Petra: Well, here's the last one. :P
Kati: What?
Petra: :P
Kati: You are a strange woman.
Petra: ^_^ Yep!
DEDICATED: To them, because they were loved
WARNING: Angst and death
DISCLAIMER: See that down there. I don't any of them except for Ruby. She's mine. That's it.
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The Death of Brothers
"The snowflake's . . . delicate, destined to die almost right before it's born. But no matter how many more that one snowflake is replaced by, there will never be one just like the snowflake that just melted." -Nixers; Ghost Story (GW)
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NOTE: Okay, this one actually DOES follow the others so... *motions*
The lone woman was the only person at this funeral. Her golden blonde hair was up in the hairstyle of the royal family of Crystal Tokyo, a style that was becoming exceedingly popular. She appeared to be fifteen, maybe sixteen, and she was wearing a simple black skirt and black tank top in accordance to the hot weather. The priest looked sad that no one else was going to show, as did the girl, but he started. About a minute into his sermon, though, a taxi pulled up and a woman with red hair hopped out, quickly paying the driver before walking hurriedly to the two people watching her.
"I'm terribly sorry I'm late. Please, continue..." she said to the priest, looking at the girl with confusion. The priest smiled gently before starting again, from the beginning, this time without interruptions. The woman, her age around twenty or so, couldn't help but be confused by the presence of the other girl beside her. She had thought that she would be the only one at her two brothers' funeral because of what they had done. In fact, everyone in her family had been strictly forbidden from going and she had had to hide the fact from her mother. She was also surprised at the lack of media around, as this was the type of thing they usually like to show but, oddly enough, there was not a single camera. For a minute she had thought that the girl was a reporter but the tears that quickly came to the other's eyes as the funeral commenced ruled out that idea.
Finally, the funeral ended and the sister of the two men watched as they were set ablaze with silver fire, magic fire that Neo-Queen Serenity had given the people. The sister felt a twinge of pain as she realized that her Queen probably hated her brothers. After all, they had been the ones to lead the Black Moon against the people and the peace the great Queen had fought for. When she was finally able to get her feelings under control she looked up, only find that she was looking into bright blue eyes instead of silver fire.
"I'm sorry for your loss," the teenage girl said. "Sapphire and Diamond were wonderful men."
This being the last thing the woman had thought to hear someone say, especially a teenage girl, she blurted out, "What?"
The teenager gave her a look that was beyond her years and looked at the ground, saying, "It is said that Hitler was the greatest leader we had ever known." The woman, confused by the girl, was about to interject but was never given the chance as the girl continued. "If you think about it, Hitler was the perfect leader. He was a man who made an entire nation follow him into war for no reason other than they wanted to please him." The blonde looked her in the eyes and the older girl felt her mouth stop, whatever she had been about to say dying on her tongue. "If he had been for peace and beauty, think of the things that he could have done. He could have been a wonderful man and a great leader."
The red-haired woman was confused and asked. "What does that have to do with my brothers?"
The teen smiled gently and said, "Your brothers were the same. They were great men that, had they been fighting for something good, would have done much to make this world a better place." The girl looked into the fire and sighed. "They were doing what they believed to be right, and no one can ask for anything more." The teen turned back and asked, "Will you be alright, Maxwell-san? Ruby-san?"
The woman blinked, surprised that the girl had known her name, and then smiled with stiff cheeks. "I will try my best." She wrapped her arms around herself. "I'm the only one that came though. My family disowned them, not that I blame them, I mean they did try to kill everything but…" Ruby trailed off, not able to say what she wanted to say.
"But," the girl continued, "They were wonderful brothers. They were beautiful men. They were good friends." She smiled at Ruby who could only nod wordlessly.
After a few moments in which the two women stared in silence at the fire Ruby turned to the other girl and said, "I need to be getting home."
The teen nodded and Ruby took two steps forward but was stopped by a voice saying, "I'm sorry." Ruby turned around, surprised, to find that the teen was staring at her with tears streaming down her face. "I'm so very sorry."
Ruby wanted to go over and hug the smaller girl but, somehow, it didn't seem right so Ruby asked, "What do you mean?"
"I promised myself long ago that I would protect you and I didn't." The girl was wrapped up in her pain. "God, was it really so long ago? The church and the confessional and that priest…" She looked up and Ruby, so surprised by the look in her eyes, took an involuntary step back. It was not the eyes of a teen that met her own, but those of a person who had seen the world and knew exactly what it meant to play a part in it. "He was a relative of one of your ancestors and I had been watching over you. Jasper Maxwell. I promised him that I would always remember the hope he had given me and now I have failed him."
Ruby stared in confusion as the girl buried her face in her hands. "Miss, Jasper Maxwell is indeed related to me, but it must be the wrong one. The Jasper I'm related two has been dead for almost a thousand years. He's very famous because of his speeches and because of the story he used to tell about the teenage murderer he had once consoled…"
The girl looked up, sorrow written in her entire body. "I was that girl." Ruby's eyes widened and she opened her mouth to tell the girl that it wasn't possible when she continued, "I was only fourteen, maybe fifteen at the time. I'd killed so many youma and men. I was so tired…" She was no longer looking at Ruby, lost in memories of long ago. "I felt so guilty. The 'what ifs' wouldn't leave me be. I just wanted to be free of the guilt and I'd heard Naru talking about a Catholic confession, then I was walking by the church…" She looked at Ruby finally and said, "Do you know what he told me? He told me that he forgave me and, that if he could forgive me, then so could God." She stared at Ruby for a full moment before she walked until she was standing only three inches away from Ruby. Then, gently, she wiped a tear of the girl's face. "I'm sorry for your pain. I tried to prevent it."
"Who are you?" Ruby whispered, barely aware that she was being led to a taxi that had somehow known to stop.
The teen pushed Ruby gently in the taxi and, right before she shut the door, she said, "I'm the one who failed to protect your family… I'm the one who killed your brothers." For a moment, as the girl shut the door, the face wasn't youthful, the hair wasn't gold, and the eyes weren't blue. For a moment, the face was mature and the hair and eyes were silver. Then the taxi drove off and, when Ruby turned around in her seat to catch another glimpse of the girl she now knew was her Queen, the sidewalk and streets were empty.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: For those of you that wish it, DUE TO MY SPORADIC postings, I am offering you, the readers, A MAILING LIST to sign up to. When I finally UPDATE, I will SEND OUT AN EMAIL informing those of you that are on the list that I have finally updated. I need you to EMAIL me, telling that you wish to sign up, and whether it's for ORIGINAL FICTION or FANFICTION. I WILL NOT accept those people that ask to be up on it in a review because I can't be sure that email is real. The mailing list will ALSO OFFER the TITLES of those works that I am posting, the COUPLES (if any) that are in it, which FANDOM it is from, and whether it is a SEQUEL to anything.
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Petra: I like this story.
Kati: I missed you!
Petra: What the hell?
Kati: You were gone for an hour!
Petra: Ah shit...
"I dream of a day when I can open my eyes, and my dreams won't disappear."
-Rose Marie Ledam
~Petra Megami Assari~
*The Gentle Tiger Goddess*
Kati: What?
Petra: :P
Kati: You are a strange woman.
Petra: ^_^ Yep!
DEDICATED: To them, because they were loved
WARNING: Angst and death
DISCLAIMER: See that down there. I don't any of them except for Ruby. She's mine. That's it.
-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._
The Death of Brothers
"The snowflake's . . . delicate, destined to die almost right before it's born. But no matter how many more that one snowflake is replaced by, there will never be one just like the snowflake that just melted." -Nixers; Ghost Story (GW)
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NOTE: Okay, this one actually DOES follow the others so... *motions*
The lone woman was the only person at this funeral. Her golden blonde hair was up in the hairstyle of the royal family of Crystal Tokyo, a style that was becoming exceedingly popular. She appeared to be fifteen, maybe sixteen, and she was wearing a simple black skirt and black tank top in accordance to the hot weather. The priest looked sad that no one else was going to show, as did the girl, but he started. About a minute into his sermon, though, a taxi pulled up and a woman with red hair hopped out, quickly paying the driver before walking hurriedly to the two people watching her.
"I'm terribly sorry I'm late. Please, continue..." she said to the priest, looking at the girl with confusion. The priest smiled gently before starting again, from the beginning, this time without interruptions. The woman, her age around twenty or so, couldn't help but be confused by the presence of the other girl beside her. She had thought that she would be the only one at her two brothers' funeral because of what they had done. In fact, everyone in her family had been strictly forbidden from going and she had had to hide the fact from her mother. She was also surprised at the lack of media around, as this was the type of thing they usually like to show but, oddly enough, there was not a single camera. For a minute she had thought that the girl was a reporter but the tears that quickly came to the other's eyes as the funeral commenced ruled out that idea.
Finally, the funeral ended and the sister of the two men watched as they were set ablaze with silver fire, magic fire that Neo-Queen Serenity had given the people. The sister felt a twinge of pain as she realized that her Queen probably hated her brothers. After all, they had been the ones to lead the Black Moon against the people and the peace the great Queen had fought for. When she was finally able to get her feelings under control she looked up, only find that she was looking into bright blue eyes instead of silver fire.
"I'm sorry for your loss," the teenage girl said. "Sapphire and Diamond were wonderful men."
This being the last thing the woman had thought to hear someone say, especially a teenage girl, she blurted out, "What?"
The teenager gave her a look that was beyond her years and looked at the ground, saying, "It is said that Hitler was the greatest leader we had ever known." The woman, confused by the girl, was about to interject but was never given the chance as the girl continued. "If you think about it, Hitler was the perfect leader. He was a man who made an entire nation follow him into war for no reason other than they wanted to please him." The blonde looked her in the eyes and the older girl felt her mouth stop, whatever she had been about to say dying on her tongue. "If he had been for peace and beauty, think of the things that he could have done. He could have been a wonderful man and a great leader."
The red-haired woman was confused and asked. "What does that have to do with my brothers?"
The teen smiled gently and said, "Your brothers were the same. They were great men that, had they been fighting for something good, would have done much to make this world a better place." The girl looked into the fire and sighed. "They were doing what they believed to be right, and no one can ask for anything more." The teen turned back and asked, "Will you be alright, Maxwell-san? Ruby-san?"
The woman blinked, surprised that the girl had known her name, and then smiled with stiff cheeks. "I will try my best." She wrapped her arms around herself. "I'm the only one that came though. My family disowned them, not that I blame them, I mean they did try to kill everything but…" Ruby trailed off, not able to say what she wanted to say.
"But," the girl continued, "They were wonderful brothers. They were beautiful men. They were good friends." She smiled at Ruby who could only nod wordlessly.
After a few moments in which the two women stared in silence at the fire Ruby turned to the other girl and said, "I need to be getting home."
The teen nodded and Ruby took two steps forward but was stopped by a voice saying, "I'm sorry." Ruby turned around, surprised, to find that the teen was staring at her with tears streaming down her face. "I'm so very sorry."
Ruby wanted to go over and hug the smaller girl but, somehow, it didn't seem right so Ruby asked, "What do you mean?"
"I promised myself long ago that I would protect you and I didn't." The girl was wrapped up in her pain. "God, was it really so long ago? The church and the confessional and that priest…" She looked up and Ruby, so surprised by the look in her eyes, took an involuntary step back. It was not the eyes of a teen that met her own, but those of a person who had seen the world and knew exactly what it meant to play a part in it. "He was a relative of one of your ancestors and I had been watching over you. Jasper Maxwell. I promised him that I would always remember the hope he had given me and now I have failed him."
Ruby stared in confusion as the girl buried her face in her hands. "Miss, Jasper Maxwell is indeed related to me, but it must be the wrong one. The Jasper I'm related two has been dead for almost a thousand years. He's very famous because of his speeches and because of the story he used to tell about the teenage murderer he had once consoled…"
The girl looked up, sorrow written in her entire body. "I was that girl." Ruby's eyes widened and she opened her mouth to tell the girl that it wasn't possible when she continued, "I was only fourteen, maybe fifteen at the time. I'd killed so many youma and men. I was so tired…" She was no longer looking at Ruby, lost in memories of long ago. "I felt so guilty. The 'what ifs' wouldn't leave me be. I just wanted to be free of the guilt and I'd heard Naru talking about a Catholic confession, then I was walking by the church…" She looked at Ruby finally and said, "Do you know what he told me? He told me that he forgave me and, that if he could forgive me, then so could God." She stared at Ruby for a full moment before she walked until she was standing only three inches away from Ruby. Then, gently, she wiped a tear of the girl's face. "I'm sorry for your pain. I tried to prevent it."
"Who are you?" Ruby whispered, barely aware that she was being led to a taxi that had somehow known to stop.
The teen pushed Ruby gently in the taxi and, right before she shut the door, she said, "I'm the one who failed to protect your family… I'm the one who killed your brothers." For a moment, as the girl shut the door, the face wasn't youthful, the hair wasn't gold, and the eyes weren't blue. For a moment, the face was mature and the hair and eyes were silver. Then the taxi drove off and, when Ruby turned around in her seat to catch another glimpse of the girl she now knew was her Queen, the sidewalk and streets were empty.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: For those of you that wish it, DUE TO MY SPORADIC postings, I am offering you, the readers, A MAILING LIST to sign up to. When I finally UPDATE, I will SEND OUT AN EMAIL informing those of you that are on the list that I have finally updated. I need you to EMAIL me, telling that you wish to sign up, and whether it's for ORIGINAL FICTION or FANFICTION. I WILL NOT accept those people that ask to be up on it in a review because I can't be sure that email is real. The mailing list will ALSO OFFER the TITLES of those works that I am posting, the COUPLES (if any) that are in it, which FANDOM it is from, and whether it is a SEQUEL to anything.
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Petra: I like this story.
Kati: I missed you!
Petra: What the hell?
Kati: You were gone for an hour!
Petra: Ah shit...
"I dream of a day when I can open my eyes, and my dreams won't disappear."
-Rose Marie Ledam
~Petra Megami Assari~
*The Gentle Tiger Goddess*