Hi guys. This is the last chapter of Nadia.
Percy: Damn.
Me: What?
Percy: Nothing.
Me: Alright then. Anyway, guess what? I'm thinking about doing a story based of the episode from Criminal Minds called Fisher King.
Percy: Hey, maybe you and the others won't screw this one up like you did with the last one.
Me: Shut up. But yeah, me and the other people in the studio won't screw this story up. Okay, now, the last chapter to Nadia is here. Read it!
Hours. That's how long Lilly has been standing outside of the cave. She had given up sleep after hearing her mother screaming as if she were in a horror film. What was the deal with that, anyway? She was just confused. So she occupied herself with a spider making it's web in the tree next to her.
"Lilly?"
Lilly turned to see her best friend walking towards her.
"Hey Thalia."
She said boredly, (is that a word?). Thalia walked up to her.
"Hey, you okay?"
Lilly sighed.
"Not really. I'm about to be a big sister to a creature that cant even take care of itself."
Thalia laughed.
"Y'know, I felt the same wday you are right now too. When my twin brothers were born. But don't worry, you'll be a great big sister."
Lilly started to walk away.
"She's still nervous?"
Thalia turned to see Lilly's father standing behind her.
"Yeah."
"I'lll go talk to her."
Diego said before walking off to find his daughter.
…
Lilly walked through the woods, deep in thought when she heard rustling in the bushes. She stoped and turned ot see what was in the bush.
"Hello?"
Diego stepped out of the bushes and walked over to his daughter.
"Sorry I scared you."
Lilly shrugged it off and went back to walking.
"Lilly, I wanna talk to you."
Lilly grunted in disgust.
"Sure you do. what's there to talk about? How much of a disgrace I am to you and Mom? How you replaced me?"
"Lilly. You were never a disgrace to me and your mother. You were the best thing that we could ever ask for."
Diego tried to say to his daughter, but Lilly wasn't listening. She just turned her back on her father.
"Lilly, I remember the day you were born. You were so tiny. I didn't want to hold you for fear that I would accidentally crush or hurt you."
Lilly turned back around to look ar her father.
"Really?"
She asked. Diego nodded.
"Yup. You were as small as… well you were small enghou to stand in my paw."
Diego opened his paw to show Lilly how small she was.
"Was I really that small?"
Diego nodded again.
"Lilly, do you know what your nome means?"
Lilly shook her head.
"No. why?"
"It means flower. Innocent, and beauty. That's why me and your mother picked that name for you."
Lilly sighed.
"What if you change your mind when you see the new baby? The nwhat?"
Diego smiled and hugged Lilly tightly.
"Then I'll love you both."
Lilly leaned into her father's chest and rested there for a few minutes.
"GUYS! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
They heard Ellie shout.
"Over here!"
Diego called back. Sooon, Ellie came in to view with a sad face. The tow sabers ran up to her.
"Ellie, what happen?"
"Are the cubs and Shira alright?"
The two asked. Ellie just looked at them. Her plan was working perfectly.
"I'm so sorry."
Ellie started fake crying.
"They're… they're…"
She sniffed. The looks on Diego and Lilly's faces was priceless.
"ALIVE!"
ELLIE SHOUTED. THE TWO SABERS JUMPED BACK IN SURPRISE.
"What?"
Diego asked. Ellie smiled.
"Yes. Shira and the baby are perfectly fine. C'mon. shira's been asking for the both of you."
Ellie said as she started to walk back to the cave.
…
When they got there, they saw Manny standing outside of the cave.
"Congratulations Diego."
Manny stepped aside to allow Diego and Lilly into the cave to see the rest of their family. They found Shira lying on her side with her back facing them.
"Hey guys."
Shira whispered.
"Hey Mom."
Lilly said as she walked oer and nuzzled her. Diego walked over to them and smiled.
"I'm proud of you Kitty."
"Thanks. And don't call me Kitty, or you'll never see your other child."
Diego gulped.
"Okay, okay. I'll stop calling you Kitty."
Shira smiled triumphantly.
"That's more like it. Now you may see your child."
Shira said before rolling over onto her other side. Her paw was covering something on her stomach. A few minutes past before Shira lifted her paw away to reveal a tiny white kitten. Lilly looked at it.
"Mom. it's so tiny."
Shira chuckled.
"You were this small once."
"Can I touch it?"
Lilly asked. Shira just chuckled and nodded. Lilly smiled and started to slowly touch the tiny kitten. When she finally did touch the baby's fur, the kitten flinched and pressed itself to shira's fur. Lilly pulled back in surprise.
"What happen?"
Diego and Shira smiled.
"It just got scared. That's all."
Diego explained. Lilly looked at her father.
"Why would it be scared? I'm it's sister."
"Yes Lilly. But it's just a baby. You're a giant compared to it."
Lilly looked back down at the tiny kitten.
"Oh."
Was all she could say as she looked on at the tiny kitten.
"Mom, why is her fur all white?"
Lilly asked. Diego looked at his mate, wondering the same as well.
"She has albinism. That's where she has no color pigments. Her eyes will be red, and she'll have a tinge of blue in her fur when she gets a little older."
Shira explained.
"How did it happen?"
Lilly asked.
"Nobody knows what happens Lilly. It just does."
Diego explained to his daughter.
"Oh. Now can I try to touch her?"
Lilly asked. Shira nodded and Lilly touched the kitten again. This time, the kitten didn't flinch. Lilly touched the baby's tail.
"Her tail is so tiny."
She then touched the kitten's ears. The baby didn't respond. Lilly then slowly flipped the kitten onto her back and looked at it. The kitten mewed in protest. Shira looked at her daughter.
"Lilly, don't do that. She doesn't like that."
Lillly looked at her mother.
"Why?"
She asked.
"It makes her feel uncomfortable. She doesn't know what's going on. Turn her back around."
Shira said calmly. But to Lilly, this was the start of hatred. She looked at the little white fur ball as it tried desperately to right herself up.
"Yeah. Yeah I'll turn her around."
Lilly said slowly as she started to turn her baby sister around. The kitten purred and buried her tiny head into her mother fur. Lilly just looked at it. Then she turned and walked out of the cave. Diego and Shira looked at their oldest daughter in confusion. Lilly walked into the woods.
"They hate me. I just know it. Why did I have to be borm?"
Lilly asked to no one in particular.
"Maybe I should just kill myself. Yeah. That's what I'll do. then my parents only have one child to take care of."
Lilly started walking to a nearby cliff. She stood at the very adge, ready to throw herself over the before she could, a gush of wind pushed her back.
"What the-"
"What on Olympus are you doing!? You could've killed yourself!"
Lilly looked around, but didn't see anything.
"Who the heck's out there!? Show yourself!"
Lilly shouted.
"Gee TigerLilly. No need to get angry. It's just me and my siblings."
Three forms appeared in front of Lilly. They were three saber cubs. A white one, a black one, and a gray one. They all looked adorable.
"Remember us Lilly?"
The white one asked. Lilly nodded.
"You're the Future and Past Ghosts, right?"
The white ghosts nodded.
"Yup. That's us. And we know why you're trying to kill yo8urself. You believe your mother and father hate you. Well, we're here to tell you otherwise."
The white Ghost said.
"Don't you think we help people too much?"
The back ghost whispered to the white one. The white one shoved her sister.
"Shut it. Or ill have Hades put you in the Fields of Puunishment."
Then she turned back to Lilly.
"Anyway, come with us, and we'll show you how special you really are."
The Future Ghost said. The three ghosts circled around Lilly, surrounding her in a vortex of invisibility. Then drifted up towards the sun. lilly had to cover her eyes for a few seconds as they went through the white light. When they came out of the white light, they were in a different surrounding. They were in the same cave they had seen Shira and a tiny Lilly a few weeks ago in.
"This the same cave you were born in."
The white ghost said. Lilly looked at the cave. She saw her mother and Ellia. Then she turned her attention to the outside of the cave. She saw her father pacing.
"What if the cub dies?"
She saw her uncle Manny trying to comfort her father.
"Don't worry buddy. Shira's a strong girl. She'll be just fine."
"she might be strong. But what if the baby's not. What do you have to say for that?"
Her father said to Manny. Manny just looked at his friend.
"Shira wont let the baby die."
The mammoth said. Just then, Ellie walked out of the cave with a huge smile on her face. She walked right up to Diego.
"Diego, you're a father. You may go see Shira if you want."
Diego looked at her.
"If I want? What kind of a question is that? Of course I want to go see her."
He said, almost pushing Ellie out of the way. The four ghosts floated after Diego inside the cave. When they got there, they saw Shira lying on a soft bed of grass and leaves.
"See you made a little nest for yourself."
Diego said coming up to his mate. Shira smiled at him.
"Yeah well, babies do fall a lot."
Shira said.
"So, where's our creation?"
He asked. Shira chuckled. Then she placed her muzzle in between her forelegs and started licking something.
"Come and meet your father."
She said as softly as she could. She lifted a tiny orange and white ball and placed it in Diego's paws.
"This is our daughter."
Diego looked at his new daughter and smiled. then he turned back to his mate.
"We did it Shira. We created another life."
Diego said as he started to cry a tear drop landed on the cub's nose and she patted her father's large paw. As if to say don't cry Daddy. Shira couldn't help but smile at her mate and daughter.
"Awww. I think she's saying don't cry."
Diego then realized what he was doing and wiped the tears away and pushed his daughter away.
"I was not crying. And I certainly wasn't holding a tiny furball."
Diego said, turning away and crossing his arms. Shira laughed and looked at her mate.
"Diego, we're not in a saber pack anymore. Ya don't have to worry about others laughing at you."
Diego thought for a minute. Then he turned to his daughter. He leaned really close to her face.
"I an a remorseless assassin."
The kitten mewed and swatted at her father's nose.
"And you're my daughter."
He said more calmly. Then he lifted the kitten and flipped her on her back and buried his nose into the fur on her stomach.
"And I love you more then life."
Lilly looked at the ghost.
"is this what really happened?"
The Future Ghost nodded.
"Yup. If it didn't happen, then we can't go back to it. So this really happened. They loved you from the minute they heard you mewing. They even loved you before you started kicking."
Lilly's eyes widen.
"Really?"
The ghost nodded and took Lilly's hand and they started going into a white light. Then they came out the other end, they found Lilly's father and mother. But this time, her mother's stomach was rounded. The female saber was rubbing her stomach.
"There there little one. You'll be out soon. I promise."
Lilly looked at the ghost with a sad look on her face.
"They really loved me. And I just ran away. Gods, I'm the worst child ever."
Lilly started to cry. The ghosts stood there awkwardly. Then they pulled Lilly to the bright light again. Now, in the present, they found Lilly's parents standing near the same cliff that Lilly had planned to throw herself from. They were looking at a body. Her body. Her mother was crying her eyes out as she held on to her body really tightly.
"We couldn't save the body. Sorry Lilly."
The white ghost said simply. Lilly frowned. The black ghost floated over to the other ghosts and they started talking in hushed whispers. As they did so, Lilly looked at her parents. Her father was trying to comfort her mother, who was just about ready to throw herself off the cliff to join her daughter. They weren't even paying attention to her baby sister, who was crying for warmth and food. She felt a paw on her shoulder.
"Ready to go back?"
Lilly looked at the ghost.
"How can I go back? I'm dead."
The white ghost sighed.
"I know. Do you realized how much your mother and father loved you? You cause them great pain when you jumped off the cliff. They're not even paying any attention to you little sister."
The ghost pointed over to the two sabers and their dead daughter. Lilly started to cry herself.
"I never said for this to happen. I wasn't thinking."
Lilly cried. The nshe turned to all three of the ghosts.
"Is there anything that I could do to reverse this?"
The black ghost nodded.
"We could bring you back from the dead, but ti comes with a price."
Lilly lifted her head.
"Just say it."
The white ghost turned to Lilly.
"The twins. They will want you as their own. You must fight them off as long as you can."
Lilly nodded.
"Yes. I'll do it. Anything for my mother and father."
The three ghosts nodded and started to prepare for the resurrection. The Ghost of What's for Lunch Tomorrow floated over to her.
"You'll be having deer tomorrow. I'll follow you as you grow up and telling you what's for lunch the next day."
He said. The two other ghosts floated over to her.
"We'll be following ya as well. But nobody must know that we're around. You can talk to us when you feel lonely. 'Ka kid?"
Lilly nodded. The black ghost floated over to her.
"We'll see you soon, okay?"
Lilly nodded again.
"Thank you guys. You've made me see more clearly."
Lilly gave them all a hug, well, but best hug a ghost can give to another
ghost. The white ghost started pushing Lilly away.
"Yeah whatever Kid. Look, there's your way back to the living."
Lilly smiled and started floating towards the white light. Just as she was about to enter, se turned to look at her ghostly friends one last time, but the y were gone. She sighed and turned back around and floated into the light. Soon she was surrounded in darkness. The next thing she new, was that she was coughing, gasping for air. Her fother and father were on top of her in a flash.
"Mom, Dad."
She said weakly. Shira hugged her daughter so tight, that if she were hugging a glass dish, the glass dish would brake.
"My TigerLilly. You're alive."
"It's a miracle…"
She heard her father say through tears. When she turned her head, she saw her father crying into the fur of a really confused and scared saber cub. Then he set the cub on Lilly's stomach. The cub crawled to the softest part on her stomach and curled up into a ball.
"Hey Squirt, nock it off."
Diego had a flashback of when he was in that same position his daughter was in right now. He chuckled and pulled uis daughters close. Her mother was still crying. So Diego decided that he should give Lilly her prize now.
"Lilly, we didn't name the baby. You don't you name it."
Lilly's eyes widen in surprise.
"You want me to name the baby?"
Diego nodded. Lilly thought for a minute.
"Nadia. It means hope."
At that name, Shira shot her head in Lilly's direction.
"That's a wonderful name."
Shira said with not even a single trace that she was crying.
"Weren't you just crying Mom?"
Lilly asked her mother. Shira blinked.
"Oh, yeah. Right."
Then she went back to crying again. Diego and Lilly looked at her.
"Okay then. C'mon Lilly. Lets go home."
Diego said as he put Lilly on his back. Then he picked up Nadia up by the scruff and they headed back home. Shira looked up from her paws and watched as her family leaving her.
"Hey! Wait up! Guys! GUYS!"
She shouted as she ran off to catch her family.
"And so ends the tale of how Lilly deals with her baby sister."
Future Ghost said to her sister and brother. They nodded.
"Let's go home."
And the three floated off, with a promise to look after Lilly no matter what.
Okay guys. That's it. I'm done. Thank you to all the people that reviewed. You guys are the motivation from my laziness. I have a new story in mind that I'm thinking about doing. I think it should be called 'Nadia One-Shots'. Just look out of it. Okay, that's it. I have to go save a saber from a Demigod. Peace off readers. Money100 sayin' 'till next time y'all. :)