noticed. "What?"
"You were saying something?" He asked with a sharp smile coming to his lips. "Maybe, 'be careful?' perhaps?"
"As if! Now get out of my sight, before I gag at the thought of you." I told him embarrassed, turning away so that he didn't notice my blushing cheeks. I listened to him let out a conceited chuckle as he went into the other room in search of the basement door. I went back to looking around at the various buttons and equipment. A door across the room from the entrance stood leading into the kitchen, most likely covered with sheet after sheet of dust. I poked around a bit longer until the power came on. The lights above all shot on, one after another, a few short-circuiting as well, but giving just enough light needed throughout the house. The machinery began turning on with the beeping of starting back up. Computer lights flashed and screens lit up. I watched it all while leaning on a sturdy oak desk in the middle of the room.
"Well, I wonder what all these things are for." Sephiroth asked aloud, startling me. He had stepped up right behind me while I was distracted with the computers and machines and made me jump when he spoke. He was good at doing that, and he always had a smug grin from the results he had. He ran a finger in a circle on the table, marking the dusty area with cleanliness. "There are several bedrooms downstairs. Go pick one and see if you can fix it up for yourself tonight."
"Fine!" I retorted and walked out of the room into the hall to where he left for the power. I followed the hall, stopping next to a window and looking out unto the snow covered ground. 'I could easily escape.'
"I wouldn't if I were you." He yelled from the room I came from. I sighed in anger and continued on towards the stairs. When I reached the bottom I was in a living area of sorts. There was an old TV, couch, entertainment items and such. It surprised me that no one had stolen anything. I found the master bedroom and decided to steal it from any of Sephiroth's choices. "Everything's so dusty. I'll have to wash these in order to sleep on them."
I remembered passing a laundry room near the bathroom so I stripped the bedding and brought it to the laundry room, hoping that the washer and dryer still worked. Luckily they did, even after twenty years of no use. While I waited for them to finish, I dusted off the furniture in the master bedroom. I looked over the many items and pictures in the room. In many of the pictures there was a middle aged blonde woman with blonde hair and a beautiful brunette that almost resembled me. It gave me an odd and mysterious familiar feeling when I looked at them, almost as if I knew them from somewhere. However, I shrugged the thought of that off and went back to cleaning. Within an hour, I had them washed and dried and back on the bed. Sephiroth came in to check on me without a word.
"Yes? What do you want?" I asked him in a serious tone as he stared at me. "The couple that lived here before must have been nice. These pictures show that they were very happy, and they had a baby girl. I wonder what happened to them? Sephiroth? What's wrong?"
Sephiroth was staring at me with an almost solemn look and had I noticed it. Worry was beginning to creep into my mind. He opened his mouth to say something but closed it again. The former general inhaled slightly and tried again. "These people... T-they were your parents. You were that baby girl."
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Author Notes: Hey! Ohhhhhhh! So exciting! I have gotten back to my beloved first fanfic! I'm happy! I have been inspired by... uh, nothing, but I just felt like continuing this. Yay! I will continue it some more! Happiness! Review ten more and the next chapter shall be up. Oh, and go to my web site!
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