Sylvia
Sunny: here is our fic of the Slayers.
Ramon: And Slayers does not belong to us
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Chapter 10
The day of the Spring festival has finally arrived. A festival that celebrates the first days of spring, with lots of entertainment, food, and especially family fun. Every one in Seilune attends to go to the festival, except one person. Zelgadiss Greywords.
Zelgadiss watches from the window of is room the entire view of the festival, it is still early in the morning but a lot people are already arriving there. Zel watched the happy people walking to the festival and even watched a father and a mother walking hand to hand with their son, Zel pictured how it would if it was him, Amelia and Sylvia. Zelgadiss isn't the type of person who like to be around other people, not only because of the fact that he is a chimera, but because of the fact that he is a lonely man, very lonely, until the day he assemble with Lina and her friends, he stared to feel his loneliness fading away and Amelia was the one person who made him feel more alive in the world, in the beginning she didn't trusted him but after they shared so many adventure they have created an powerful connection, very similar to Lina's and Gourry's. Ever since Lina talked about the festival he wanted to have some time with his family and friends, which could be a surprise to anyone who knows Zelgadiss, but he decided not to go because of a simple fact. Amelia.
Because of what Zel has made her endure, she has been avoiding talking to him, and Zel knows that if he goes to the festival she will avoid him even more and Zel doesn't want that at all.
Suddenly a knock is heard on Zel's door. Zel open it and saw his daughter.
"Hi Rocky!" greeted Sylvia and enters the room of his father. "Are you ready to go to the festival?"
Zel closed the door, and turned his back on his daughter. "I'm not going."
"What? Why?"
"I can not go."
"Why?"
"Because I can not."
"Why?"
Why must she ask so many questions? Thought Zelgadiss "Look Sylvia I can not go and that is that!" said Zel in a serious voice.
"Oh Please Rocky, come with me to the festival!" begged Sylvia with one of her sad faces, the faces that she knows that always can convince Rocky…….Zelgadiss to do what she wants. That is why Zel has his back on her.
"Don't insist, young lady!" Zel kept his back on her, trying to ignore her the best he could, not even trying to listen to her sobs.
Even if Sylvia is a child she is smart enough to understand that her sad face rotting isn't working, so it's time for plan B. "Alright then." Said Sylvia in a firm voice "I command you by the order of the Seilune Royal family to accompany me to the festival!"
Zel finally looks down to Sylvia, with his eyes wide open. "What? B-but…………."
"Right Now!!!"
Zel sighed in defeat. "Alright …… I'll do it……" Why can I never win in an argument with her? Zel thought to himself.
Before Zel could think of anything else, Sylvia grabs his hand and stated to walk to out the room. "Come on Rocky!"
"Alright, Alright!"
But before they could leave, Sylvia stops. "Hey Rocky, do you think I can go as a Rocky too?" said Sylvia as she turned into a Rocky…….I mean, into a Chimera with a cheerful smile on her face.
"NO!!" Zel responded it immediately. "Go normally."
"Well…..alright." said Sylvia unhappily and returned back to normal.
"Say……Sylvia………."
"Yes Rocky?"
Zel always wanted to ask this to Sylvia, but he was afraid that Sylvia might end up discovering things by her self but it is a risk that Zel must take now. He is too curious to know. "Do you……know who your father is?"
Sylvia looked down, with sad eyes, this time real sad eyes. "No……"
"Oh……..and your mother never speaks of him?"
"No………she says that he is a good man." Sylvia said with a proudly smile in this last word.
Zel smiled, looks like there is still hope for him. Even if he was gone these last five years, Amelia always said something about him to his daughter, which means that Amelia didn't entirely detested him all the time that he was gone. So he still can have a chance with Amelia. "Well let's go then."
And the two of them walked down the hall, and Sylvia never let go of his hand. "Aunt Lina was right. If I ordered Rocky to go, he will go." Sylvia Thought.
Zel stopped on his tracks "Just one more thing, Sylvia."
"What is it Rocky?"
"It is just……STOP CALLING ME ROCKY!!!"
"But I like calling you Rocky."
"I already told you I don't like to be called that way. So for the last time, call me Zel!"
"Rocky."
"Please Sylvia, it is not so difficult to say. Zel!"
"Rocky Rocky Rocky Rocky!"
"Zel."
"RockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRocky RockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRockyRocky!"
Zel sighed, it is just like talking to a wall. "Let's just get going then."
"Ok." Sylvia grabbed Zel hand and start walking again.
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Amelia was already is the door of the Seylune palace with her friends and her father, they are just waiting for Sylvia. In the last five years Amelia started to enjoy the Spring festivals with all the funs, all the games and the theatres plays that they do for children, it is the only times in her life that she forgets what Zelgadiss has done to her, it is not that she regrets about having Sylvia, not at all, she just regrets that she never could have the family that she wished so much. And now it is obvious that she will never have it. Amelia doesn't even know if she will enjoy the festival this year with Zelgadiss around.
"Damn it, where is that darn kid?" asked a very inpatient Lina.
"Easy now Lina." Begged Gourry who was caring little Maia.
"I sure would like to know why we must wake up so early in the morning?" complained Xellos.
"Stop your complaining, you Parasite!" demanded Filia, who was caring little Val.
"Leave me alone Lizard lips!"
"WHAT!?!?"
"Please you two, no fighting." Said Sylphiel who just putted herself between Filia and Xellos, because she still remembers what happen the last festival.
"Indeed, this is supposed to be a feast! Let's have fun" laughed Prince Phillionel.
"But what's keeping Sylvia so long?" asked Amelia.
"Mommy, Mommy!" called Sylvia who was walking with Zelgadiss. Amelia gasped. This mean that Zelgadiss will also be attending the festival, this made Amelia more nervous.
Phillionel pointed treacherous glares at Zelgadiss who was ignoring the Prince of Seilune. But Zel noticed that all his friends were smiling at him. "What are you guys smiling about?"
"We already knew that you were coming to the festival." Answered Lina who was already walking with Gourry and Maia.
Zel just look at them strangely.
Sylvia giggled.
"Well………we better get going before those three start eating all the food they find." Suggested Amelia, trying to avoid eye contact with Zelgadiss.
"Come on Rocky." Said Sylvia, holding Zel by the hand and running to her mother. "Wait Mommy!" Sylvia grabbed Amelia with her remaining hand, and start walking holding the two of them, and humming happily.
Booth Amelia and Zel looked at each other with a blush, then turn their looks away, but Zel could not stop smiling, this guy is sure starting to smile too much. As for Amelia she look at the scene that it is happening, here they are, Zelgadiss and herself walking hand to hand with their daughter like real parents. Secretly, Amelia put on a small smile on her face.
Sylphiel put a big smile on her face, felling the tears of joy coming out, felling happy to see that Zel and Amelia are starting to get along.
"Yurk. This is the most disgusting thing I ever saw in my life!" spited Xellos.
"Shut up Xellos!!!!" demanded Filia.
Unknown to every one of them that they are being secretly spied by the two mysterious figures.
"Well Babe?" asked the mysterious man who was holding his little white dog. "When are we going to kill that Zel-Zel……you know, the Rock-Face guy?"
"Calm down!" said the mysterious woman. "Let's just see how things will work out on the festival. If things remain has they are, you may kill Zelgadiss."
The mysterious man let out an evil smirk.
"Now come along before someone sees us." Said the mysterious woman who was starting to walk.
The mysterious man was about to follow the mysterious woman when he took one last look at the Slayers gang, his vision was sharp at the red head girl who he hates so much. The mysterious man let out a sinister chuckle. "I never expected to see you so soon……Lina Inverse."
To be continued……
Ramon: in the next chapter, the gang is having a good time in the festival.
Sunny: and maybe…………just maybe………..we will put on some romantic and comical stuff