Tales of a Legacy

Another little plot bunny. I should dedicate more chapters to the NPCs. There's lots of interesting ideas there. pushes papers labeled 'ChloexElsa', 'WalterxSenel', and 'JayxHarriet' behind back. >.>

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Title: When I Grow Up

Characters/Pairings: Harriet-centric, with some WillxAmelia on the side

Warnings: Spoilers if you don't know Harriet and Will's history.

Harriet sometimes wonders if she'll grow up to be like her mother. To Harriet, Amelia was the best person in the world and the only one who had really cared for her. Harriet has no fond memories of Will and only a few of her grandparents, but has tons of stories about the things her mother did for her.

When Harriet was four, her favorite stuffed animal broke at the seams. Her grandfather, unused to the whims of a child, had tried to throw out the old thing and buy a new one. Her mother salvaged it and had sewn it up so that it was as good as new. Harriet thought her mother could fix anything, and wanted so much to grow up as pretty and kind and strong like her mother, who was never without a smile.

However, Harriet grew up precocious and with a sharp tongue, although around Amelia she tried to act like a perfect lady at all times. She emulated everything Amelia did. Some said she was a momma's girl, and it was probably true.

The worst day of Harriet's life was the day her mother died. Amelia had always been rather weak, but one day her health gave out entirely and she was bedridden and diagnosed with a month to live, if that. Amelia's last words to Harriet were about Will. She talked about how he acted, what he looked like, and where he was now. Harriet could only think that she hated the man, but she listened anyway, because anything mom said Harriet paid close attention to. Amelia talked for hours until it seemed she couldn't talk any more, and shortly after she passed away.

Harriet packed a few belongings and a generous amount of money, and slipped away from her grandparent's mansion that very year. She journeyed to the Legacy, where her father was living. The girl only had one thought on her mind, and that was to say everything her mother should have said to jerk who was supposed to be her father. There was no way the man her mother spoke so fondly of could have existed. There was no way he could have abandoned them and not have been some kind of monster.

But as much as Harriet tries to deny it, Amelia may just have been right about Will. Harriet wants to hate him, but finds that he isn't so bad. Maybe whatever drew Amelia to Will is what's making Harriet's hatred disappear. Maybe she's already like her mother in some ways. Harriet doesn't know for sure if anything she's doing now would make her mother proud, but she remembers that her mother was kind and forgiving, and that she always wanted to be the same. Perhaps for her mother's sake, she should try to make a few pleasant memories of Will.

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Harriet received the title of Momma's Girl!

Not really sure what brought this on. I guess I just felt like writing something not cracky for once. I have to stop writing so late at night.