Disclaimer- I do not own Magical diary Horse hall nor do I make any money off this.
Note- still no idea where it is going, I don't even think that this has a plot. There might be a plot, have no idea.
The time had flown by, to her it felt like she had only just arrived here. But in truth she had been there for nearly 16 years, Sarah could still remember the day when Damien began to walk and when he said his first word. She was happy and Damien was now going to Iris academy, not that he wanted to. It was a fight getting him to go to school, not when he had a mother how could teach him everything. His words. That still didn't stop her from yelling up the stairs, the wards on the room meant that the noise wouldn't wake her youngest. Well her younegst was safe, that didn't mean that Damien was, Sarah had removed the wards at 6am and had been making as much as possible to try and get her eldest up.
"Damien, you have five minutes before I come up there and drag you out of your bed!"
Soft giggling could be heard and Sarah turned her head to the left and spotted her youngest sitting on the stairs with a teddy in her arms, blonde hair was all over the place and a hand was rubbing at her green eyes. Light green duck pyjamas were covered in pen letting Sarah know that Nova was being artist again, Nova loved to draw all over the walls.
"Nova, you should still be in bed princess."
Nova shook her head, she looked more awake now. For an 8 year old she was very serious or as serious as a child could get, but she was still loved all the same.
"Dam-Dam goes to school today, don't want him to go."
Sarah resisted the urge to go 'aww' it was moments like this that showed just how young Nova was, her name hadn't always been Nova. But her old name was part of her old life and Nova had picked the name out herself, not that Sarah minded. Nova suited her far better than her old name, Sarah clenched her fists when she thought about Nova's old family. If she had her way then none of them would be alive but there were rules, rules that said she couldn't commit mass murder or normal people.
"I know princess, I don't want him to go either but he needs to go."
Nova pouted and crossed her arms, Sarah knew that her youngest was sulking. Damien still had not gotten out of bed and if he didn't get up soon he would be late, Sarah knew that he was doing it on purpose. He really did not want to go, with a sigh Sarah grabbed Nova swung her onto her shoulders and began walking up the stairs. Nova giggled and squealed as her mother walked up the stairs.
"Faster, faster!"
Sarah chuckled.
"Not until we get off the stairs little one."
Nova kept a tight hold of her mother and teddy, she didn't want to fall. Not that her mother would let her, she knew that her mother loved her lots and lots. Nova was set down onto the ground and her mother held a finger to her lips, Nova stifled a giggle as Dam-Dam's door was opened quietly. She sneaked in quietly or as quiet as she could be a giggle escaped her and she quickly clamped her hands over her mouth, teddy dropping to the floor as she did so. There was grumbling heard followed by Dam-Dam moving, Nova held her breath she didn't want him waking up just yet. She nearly squealed when she was picked up, her mother grinning at her.
"Ready princess?"
Nova nodded her head, she screamed with laughter as the two of them landed on the bed and Dam-Dam rolled out of the bed landing on the floor. Nova looked over the side of the bed and blinked down at her brother.
"Up! Mama said up, so get up!"
Damien scowled from his position on the floor, it was very clear that he did not like his wake up call.
"You are both..."
"Damien!"
The quick reprimand came from their mother who was still laid on her side, her eyes were open and a scowl pulled at her lips.
"Buttheads."
Nova giggled and edged closer to the edge of the bed, Dam-Dam was being more grumpy than normal. But he was her brother and she didn't like the mornings either, nor did she like bath time. Bath time was evil.
"So you don't want chocolate pancakes for breakfast."
With a put on sigh Sarah got up off the bed and began walking to the door, Nova grabbed hold of her legs and began chanting.
"Pancakes! Pancakes!"
Sarah ruffled Nova's hair.
"Pancakes it is."
Damien sighed and stood up then promptly fell face first onto the bed, he jumped as ice cold hands touched his feet.
"Pancakes, Dam-Dam mama make pancakes."
Nova's eyes were wider than normal as she looked at her older brother and Damien felt his resolve crumble.
"Fine, I am up"
If he stomped down the stairs and he got a frown of his mother and Nova didn't notice then he was fine with that, what he was not fine with was the tight lines around his mother's eyes and mouth. Breakfast was a chaotic affair like it was every morning, Damien and Nova would both fight over the last pancake. They all tensed as they heard the front door opening, Sarah's hands twitched until a deep voice called out.
"Is anyone alive?"
Nova jumped of her chair while screaming.
"Uncle Kaki!"
Two large arms wrapped around Nova and picked her up with ease, Nova placed a sloppy kiss on the green cheek as she began babbling away.
"We got pancakes! With chocolate chips and strawberries, mama had lemon on hers I don't like lemon."
'Kaki' entered the dining room and Damien turned his eyes to the Orc, he was another otherworld creature the same as him and he was wary of him and not just because of the power that was cloaked around him, when he turned up the lines on their mother's face got more pronounced.
"Kavki, nice of you to join us."
Kavki shrugged his large shoulder and sat down on one of the available chairs a cup of coffee was placed in front of him, Sarah turned to Damien and Nova before she spoke.
"Why don't the two of you go and get dressed, we will be seeing Damien off soon."
Damien nodded his head and picked up his sister, he didn't know what they talked about but he knew whatever it was, neither of them would find out.
"Visha sends his love by the way, he also told me to tell you that not seeing you is like a hole in his heart."
Sarah snorted and refilled her cup, she looked at the dining room door.
"That damn vampire has no chance with me and he knows it, I know what men I like and he is not it."
Kavki looked at her, his jet black eyes drilling holes into her.
"There are rumours, rumours about you and the current king."
The grip on the cup began deadly and Sarah's knuckles went white, she knew just what he meant and she did not like it.
"Sarah this is serious, you are leading a rebellion against him. By the spirits more than half of the otherworld supports you, but this rumour has us all worried. He claims that you are his bride, that this fight is just a lovers spat and that you will come to your senses and return to him."
Kavki ducked as the cup that had been in Sarah's hands got launched at the wall. If he had been a lesser man or creature then the magic leaking from her small frame would have terrified him.
"That lying to face bastard! After what he did? After what he tried to do? I would rather be torn apart piece by piece than allow him to touch me."
Kavki felt fear due to the fury that was burning in her eyes, he had always known that there was more to the story that the current king had led others to believe. A diary was thrown at him, the fire in Sarah's eyes had still not died down and the tight leash that she had on her magic was slipping.
"Read that and then tell me what you think and when you're done leave the diary on the table."
The dining room door slammed quickly followed by the front door, Kavki was going to open the diary when he heard a cold voice.
"You really should leave, not only have you upset mother you are not welcome here any more."
Kavki looked at Damien who was stood in the door frame, he knew that Damien was the crown price. Who didn't?
"Oh and why is that?"
Damien took a menacing step forwards and for a moment Kavki saw his father, it was not Damien stood in front of him but Nathaniel.
"Every time you come here you upset mother, you think that I don't know what is going on? Mother told me the truth, she did not want any lies between us. I know I am the crown price, I know that she is not my biological mother. But the fact of the matter is she is still my mother, she was the one that raised me, that tucked me in at night. She was the one who when I got pox didn't eat or sleep in case I got worse, she was the one that healed every wound I got."
Damien was in front of him now and Kavki knew that Damien took after his father, he was fiercely protective over family and would not hesitate to kill anyone that harmed them.
"She may not have birthed me but she is still my mother, so suggest you leave her alone."
Kavki leaned back and looked at Damien, no he wasn't Nathaniel. He was his own person and saying that he was a copy of his father was not right or fair, he was his own person. But that would not make the problem go away, if Kavki could he would keep them all out of it. But it was not up to him, many of the otherworld creatures wanted Damien to rule now. Kavki knew that Damien was not ready for it, not yet at least.
"You truly are your mother's son, no one else would have the balls to stand up to me. I have killed people for lesser insults, but even a threat like that would not stop you. You, Damien are more like Sarah than anyone wants to admit because if you are like her then nothing will stop you, your mother once said she would burn the world if anything happened to you. I believe that she would do it as well and she would smile while she did so, but the truth is your mother is the very heart of this rebellion. She may not have started it but without her it would fall apart."
Damien snorted and gave Kavki a disgusted look.
"No that just means you are too weak willed to find someone else."
Damien turned on his heel before Kavki had a chance to reply, he was done playing nice. Nova was sat on the stairs gripping hold of teddy, Damien knew that she hadn't heard what had been said but was reacting to the look on his face.
"Dam-Dam is mama okay?"
Damien gave Nova a tight smile and picked her up.
"Come on princess, let's go and find her."
Damien didn't spare a look towards the dining room and he didn't want to, it was taking all of his strength not to go back into that room and tear Kavki's face off. Instead he kept a tight hold of his sister and walked out the house, he could not stay in there any longer.
Nova was quiet as she got carried by her brother, when she had been younger well younger than she was now as she was now a big girl, she had always wanted a brother. Someone that would look after her, her mama was different, she was her mama and her mama loved her no matter what. But that didn't stop her from remembering the cold and the dark, she remember it all to well. But when she did remember it she would always crawl into her mama's bed and snuggle into her and when it got really bad she would drag Dam-Dam with her, Dam-Dam would always protect her she knew that but right now she wanted her mama. But with Dam-Dam- going to school she wouldn't be able to drag him to mama's bed, it would just be her and mama. Nova did not know what school was but she didn't want Dam-Dam to go to school, a thought crept into her mind. Had she done something? Was this why Dam-Dam was going to school?
Tears began to fall and Damien panicked, Nova was crying and he did not like it.
"Nova, princess what's wrong?"
Nova hiccuped before she buried her face into Dam-Dam's neck.
"Your leaving! You don't want me any more!"
Damien tightened his arms around Nova, well at least he had some idea as to what was going on.
"That's not true, I just have to go to school. Mama needs to obey the rules as much as we do, if mama tells you not to do something, what do you do?"
Nova lifted her head up and looked at him.
"I don't do it."
Damien nodded his head.
"This is the same, mama cannot let me stay here because the rules say that she can't. If mama could then she would let me stay here."
Nova's face scrunched up, Damien thought that she looked cute but was not going to tell her that. Nova was adamant that she was a big girl now and big girls were not cute, they were pretty.
"So mama has rules as well?"
Damien nodded his head, despite how young she was Nova could understand most things. Although their mother reading a thesis on blue magic didn't help either, not that Damien really cared it gave him an edge over the other students.
"Yes, mama has rules that she needs to follow."
Just as Damien was going to say something that would be an attempt to cheer up Nova, Nova smiled as she saw that her brother still wanted her he just had to obey the rules like mama did. Nova did not like these rules at all, neither of them noticed a figure leaning against the side of the house smoking. Her eyes watching them like a hawk while a soft smile played on her lips, she tilted her head back and blew out the smoke and flicked the butt away her voice was like gravel when she spoke.
"But if I could break them then I would."
Damien whirled around, his grip on Nova loosening slightly, Nova kicked her legs which caused Damien's already lose grip to weaken even more, she didn't want to fall, falling meant pain. But before she could hit the floor she was being picked up and thrown over a shoulder. Damien looked at her, the lines on Sarah's face were still there but they were not as noticeable as they were before. Damien hated that his mother felt like she had to do this, it was not her fight and it never had been.
The only things that she should be worrying about was them.
Damien felt his temper rise again, he hated Kavki for doing this, he hated the fact that they had placed so much on her. His mother was not someone's toy nor was she a figure head, if he could then he would tell them all to fuck off. Damien knew that she needed to find someone, he had seen the way she looked at married couples and he knew that she wanted that as well. It wasn't that she had high standards, she simply wanted someone who she could hold a decent conversation with, after all she had wrote several thesis's one the properties on long range teleportation and the overuse of healing.
Damien tilted his head to the side, maybe going to school wouldn't be such a bad thing. If anything it would give him chance to see if there was anyone decent for his mother, he would see if Nova would be interested in joining with his plan but knowing Nova she would be onboard straight away. It was high time their mother found someone, with that in mind Damien began plotting.
Operation find mother a boyfriend.