Majestic Weirdo: ADVENT CHILDREN! Sorry for the long wait. Alli can say is, "Advent Children, lots of homework, and Advent Children." Please enjoy this chapter. The last one may be the next, or in two chapters. I am not sure how quicklyI will get to them. By the year numbers, it refers to conception of Megumi, hence I added the month thing. ADVENT CHILDREN!

Year 5 and 9 Months

"Mommy? Is she going to be ok?"

Haruka flipped the page of the picture book and continued to read. Megumi gave any angry cry and jumped off of her mother's lap. She grabbed the book out of Haruka's hands so that she would have full attention.

"Why is Mama always gone? Why do we always have to come here?"

Haruka reached out to the child, but Megumi backed away.

Haruka was preparing for her answer when Michiru stepped into the room. She gave Megumi a comforting smile. She took the book back from her daughter and began to read exactly where Haruka left off. Her questions seemed to have been temporarily let off as she saw that Michiru was perfectly fine. Megumi didn't notice the bandage around her mother's scalp, for it had been perfectly concealed by the bow she had intentionally worn that day. Haruka glanced at the two and then followed Ami into the interior of the building as she had been beckoned.

Ami didn't bother with her poker face when they entered the private area. Haruka looked nervously as she was led into a room different from the others that she had seen. Ami offered her the chair by the door and took a stack of prints to Haruka.

"This is a sample of her brain tissue when you first called in."

Haruka looked at the small indication on the display. To her low amount of expertise, she could recognize that it was some sort of defect was circled. Haruka was then shown another scan. The amount of the small things in the circle had increased. In the third, she could see that the spot had grown smaller, but there was a strange discoloration around the area where it lingered.

Haruka grew more perplexed as the circled region increased drastically with each san. Ami pointed to the third.

"This is after the second incident. The coloring seems to always appear during the times that she loses motor capabilities."

Ami gave up on the scans as she saw that they were doing nothing for Haruka. Ami took a seat beside her.

"There isn't anything I can do. I've never seen anything like this. I suppose her symptoms would be something like cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy, but this is nothing like that at all. Of course, I'll still be looking, but all I can be sure to do is to relieve any pain she may experience."

Haruka gave Ami a friendly hug as she felt the grief settle in. She wasn't used to such unprofessional gestures, but Ami didn't force her away.

"Thank you for everything, Ami. You have already done so much for us. We can't thank you enough."

Haruka gave Ami a quick squeeze and then helped herself to a box of tissues until she could present herself to her family.

Year 10 and 9 Months

"Mommy."

Haruka looked up from the newspaper. "Isn't it a bit early to be up?"

"It's empty." Megumi extended the content of her palms towards her mother.

The hamster wasn't moving. Haruka folded the paper and set it down on the table.

"Megumi, I'm sorry," Haruka tried in a sympathetic tone.

"Take it away, I don't want it anymore."

Haruka wrapped the girl's hands around her former pet and led her outside to the shed. She rummaged through the gardening tools and supplies until she found a decent box for Fluffy. Haruka slid the dead hamster inside without a word.

"Let's burry him, ok?"

Megumi nodded and accepted the trowel from her mother. She chose a place next to her own white rosebush and dug a deep rectangle in the soft soil. Haruka placed the box in the ground and replaced the dirt over the grave. She placed one of the flowers over the tiny grave.

"Do you have any words for him?"

Megumi shook her head and thought for a moment. "Is Mama going to be empty too?"

Haruka's body jerked at the sudden impact of the question.

"Is she going to be like Fluffy soon?"

"No! Honey, Michiru will always be with us in a way. I know she will-"

Megumi looked up at Haruka's face as she tried to resist the truth. She brushed the dirt from her hands and hugged her mother's waist. Haruka knelt down and grasped the girl. It was a long while before Haruka released her, but she still couldn't find any comforting. Michiru was going to be like fluffy soon, and there was nothing she could do.