The Little Bundle Of Joy
Shadows Of The Past
"Jem, lunch is-" Queen knocked on Jem's room door.
"I don't feel like talking." Jem snapped from inside her room.
"But-" Queen said.
"I said I don't feel like talking!" Jem yelled.
"What did you do now, Queen?" Ai sighed.
"I didn't do anything this time!" Queen shook her hands.
"Oh, Mrs Scarlet really hates to talk these three days." Hachi said. "Every year. She talks to herself."
"Three days?" Ai asked.
"Is it a witch thing?" Rose asked.
"Hey, you are the witch here." Roko said.
"Where were you?" Queen asked.
"Phantom thief stuff." Roko yawned.
"Okay, anyone knew what happened to Jem these three days?" Ai asked. "Might be something from her childhood."
"Well, she was disguised as a boy back then, but she was all cheerful and energetic, so no." Queen said. "One time Roko hit her where a boy's 'privates', but it still hurt."
"Queen? Seriously?" Roko sighed.
"Guess only she knows." Ai said.
"What about Silver Heart?" Rose asked.
"I'm not sure, why don't you try calling him?" Roko said to Queen.
"Just a second…" Queen said as she fished out her phone. "Hey, grandpa."
"Oh, hey Queen, what's up?" Silver Heart asked.
"What's up with Jem these days? Do you know?" Queen asked.
"Today is…" Silver Heart thought. "Oh! Today's the first day when her parents gone on a bussiness trip ten years ago for three days."
"That doesn't sound too bad." Queen said.
"Truth is, they never came back." Silver Heart sighed.
Queen's mind stopped, her face was blank, she took a moment to take this in.
"O-oh, okay, thanks grandpa," Then she hung up.
"What is it?" Ai asked, noticing the change in her facial expression.
"Her parents died in these three days." Queen said and all of them gasped. "It's her parent's death anniversary."
"That's why…" Hachi thought.
"Maybe we should try to cheer her up." Rose said.
"Not a chance, last time didn't end well." Queen backed away.
"Okay…" Ai said. "How about Cyan?"
"Worth a shot, including that she doesn't try to kill him." Queen shrugged.
"Big brother?" Rose said as she dialed Cyan.
"Jem, I know you're upset your parents are gone this day, you're not the only one." Queen knocked at her door, trying to get Jem to open up.
She could hear a sigh from inside.
"Queen, look, I know all of your parents are gone, apart from Ai and Hachi, Roko didn't even knew his! For the fact that you're with Silver Heart since you were just a baby, Rose and Cyan didn't even have most of the chance with their's, King's parents were gone when he was small and silent." Jem sighed.
Queen's heart pinched a little when she heard this.
"We all loved our parents, even when we didn't knew them, it's just that, they promised me that they will come back, and even that's all I remember now." Jem sighed again. "You'll never know."
"Rose, where's Cyan?!" Ai asked.
"In the middle of tackling Oniyama." Rose shook her head. "Believe me, you wouldn't want to know how big brother shouted that she was pregnant."
"That's going on the news tonight." Ai sighed.
"Where's Emerald and her sisters anyway?" Rose asked.
"With Luna and her's, they are probably going to blow the roofs off the museum in Australia." Ai laughed mentally.
"Maybe Ruby can help?" Rose asked. "She can read minds and stuff."
"I'm thinking she won't be free until midnight." Ai said, thinking of the part where the six all pass out in their hotel beds.
"You have got to be kidding me." King said, drinking some tea while talking to Dump.
"I'm not, Cyan literally shouted out that Jem is pregnant while he was fighting Oniyama." Dump wanted to laughed but held it.
"And that is going on the news." King sighed.
"Seriously, King, move on, she doesn't love you." Dump said.
"Still can't forget the fact that she chose Cyan over me." King whined.
"No offense, King, but the only way you're going to get her to love you is by hypnotizing her." Dump laughed.
"Oh, really?" King has a sly grin on his face.
"Wait, you're serious?!" Dump yelled.
"Jem, you okay?" Cyan asked, knocking on the door.
"I want to be alone, now, Cyan." Jem snapped slightly.
"You can't just shut everyone out like this, you know?" Cyan said. "We know your parents were gone, all of our parents were gone too."
Even when Queen said this, it meant nothing to her, but when Cyan said it, it was somewhat, different…
"Come in," Jem said softly, the door hissed open, and Cyan walked in carefully.
The room was dark, it really took a while for Cyan to adjust his eyes to see around clear enough, then he saw her sitting in a corner, a photo in front of her and a golden key, the photo consists of a woman, a man and a white haired child.
Cyan sighed, he knew how hard this was for her, a hand was placed on Jem's shoulder, she flinched a little when he made contact.
"Jem…" Cyan said softly, which he was trying very hard to do.
She looked at him with blue, lifeless eyes, which make Cyan's heart twitch because he had never seen her like this before, not even when they've met.
"Listen to me, you can't change the past, even if you did, you may have never met us, you may have never saved the world, if you didn't, Clover would have already ruled the world by now." Cyan sighed. "You changed all of us."
"I-I, did…?" Jem's voice was still cracked.
"You did," Cyan forced out a reassuring smile. "I love you…"
"I love you too…" Jem said, and they broke into a passionate kiss.
"Are you sure you want to spy on them again?" Queen asked King, who was beyond jealous at the moment.
"Speak for yourself, Queen." King said to Queen who was also spying.
The holodisk in Queen's pocket started ringing.
"Queen, I know for the fact that Jem and Cyan are making out, stop staring at them." Ruby groaned.
"How do you know?" Ai asked.
"Thanks to a spying spell." Luna said. "I'm fine now."
"Okay, how's the magic baby standing?" Rose asked.
"Oh, uh, the baby won't be like normal ones, she can move around like a normal person, but the baby will still be born in a magic way." Luna shuddered.
"Like?" Ai asked.
"You'll see." Luna said. "Let's just give the two their moment."