*Alcon's POV*
/I wonder why Novi's having the same dream lately,/ I thought as I saw Novi nap on the sofa. /It might be because Reb's Anniversary is coming up, or maybe something's troubling her deeply./
"Sup' Alcon," An all-too familiar voice said as I looked behind me to see a young man that had shaggy ebony hair with a violet fringe, green-yellow eyes, light-colored skin, and he was wearing a dark violet armor that was cloaked by the shadow in which he was standing in.
"Starblast, what are you doing here?" I snarled at him as his famous evil grin appeared on his face.
"Oh, nothing really," He said as he inspected his claws. "Just looking for the runaways."
"You mean-" I started.
"Yeah, they escaped, again."
"I'll let you go this time," I said. "Just make sure they get home safely."
"Yeah, yeah, I'll bring them back before they cause any severe damage." He said as he vanished as mysteriously as he had appeared.
/I hope you do./
*?'s POV, somewhere else*
"Shadow," I whispered as he continued to look out from our temporary shelter. "What's out there?"
"It's a pair of wolves," He said. "But they're not coming towards us, it's very odd."
/Maybe they're friendly,/ I thought as I cautiously walked out towards the pair, one, a silvery-white, the other a deep black.
"Hello, wolves," I started as they stared intently at me.
"HIKARI," I heard Shadow whisper from the shelter. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
"Hello." A voice said as I jumped a little.
"W-who said that?" I said as Shadow ran in front of me in a defensive position.
"It's alright." Another voice said as one of the wolves turned into a teenage boy with silvery-white hair, mocha-colored skin, and sapphire-colored eyes. The other turned into a younger girl that had deep-black hair, fair skin, and light blue eyes.
"Who're you?" Shadow asked the pair.
"I'm Sol," The boy said.
"And I'm Luna, his imouto." The girl said.
"I'm Hikari, but you can call me Kari," I said. "And he's Kage, but I call him Shadow." I finished as I pointed to my brother.
/Kari, be careful./ Kage said telepathically.
/Why?/
/We can't trust anyone here,/ He said. /You never know who would want our power for themselves./
/Okay, fine,/ I said. /But what do we do now, Kage? We can't go back, you know that./
Shadow sighed.
/Fine,/
/Fine what?/
/Let's see if they could maybe take us in./
/Really?/
Kage gave me that look that only a sibling would understand. [P.S. "It's alright with me"]
/YATA!/ I said almost breaking the telepathic bond.
/Hey, what did I tell you about yelling while we talk telepathically?/
/Gomen ne, Nii-san./
/It's alright, big sis./ He said.
"So," I heard the girl, Luna, start. "Are you two lost or something?"
"Well, sort of." I said.
"You both look like you've been here for days," Luna said. "Why don't you come with us until we find your parents."
Shadow and I looked at each other, his golden eyes staring into my scarlet-colored ones.
"You really want to help us?" I asked as the both nodded.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Kage asked as a grin appeared on his face.
*Later, somewhere else...[Kage's POV]*
"Hikari and Kage, hm?" Lisa said as her light brown eyes stared at me and my sister.
"Those are such nice names," Her twin sister, Lise stated. "I wonder how your parents came up with those!"
Hikari looked at the ground.
"What's wrong?" Selena, another girl, asked Hikari as she looked back up.
"Nothing, it's just," Kari said as she took in a deep breath. "We never actually knew our parents, and all we've been told is that when we were very young, our mother vanished mysteriously, and when our father found out of her disappearance, he set out to find her. It's been about 10 years or so, and everybody started to say that he abandoned us, and all sorts of other rumors that we knew, in our heart, weren't true. But, not too long ago, Kage said that we should at least try to find him, so we could prove that he didn't abandon us, so we could prove that all the rumors were myths-"
"So we could be a family again." I said as I felt everyone's attention turn to me.
"Exactly," Kari said as a light smile appeared on her face. "And we're not giving up, right?"
"Yeah," I said as I felt my lips form into a small smile. "Not until we're together again."
"Guys," We heard Serena, another girl, say. "Pizza's ready!"
"PIZZA!" The group of girls squealed as they ran towards another part of the house.
"Oi, Kage," Kari said when we were alone. "Do you think we can preform that shape-shifting spell again?"
"Why? Sensei Silver said that we'd never be able to do it."
"But we at least have to try, Shadow," Kari said. "Remember what our uncle used to say?"
"That to never give up?" I asked, not really sure if that's what it was.
"Exactly," She said as her eyes changed into that familiar golden color that I knew so well.
"Fine," I said as we held our hands together. "Let's do this."