The hidden sibling
Me: wow the second chapter, sorry about the cliffhanger, same disclaimer!
"I can help you solve your problem." The new woman said her face hidden in shadow. Sister Helen let the woman in and helped her take her coat off. " My name is Setuna Mieou." She then quickly shut the door behind her. The woman was soaked to the bone and when she sat in the back pew across the aisle from where Father Maxwell was, her green hair pooled slightly in the seat. Sister Helen looked at the woman hope blossoming in her chocolate brown eyes. The woman started talking her voice kind but an edge to it to get anyone's attention, "By the time Serefina is fifteen she will be the perfect age for piloting a mobile suit and so are the other children I watch over. When she is fifteen I will take her and train her to pilot and she will be able to fight against OZ. By the time Duo is fifteen the male Gundam Doctors will take him in. " The woman tried to smile at the Sister and Father but her smile was stiff and unused. After she left, Sister Helen walked into the children's room and smiled softly at the sweet little girl that seemed to steal people's hearts even when she slept.
"I'm sorry little one but I guess God has your fate planned out and it looks like a hard one at that." Sister Helen whispered as she touched the child's face.
The next morning, the child was quiet and diligent to the prayers that Sister Helen had taught her to say every day and night. Sister Helen watched her from the shadows as she kneeled on her knees in front of a statue of Mother Mary. Her lips moved but no sound came out as she went over the prayer. After a half hour of saying the same pray over and over so as to memorize them she got up and lay down on a front pew and looked at Mary, her eyes fogging over as she tried not to cry. Sister Helen walked up soon after and the little girl closed her eyes to banish the tears that threatened to fall. "Little one, we still need to be introduced. My name is sister Helen and you are now under the roof of the Maxwell Church. The boy that sleeps in the same room as you is Duo; we picked him up from a slum in the city. Do you want to meet other people...?" Her voice trailed off so that the girl could fill in her name.
"My name is Serefina. Okaasan said I need a new last name though." Serefina said her voice strong and defiant. Her Prussian blue eyes changed to a color of dark green as she walked up to Mary and kissed her cheek, her lips cold and tingling from the marble statuette. Sister Helen smiled and went around the church introducing Serefina to people.
As the years passed and Serefina grew older, her mind seemed to let her parents fade and with her parents most of her emotions went with them. Serefina was now twelve and she was a novice in the church. She still went to school but her mind was like the artic, a cold and barren place. The only time she every laughed and was happy is when Duo was around. The time they spent together as they grew up grew into a romance but both were scared and unsure how to proceed.
As the years passed and the two entered their teen years, they began to act more like to kids trying to hide their emotions for each other behind funny jokes and new friends, Sister Helen saw this and so one day as Serefina sat on her knees in the chapel Sister Helen lightly knocked on Duo's door and when she heard a bored tone of enter she entered and looked at Duo who was sitting, leaning back on his chair, a pencil balanced on his nose.
"Hey Sister. What can I do for you?" Duo asked his fingers finding his collar to loosen it. Sister Helen laughed and handed him a note. "These are the things I need from the store. I want you to get these things and hurry there and back." Duo nodded and passed the chapel on his way out to see Serefina praying again her novice habit seeming to be over heating her. "Hey Serefina! Go and change then you and me are goin to the store." His speak slipping into the slang he spoke as a child.
Serefina got up and nodded her green eyes returning to a dark Prussian. 'Her eyes changed again. Which means she is upset…"Duo's thoughts trailed off as he saw Serefina walk out of her room that was next to his. Her black habit was replaced with a dark blue skirt that ended at her knees and a light blue blouse a dark blue vest over that. Her black hair had changed to brown but it was almost black in the summer. Her bangs fell in her eyes as she slipped her shoes on, her eyes staying their cold and barren Prussian color. As they walked to the local market, Duo cracked jokes and made Serefina giggle, her face looking like a fourteen-year-old face of an innocent child, instead of the worn torn child she really was. Earlier that year Duo had told Serefina he loved her and Serefina had told him she had to idea how to react, her mind yelling that she should tell him she loved him too, but the little voice of truth spoke up and reminded her that she was going to become a nun. Duo had smiled somewhat sadly and left her in the chapel. As they walked Serefina tried not to think about how close Duo was to her arm and how his eyes sparkled in the sun. Since Serefina was the better cook of the two, Duo let her pick the veggies and things so as he got the right quality.
"Hey Serefina. You member what I told ya a couple of months ago?" Duo asked his eyes watching the crowd. Serefina looked at him her eyes full of fear.
But she calmed down and said in a quiet tone, the tone she had acquired since she came the church, "Not really Duo. You have told me many things in the last couple of months." Duo looked at her and frowned at her back as looked at some baskets for Sister Helen. Serefina could feel his eyes and her eyes began to well with tears as she picked up a basket paid for it, and placed it in the huge basket they were shopping with. She kept her head down so as Duo wouldn't know she was about to cry. When her emotions were controlled and the evidence of tears was gone from her eyes, she smiled slightly at Duo and headed for the church. Duo followed mulling over his thoughts and trying not to get angry. When they returned Serefina went to the chapel, and Duo headed for the library to read his favorite books, Myths. Serefina walked into the chapel and walked to the front pew and sat down. She then laid down and stared at the marble figure of Mary, something she always seemed to find comfort in when ever her mind was in a huge knot.
As she passed the calendar she had gotten for a birthday, she realized that her fifteenth birthday was coming up. The war was just starting and yet everything on Colony L2 stayed mainly the same.
When the day dawned of her fifteenth birthday, Serefina awoke from her dream with tears on her cheeks. She quickly washed her face and slipped on a clean novice habit. Duo stuck his head in to Serefina's room to find Serefina sitting on the roof outside her window. The wind whipped her hair around and Duo smiled at the sight she made. 'Its like an angel from the mythology…' His thoughts trailed off as Serefina got down and sat at her desk, her brush floating through her hair quickly. Duo smiled and walked up behind her, slipping his arms around her petit waist. Serefina jumped slightly but leaned on Duo as if her body had lost all the strength it had possessed. Duo lightly kissed her cheek and whispered, "Happy Birthday Serefina-chan."
Serefina smiled and got up only to turn in Duo's embrace and give him a real kiss and then she whispered hoarsely, "Thank you Duo-chan." They stood like this for what seemed like ages to them before Duo grabbing her hand and pulling her into the chapel for the big birthday party. Serefina giggled lightly as she sat on a pew. As the day wore on Serefina's mind seemed to be alerting her of a horrible danger but all Serefina could think of was that some one was just worried and she was picking up on it. When the clock struck noon a strange woman came to the church and Sister Helen talked quietly with her.
She then called over Serefina and said in a quiet voice, "Serefina-chan this is Setsuna Mieou. She will help to you to become a Gundam pilot and save the colonies. You need to go and pack your things up because you leave immediately." Sister Helen didn't look Serefina in the eye because if she did she would break down. Serefina hurried to her room and quickly started to stuff habits and things of the like in to a suitcase.
"Don't bring any habits with you, just bring normal clothes…the place I'm taking you will not need habits." Setsuna said in a calm voice as she helped Serefina to pack. Serefina nodded quietly and fastened on an onyx cross chocker that Duo had given her on the anniversary of their first date. When she was done, Serefina and Setsuna walked out of the church, the party still going on.
A few days later Duo turned fifteen and the doctors came for him. The two children had been thrown in to the war, each not knowing their roles but each knowing that they had to survive.
The years pasted quickly and as the war ended, Duo had been one of the most known of the 8 Gundam pilots. The first five had been pushed into the spotlight and the last three had been only used in the most difficult of missions.