Chapter 34 – Naming the Clone
*Back to Amitie's POV as normal*
Wow! We actually have a clone on our side! I can't believe Raffina was able to pull it off. Then again, she was always convincing enough when it came to people doing what she says.
Or is that controlling? I'm not sure.
But one thing did come to mind after all that. something I never really knew about Raffina. Despite knowing her since we were younger (and back when she hated my guts).
"Hey, Raffina. Since when were you able to speak French?" I asked.
"What are you talking about, Amitie? I…" Raffina stopped for a bit and took a quick glance at her clone. "I mean, we were always able to speak French. We are part French, after all."
"Wait, really?! You're part French?!"
"Oui oui. Tellement tellement." Raffina responded in French. Leaving the rest of us confused on what she said.
"She basically said yes." Her clone said.
"Oh. Thanks for that…Raffina?" I sounded unsure.
"Oh, right. We have two Raffinas now." Lidelle said. "Telling them apart is going to be rather difficult."
"Why not just name the other one?" Ribbon asked.
"Good idea, Ribbon." Adeleine said. "But to what, though?"
"What did the other Amitie called you when you were created?" Raffina asked her clone. "You know, besides the insults."
"Well…" The clone thought about it. "…I remember at one point calling me Soul Raffina. Probably the only nice thing she called me."
"Soul Raffina?" Raffina facepalmed. "Well, Amitie. If there's one thing you and your clone have in common is that you're both lazy thinkers."
"Hey!" I got insulted.
"Well, what should my new name be?" The clone asked.
"Hold on. Let me think about it." Raffina really did think about it. For a good while, too. But in the end…
"Gah! I can't think of one! Why is this so hard?!"
Who's the lazy thinker, now?
"How about Raina?"
"Raina?" We all asked as we turned to Rei, the person who suggested the name.
"It means "Strong, Peaceful Queen" in French."
"Oh, yeah. It does." Raffina said.
"You know French?" Yu asked her brother.
"Only a little."
"Huh." I guess Yu never knew that about Rei.
"So what do you think?" Raffina asked her clone.
"Raina…sounds like a nice name. And similar to yours, Sis. Alright! I'll take it! Just call me Raina! Oh, Da-Ti-La!"
"Well, that's great." Raffina said. "Only one more thing. That laugh…"
"What about it?"
"It's "La-Ti-Da". Not "Da-Ti-La"."
"Really? Cause I like "Da-Ti-La" better."
"How is it better?"
"I dunno. It just does."
Both Raffina and Raina looked at each other with mild looks of confusion on their faces.
"Well, whatever." Raffina said.
"Yeah. Whatever." Raina said.
"Oh, La-Ti-Da!"
"Oh, Da-Ti-La!"
These two really are similar. Almost like twins.
"Look, are we done with this?" Flamberge asked. "It's getting cold out here and I'm not getting a thing that's happening!"
"What a surprise…" Adeleine and Marx said.
"I heard that!"
"So this is the entrance to…what was this place called again?" I asked.
"Radish Ruins." Bandana-Dee wrote on his board. "It's another area in the Mirror World. Mostly a temple of sorts."
"The Mirror World, huh?"
There might be a chance I might run into him again. But I'll just have to deal with it when it happens.
"You okay, Amitie?" Arle asked me.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's get going. It really is starting to get cold."
As some of us started going through the mirror, I felt Adeleine tap on my shoulder and I turned to face her.
"Hey, Amitie. What does "La-Ti-Da" mean?" She asked.
"I…don't know."
"Huh?"
"We've known Raffina since we were kids. And yet, we have no idea." Lidelle added.
"And…she says that a lot?"
"Yep." I said.
"Pretty much everyday." Lidelle said.
"I see." Adeleine eventually let the whole thing go and we joined the others in the Mirror World. Having no idea what to expect in our second visit to this other world.
I can only hope it won't be as bad as the first…
AUTHOR'S NOTE: A short and simple chapter this time. As the last few were quite long. Plus, I wanted to give Soul Raffina an actual name. Next chapter the true treck through Radish Ruins begins. Thanks for reading. Later.
