Author's Note: Don't have much to say. Sorry.

"talking"

'thinking'

"Have you ever thought of your family Arty?"

"Sometimes, but I try not to."

"Why not?"

"…It's no use trying to find memories you've lost."

Time Skip

For the next 2 years Advent and Lilith took care of Artemis as if she was their own daughter. They furnished the house and kept it clean and well cared for. Artemis was still a little clumsy from only being able to see through her right eye, but she managed. She just needed to be more careful when going down the stairs. And Advent, being the busy-body spirit that he is, had to leave the little family frequently to check on the time space continuum or whatever, making Lilith take care of Artemis.

Early Morning

"Haaaah…" Lilith sighed as she stretched her arms, "Man, I haven't slept like that in a long time," Lilith rubbed her eyes, "What time's it?" She looked outside to see a gray sky, "Holy crap…it's early," Lilith scratched her back, "What do I have to do today?" Lilith wondered as she walked downstairs, "Need to make breakfast, clean up the place, buy more clothespins, get some twine or rope to hang the clothes, need to get some seeds for the garden, and what else………OH SNAP! I almost forgot! I gotta get Arty ready for school! AAAH! I need to get school supplies and-" It was then Lilith saw a note on the table,

Lilith,

Don't worry about the school supplies; I already bought some the other day. And remember to take Artemis to Iselia and register her into the class, and make sure to feed her and pack her a healthy and nutritious lunch. I got a lunch box for Artemis' lunches while you were still asleep, so don't worry about anything for now.

Advent

"That guy does think of everything…" Lilith was slightly freaked out, and then she shook her head, "Gotta make breakfast and pack a lunch." Lilith turned on the stove and lubed the pan for pancakes, then she made the batter and poured some in the pan and while they were cooking she took an apple, some peanut butter and sliced bread out and checked on the pancakes and flipped them over and after a while, Lilith had a two stacks of pancakes, a tall one for herself and a smaller one for Artemis. Then she took out a paper bag and placed the apple, the finished sandwich and a juice box inside. Lilith stood back and marveled at her work, "I'm going to be the most awesome mom ever."

A soft pitter patter sound came from the stairs, and then a chain of muffled thumps and finally finishing with a large crash; Artemis had woken up, "Good morning Aunt Lilith," she said as she came down wearing a black shirt, grey shorts, black sandals (1), and a large throbbing bump on her head.

"Morning Arty, did you remember to brush your teeth?" Lilith asked while gently rubbing the bump.

"…" Artemis blinked, ran upstairs and the faucet turned on.

"Hehe, she's so cute."

After a short while Artemis came running back down the stairs.

"Good girl," Lilith patted the girl's head, "Now it's time for breakfast!" Lilith place Artemis on a chair and got out some syrup, "Here you go sweetie," Lilith poured a moderate amount of syrup on Artemis's pancake stack and a large amount on her own. The two bowed their heads.

"Thank you for the meal," and they began eating.

About half and hour later

"Geez Arty, you sure wake up early," Lilith said while she was washing the dishes, "We still have a few hours before school starts."

"Aunt Lilith?" Arty asked.

"Yeah?"

"How come Uncle Advent isn't here?"

"Well, he's really busy right now, you know his job takes him everywhere." Lilith explained, 'Yeah, that's good, let's go with that.'

"I miss him."

Lilith sighed, "I do too Art, I do too," Lilith dried her hands and stroked Artemis's hair. "But, let's forget about that for now, it's time to get you ready for school."

"I'm scared Aunt Lilith," Artemis was tugging the hem of her shirt.

"Why?" Lilith picked up Artemis and placed the young girl on her lap.

"What if they make fun of me or don't like me?"

"Oh come on Arty, you're a lovable little girl, I'd want to be friends with you."

"Will you be there?" Artemis looked hopeful.

"No, I'm sorry, I'm going to be really busy today, but I'll be waiting outside the school when the day's over to pick you up."

"…I guess that's better than nothing."

"That's the spirit!"Lilith shouted, "All right time to get to school!"

At the school

"Hello? Anyone here?" Lilith asked as she reached the school house.

"Yes?" A woman with silver-white hair walked up to the ex-demon.

"Uh, is the teacher here?" Lilith asked.

"I am her. My name is Raine Sage," Raine held out her hand.

"Oh, my name's Lilith…Era," she shook the woman's hand, 'Eh? Her aura…a half elf?' "Is it okay if I register my um, niece into this school?"

"Niece? What happened to her parents? If I may ask?"

'Uh…uh…make and excuse, MAKE AN EXCUSE!' "…Her parents were killed in a desian raid, my husband and I found her before she was attacked." 'EEEEWWW! I can't believe I actually called him that!'

"Oh, I see," Raine seemed downcast, 'If she knew…what would she think?'

"So um, can I register her here?" Lilith asked, "I'm kind of in a hurry, and I'm sure Artemis is eager to meet the other students."

"Oh, of course, this way," Raine led Lilith to her desk, "Artemis why don't you go play with the other children? I think you might find someone that has a lot in common with you."

Artemis fidgeted.

"It's okay Arty," Lilith patted said girl's head, "If anyone asks about your eye, just politely tell them that…it's a secret, okay?"

"…okay…" Artemis mumbled and she went outside.

Inside classroom

"Something's wrong with her eye?" Raine asked.

Lilith nodded, "She's blind in her left eye, and she was afraid that the other kids might make fun of her because of it."

"I see, now about registering her, I'll need you to sign these papers."

'…papers? NO! NOT PAPERS!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!' "Okay, sure," Lilith said through gritted teeth.

"Are you alright?" Raine asked.

"Just fine!" Lilith replied, 'You are SO dead Advent.'

Outside

Artemis looked around nervously, 'Where are all the other students?' Then she spotted a young boy with spiky brown hair. He seemed to be alone; the boy sat in the shade of a tree and was drawing something in the dirt. Taking a deep breath, Artemis anxiously walked over and said, "Hello."

The boy flinched and looked up at Artemis, "Hi!" the boy said, perking up.

"Um," Artemis pulled at the hem of her shirt, "I-is it okay if I sit here?"

"Why do you ask?"

"I-I'm new here at the village and I d-don't r-really know anyone, and you were the first kid I saw so…" Artemis stuttered as she stared at the ground.

"Okay."

Artemis looked up, "Huh?"

"You can sit here, I was getting bored being by myself," the boy explained, "and I'm new here too."

"O-oh, um well, it's nice to meet you," Artemis held out her hand, "I'm Artemis Era, what's your name?"

"Lloyd Irving, it's nice to meet you too Artemis," Lloyd took her hand and shook it,

"Hey, can I ask you something?"

"W-what?"

"How come your eye's covered?"

"U-um, it's a secret."

"Really? Now I really want to know," Lloyd looked closer at Artemis.

"U-uh, I-I don't like talking about it," Artemis mumbled.

"Come on, tell me please?" Lloyd was grinning.

"…just promise you won't make fun of me 'kay?" Artemis moved the hair covering her left eye and showed that it was clouded.

"Cool!" Lloyd exclaimed, "But what's wrong with it?"

"My aunt told me that it's blind."

"What's that?"

"I think it means that you can't see."

"So you can't see out of that eye?"

Artemis shook her head.

"How come you cover it?"

"Because people might make fun of me."

"Why would they make fun of you?"

"'cause I trip a lot and sometimes I can't tell if I'm going to bump into something or someone."

"That's a stupid reason," Lloyd huffed and crossed his arms, "Well, I'll never make fun of you, and I think that eye's pretty cool, you shouldn't hide it."

"Really?" Artemis had a small smile on her face.

"Yep!" then Lloyd blinked and pulled out the sides of Artemis's face.

"Ah!" Artemis was surprised.

"You should smile bigger, it's better than a small smile," Lloyd grinned, "Do this!" he let go of Artemis's cheeks. The young girl rubbed her face before trying to grin like Lloyd.

"L-like this?" Artemis grinned slightly.

"Bigger!"

"H-how about this?" Artemis's grin was almost identical to Lloyd's.

"Yeah! Like that!" Lloyd laughed.

"Hehe," Artemis smiled, but this time, it was big.

End Chapter 4

Author's Note: Aw, sibling fluff. And I probably didn't even have Lloyd in character. –sits in emo corner-

1: Think Lloyd's shoes when he was just a little kid.