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"Éclaire, wait up!" Fifteen year old Serah yelled at her sister. Lightning stopped and turned around. " We have to hurry up if we want to make it before dinner-time, Serah. Why don't you give me the rest of those bags as well?"

Serah frowned, "That's not fair, Éclaire, I can't let you carry everything.. You're already carrying the majority of everything.."

Lightning chuckled softly, "Serah.. Don't worry, I've been in the Gran Pulse Army for a year and half now. This is nothing compared to their training."

"Oh fine.." The youngest pink-haired girl sighed as she handed the bags to her sister. The young soldier took the bags and hung them over her shoulder like the rest of the bags she was already carrying. "Let's hurry up now, okay?"

Serah nodded and followed her sister, trying to keep up as well as she could.

After they moved in, everything went by at its own pace. Every day was practically the same. They would get up, eat breakfast, Lightning would leave for work while Serah did chores in and around the house, and in the evening they would eat dinner together. But they didn't mind it. They were happy. Then a few years later, two weeks after our little princess turned nineteen, Lightning had been called forth by the King..

Lightning made her way through the huge hallways. She shortly arrived in front of the guarded door that led to the study room. The guards saluted, "Sir!"

Lightning nodded in acknowledgement and the guards quickly opened the enormous door. Lightning quickly slipped through the door and a moment later, the doors were closed again.

The twenty-one-year-old kneeled down with her right knee on the floor and crossed her right arm across her chest, her hand touching her left shoulder in result. "Sergeant, Lightning Farron, Your Majesty. You wished to see me?" Lightning asked formally, not looking up from the floor.

The King slowly looked up from the book he was reading and smiled warmly. "Éclaire-dear, no need to be so formal. After all we're in my study." He laughed loudly. Lightning mentally cringed. She hated being called by her real name by anyone aside from Serah. But since he was the King, she didn't have much of a choice but to let it slide. She got up from the floor. "Sit, dear."

Lightning did as she was told and sat down on the chair in front of the large desk. "What did you want to discuss with me, Sir?"

The King put his book down on the desk and stroked his beard. "You know my little angel turned nineteen recently?"

"Of course, Sir. But, if I may, what does this have to do with me?"

"Patience, my dear. I'll be getting to that." Lightning quickly averted her eyes and mumbled an apology. The King nodded in acknowledgement and continued, "And I assume you know Mr. Katzroy, non?"

"Sazh Katzroy? Your daughter's personal guard? I have met him before, yes," Lightning confirmed.

"Splendid!" He smiled warmly at the young sergeant, "Mr. Katzroy has resigned from his job. His wife gave birth to another beautiful boy a few days ago and he wants to be able to spend as much time with his family as possible."

"That's understandable.." Lightning said slowly. She already had a feeling where this was going and she didn't like it. Not one bit.

"Very much, yes. I would have done the same if I were him. Unfortunately, I don't have a personal guard for my daughter anymore." Lightning was liking the sound of this less and less. "And this is where you come in, my dear." Oh man. Why her?

"You are one of the best soldiers our army has ever had! You went up from a mere Private to Sergeant in less than three years! And you're still quite young, aren't you?"

The King stroked his beard again, "How old are you, Éclaire-dear?"

"Twenty-one, sir." The pale-pink-haired woman answered. "Perfect! You see, I figured my daughter would, perhaps, like someone closer to her age to guard her this time. And your combat skills are absolutely marvelous! So I couldn't think of anyone more fitting than you!"

'Fuck.' Lightning thought to herself. She quickly gathered herself, "With all due respect, sir, but—"

The King cut her off before she could say anything else. The joyful look he had on his face earlier had now been replaced by a serious one. "Éclaire. I know you take pleasure in the work you do right now, I respect that. But you have to understand that I only want you for this job. I want the best for my little angel. And I think you are the best she can get."

The sergeant sighed. She got what the King said, it was more than clear. That girl was his pride. She meant the world to him and he would do anything to keep her happy. For Lightning, it was exactly the same when it came to her sister, Serah.

"Naturally, you will be paid more than you are now and you and your sister are more than welcome to live in this castle. Your room will be next to my daughter's, of course," He paused, "I would like you to consider it, Éclaire. I'll hear your decision tomorrow morning. You are dismissed."

The young woman got up, saluted and left the study.

Our young sergeant had been given a tough choice. Lightning had no idea what she would do..

"I'm home," Lightning announced, walking into the kitchen. Serah smiled warmly as she stirred with a big spoon in one of the pots that was on the stove. "Welcome home, Éclaire."

Lightning smiled at her sister and sat down at the kitchen table, "Smells good."

"Thank you. How did your meeting with the King go?" She asked curiously. The other woman sighed. It was no surprise to her that her sister wanted to know what was going on.

"Judging by that sigh, I take it something bad happened..?" Serah frowned a little.

"He offered me a new job as his daughter's new personal guard. If I accept, I would be paid more and we can come and live the castle."

Serah blinked, "But that sounds great! So what's the problem?"

Lightning sighed and looked at her sister, "I don't want things to change, Serah.. I mean, We've been with happy the way things are right now.. So why would I want to change that?"

Serah stopped stirring and turned off the stove. She walked over to her sister and wrapped her arms around her. "Éclaire.. I still remember when you used to say that as long as I'm happy, you would be happy. And I'll stay happy as long as I still get to spend time with my big sister, from time to time." She smiled and kissed Lightning's cheek. "In fact, I think a slight change of pace would be good for both of us."

The younger woman let go and turned to the stove. She picked up a bowl and used the big spoon to fill it up with some kind of porridge. "Serah.. Are you sure..?"

She put the bowl on the table in front of Lightning, "Mmhmm! Now eat up."

The older woman smiled ever so slightly, "Alright," she took a bite and then looked up at Serah, who now sat down across the table with a bowl of porridge of her own. "Maybe I should ask the King if he needs a new cook as well."

"…"

The siblings laughed.

Imma finish writing the new chapter somewhere this week..

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