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Kjelle's eyes opened wearily. She sat up and stretched her arms, a slight moan escaped he mouth as her back cracked. Morgan was sleeping peacefully next to her. Kjelle got up and put on the tactician's robe that her father had given her, she was being taught tactics along-side Morgan so that the Shepherds would have backup tacticians incase anything had ever happened to her father, Naga forbid. She strapped he sword to her side and hid an upgraded Bolganone into her robe. The robe was actually full of pockets and had extra hilts inside of it which allowed smaller swords to be concealed within the long sides, if any enemy was foolish enough to get close to her thinking she was merely a mage would be sorely mistaken. She strapped on her boots and made her way outside, it was her turn to take the night watch over camp.
She made her way around camp, searching, in order to dismiss the current watchmen. She cracked her neck and then she saw two pairs of large, glowing, red eyes from the camp center and quickly reached for her sword, then sighed from relief. She had forgotten that Panne and Yarne were on watch this night. She towards them and waved to get their attention.
"Hello Kjelle, we can hear you approaching, no need to wave." Panne spoke, as she was morphing back into her humanoid shape. "I assume it is time for us to retire?"
"Yes, that is correct," Kjelle yawned, she wasn't fully awake yet.
"It's about time, all this time spent awake isn't good for the lifespan." Yarne yawned as he stretched out of his rabbit-form.
"Aren't rabbits nocturnal?" Kjelle questioned.
"A common misconception," Panne replied. "We, are most active between the day and night."
"And I'm still part human, so I need just as much sleep as the next guy." Yarne sleepily said. "Well, I'll see you later Kjelle, goodnight mother."
Yarne made his way to his tent, leaving Kjelle and Panne together in the center of camp. Panne stood next to Kjelle and bent over stretching her arms towards her legs and rose up, cracking her back.
"Do you require assistance this night? I know that you are guarding the camp alone this shift, I can stay if you'd wish."
"I appreciate it, but no assistance is required. I was placed on solo duty because I could handle it." Kjelle stated with a hint of pride.
Panne smiled softly, then replied.
"Then I bid you a good night, be safe."
Kjelle nodded and watched Panne as she returned to her tent. Kjelle then sighed and swiveled her head watching the camp, illuminated by the pale moonlight. She knew she could handle being alone, but having company allowed the time to pass. Nonsense. Right she had to remain vigilant, her goal was to protect the camp, not socialize. She decided that if Gerome or Lucina were her partner, she would be able to do both, they were the only ones capable of matching her strength, except for her family of course.
In the distance Kjelle heard something rustling. She made her way towards where the noise was emanating. She silently walked through the aisles of tents, stopping where she heard the noise. It was her parents' tent. When she realized her father was most likely working late on strategies for the battle against Walhart, she was going to walk away, but then she heard voices.
"Hey, champ, you gonna hit the hay anytime soon?" It was her mother. She sounded a bit disgruntled.
"Oh shi-, sorry if I woke you honey, I was reaching for my quill, and I knocked over my stack of tomes. I must be more tired than I thought." Her father sounded embarrassed, with a hint of exhaustion in his voice too. "I guess I'll call it a night." He yawned and through the opening of the tent, Kjelle saw the warm candlelight turn off.
She heard her father crawling into the cot next to her mother.
"Hey, Sullz?" Her father asked.
Kjelle wasn't sure what caused her to listen in on her parents' conversation, perhaps it was the fact that she still wasn't used to seeing them together. Her past father had gone missing when she was a child, so the interactions between her parents were always a new experience.
"Was is it little man?"
"No, seriously." Her father chuckled.
"What's wrong?" There was concern in Sully's voice.
"You know I would do anything to keep you guys safe right? You, the kids, everyone."
"Of course I know that, why do you ask?"
"I just wanted you to know. Just in case anything happens, not that anything will."
"Don't talk like that Robin, things will turn out different this time."
There was a moment of silence. Kjelle, again was about to leave, when she heard faint giggling from inside the tent."
"Psst. Sulleeee." Robin said in sing-song whisper.
"Yes?"
"Can I tell you something?" Her father's voice was made gruff.
"Yeah? What is it?" Her mother's voice hit a tone Kjelle hadn't heard before, it was similar to slyness, almost seductive.
Kjelle's face grew red, she knew what was going to happen. It was approximately ninth months from her sister's birthday.
"Sully, when I'm with you like this, I feel like I'm floating beyond the sky and I can grasp infinity. I just want to hold you and take you with me, so you can touch it too."
"Well, what if I'm afraid of heights?" Sully asked in return.
"You aren't afraid of anything. But, if you were afraid I guess I'd just have to hold you tighter as we flew."
Kjelle heard more giggles followed by heavy breathing, she deduced that either her parents were kissing, or they were up to something more nefarious than she could imagine. Kjelle screamed internally and swiftly ran away from the tent, hoping she hadn't made any noise. She could feel the heat of her face, she felt like she was going to hyper-ventilate. She hadn't seen them doing the deed, but in a way, that was worse, her imagination would take the better of her.
Hey guys, thanks again for reading the chapter. It's been a while since I last updated, because of school and all. But, I finally graduated high school, and now I'm on summer vacation, so the chapters should be coming out a bit more often. Thanks again for reading, sorry this one's a bit short, I had an idea and I didn't want to lose it so I kind of wrote this on the fly. See you guys next time!
