Twelve chapters! I don't really have much to say except thank you for reading my story. Enjoy!^^
A few weeks later Larka was released from the clinic and allowed to go home
"Yay I can leave!" Larka said happily before going into the bathroom to change into the clothes her parents had brought her.
When she came out she was wearing one of her Lolita dresses and black ballet flats, she still had half her face hidden by bandages and thick gauze wrapped around her head but she looked happy.
"Doctor when can I take the bandages off of my face? They itch." She asked
"Well have a seat on the bed and let's see how the wound is healing." He told her as she sat down.
Alfred, Ivan, and Johnny watched as the doctor unwrapped the bandages from around the girl's head before removing the ones covering her face.
When the last bandage fell away the family had to avert their eyes so they wouldn't stare.
On the right side of Larka's head was a large wound with at least twenty stitches in it and the skin around her eye was bruised and still slightly swollen and had three stitches running under it.
"Well the wound is clean and the swelling's gone down nicely. It may take a while for the hair to grow back to cover the scar but once it has it shouldn't be too noticeable. As for your eye, can you open it at all?" he asked as Larka opened her right eye to reveal a dull golden orb
"Can you see out of it?" he wondered as he shone a light in her eye
"Not really. I can see your light and blurry shapes but that's it." She replied
"Well like I've explained before there isn't much we can do to save the eye. I'm going to go ahead and remove the stitching but you may want to get a patch or something to cover your eye and if you want to later we can always remove it." The kind man explained as he started removing her stitches
"I don't want it removed but I may look into wearing a patch." She told him as he placed light dressings over her eye and head wound
"Just change the gauze twice daily and try not to get them wet." He instructed with a smile as Larka said goodbye and left with her family.
When they got back to the house Larka was exhausted
"Yay I've never been so happy to be home!" she said happily from the backseat as Ivan pulled into the driveway
"We're just glad to finally have you home." He smiled as Johnny helped his sister out of the car
"Hey Johnny are you still stuck in that game you were telling me about?" she asked
"Yeah it's hard not even mom can beat it." The silver haired boy replied
"Then how about later I give it a try?" she smiled as she opened the door.
As soon as she opened the door the entire pack jumped out from behind the furniture
"Surprise!" they all screamed before Gilbert and Francis set off party poppers that freaked out Antonio, Johnny, Yazmin, and Larka.
"Eeeeeek!" Yazmin screamed as Larka pulled out a set of knives from nowhere and had both men pinned up against a wall with them
"Hey someone call off the knives!" the albino and the Frenchman yelled
"Larka calm down. Gilbert! Francis! What possessed you two to bring explosives to a party for victims of a shooting!" Ludwig screamed as Larka removed her knives
"Scare Yazmin and my brother again and I won't miss your vitals on purpose." Larka growled as she rejoined the party.
The party was a mix of Larka and Luciano's birthdays as well as a happy you're all alive party for Antonio, Johnny, Larka, and Yazmin.
Among the gifts Larka had received one stood out above the rest.
It was presented to her in a small box wrapped in bright cherry red paper and tied with a black ribbon, pulling off the ribbon and carefully taking off the paper; Larka took off the lid of the box and was shocked at what she found.
Inside the box was a black silk eye patch with rhinestone skull and crossbones on it. As soon as she saw it she busted out laughing.
"What's so funny sis?" Johnny asked as Larka held up the eye patch still laughing
"It's the eye patch of a gay pirate!" she giggled all but rolling on the floor. After she calmed down and everyone stopped staring Larka sat up panting with a huge smile on her face
"That felt great! So who's behind the patch?" she asked before Luciano raised his hand
"I was. I bought it before the incident as a joke after we went to go see that really bad pirate movie Arthur said was really good. Mom must have gotten the box out of my room. Sorry" He confessed looking embarrassed
"Why are you sorry? The mall thing may have been traumatic but I've moved on. I mean I communicate with dead people on a daily basses and I've seen way worse when I was traveling with Sorin." Larka told him getting up and pulling the copper wolf off to a place where they could talk.
"Why did you drag me into the bathroom?" he asked as she shut the door
"I did it so we could talk without the others getting in the way." She told him
"Huh but why do it in the bathroom?!" he asked again before she pulled him down and kissed him full on the lips
"I still have no clue who the heck you are but after talking to the others and a few spirits I know that you were once very important to me so I want it back.
"If you were so important to me before I lost my memories then if I'm around you they should come back right?" she added about to pull him in for another kiss when the door was slammed open
"Found you!" Monika yelled as both teens turned to stare at the child
"What are you tow doing in here?" Rolf asked before he caught Larka's sent
"Ah I see. Larka why don't you go lie down you just got out of the hospital and need your rest." he told the girl who left to do as she was told.
Rolf then led his two grandchildren back into the other room
"Larka went to go lie down but before she did Monika here found her and Luciano in the bathroom together." He grinned causing his grandson to blush a deep red
"We weren't doing anything but talking!" he stated
"Yeah well she was just getting started. Didn't any of you smell it?" he asked looking around
"Uh smell what?" Alfred asked dumbly "Simple our little Larka is starting her first heat cycle." He replied as everyone just stared at him.
"Well she is seventeen now but I didn't think she would start so soon." Roma commented
"Um nonno does being in heat mean Larka has a fever?" Feliciano asked as both Lovino and Ludwig physically facepalmed
"Hahaha Feli you're funny. No in wolf terms it means Larka would be considered a full member of the pack since she can now carry on the packs bloodline." Roma explained
"So she gets to carry blood? I bet it's yummy!" he smiled as Lovino looked like he wanted to hit his brother
"No you idiot and I'm not explaining it to you!" Lovino yelled running from the house with Feli hot on his heels screaming
"Fratello tell me!" Ludwig just sighed and went after his mate as Antonio tried not to laugh.
A few months after the party Larka and Luciano tried going out again
"I figured you wouldn't want to leave the area." He told her as they walked through the woods
"Just because I almost died doesn't mean I'm scared to go into town." She huffed
"I never said you were." He retorted
"Well whatever. Let's go back to my house so I can beat you and Johnny at video games." She smiled as they made their way back to clearing the houses sat in. Everyone saw the young couple coming out of the woods and were immediately reminded of Ludwig and Feliciano when they first started dating.
Only Luciano acted more like his mother than his father. The two made a very cute couple and with Larka slowly regaining her memories the two kept getting closer
"You know Roma and Rolf are thinking of building a house for just the two of us." She told him as she hooked arms with him
"Really? Who told you this, one of your spirits?" he asked
"No I can read minds remember. Not very well and it only works with three people but still." She replied
"Well living alone with you wouldn't be that bad." He commented pulling her closer. She was wearing the eye patch he had given her as well as a very cute black and white dress that fell just past her knees and a pair of black leather boots that hugged her calves.
Her hair had grown back out and now reached her elbows when she didn't have it back in a braid or twin tails like she was wearing it now.
"Your gorgeous you know that?" he smiled causing her to blush
"I only have one working eye idiot and let's not forget the scars I have all over my body." She huffed looking away
"Like that matters liebe. All that matters to me is that I get to see your perfect face every day." He smiled as he pulled off the patch and gazed into her mismatched eyes before pulling her in for a searing kiss.
Yay happy chapter ending! Don't worry I have more chapters to post.^^ Oh and if anyone wants to write little one-shots or short stories based on this story or draw any art, you have my permission. That includes the OC's! (Just make sure you say where they are from) Just pm me where I can find it because I would totally love to see/read anyting you guys come up with!^^