Something I wrote when I was 11 to 12, I was in love with the Earthbound series! To be honest at first this wasn't even supposed to be a Mother/Earthbound fanfic, but I saw how much it matched with it anyway. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

The Funeral

"Wake up, Anna! Get up so we can play! The dragons brought their babies over! Come on, they're really cute!" called a little boy named Seiji. Anna however, was knocked out on her bed. They were both six years old and full of energy. She didn't wake up until she fell off the bed with a thud.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" she said. Anna got up from the ground and walked downstairs. Seiji's mother, Amber, was sitting by the door cooking. As Anna was going to leave through the door, Amber caught her.

"Anna? Are you going to stay in your pajamas?" she asked raising an eyebrow. The little girl nodded, Amber responded with a smile and a laugh, "Well I guess you can stay in your pajamas, inside, for the rest of your life."

Anna's eyes went wide as saucers and shook her head, "No, no, no! I'll change, I'll change!" With that, she ran upstairs. Few minutes passed as Anna jumped down the stairs, in her clothes, and out the door. She ran over rocks and around cacti to meet up with Seiji playing with the dragons. She automatically came and pets the newborn baby.

Seiji noticed her and walked up, "Man, I've been play fighting the dragons all morning. Why don't you try?" She went up to the dragon and rammed into it. The creature pretended to be knocked unconscious to fill the child's delight then stood back up. "The more you ram into them, the more they like It." he explained.

"Anna! Seiji!" said his grandfather, Joey, and ran up to them, "Hello children, I wanted to say goodbye before you guys leave to go to school on this last day of summer. We sure had a fun time, didn't we?" Just as he finished his sentence, they both rammed into him only making his balance missing for a few seconds. "Ha! Is that all you got? You got a long way before you can beat me!" he taunted, "You're a weakling now, but you'll soon be strong, just not now."

Anna glared, "Is that challenge?" she asked with her arms crossed.

"No, and it's time to eat your favorite, waffles!" Both children, and man, ran into the house for the lunch.

The two little kids were eating rapidly until Anna asked, '"Mom, what is your favorite food?"

Amber replied with a gentle smile, "The same as yours."

"Really, mom?! That's the same as ours!" and continued to eat.

"Well, time to say goodbye to this house and go back to Family Village for your boarding school. I'll be taking you and not Joey after what happened last time." she shot a raised eyebrow at him.

He protested, "They wanted to go climb a tree, not me!"

She sighed and walked outside, she put a letter in the mailbox for her husband. Then began to walk the trail home to the village with the children.

On the long walk, Seiji fell and skinned his knee, crying loudly. Amber picked him up trying, but failing, to calm him down. Seiji's long brown hair covered his eyes in tears.

"Oh! I'll find him an herb plant thingy medicine." then ran off out of earshot.

"Anna, come back here!" she sighed, Anna wouldn't listen to her sometimes.

Walking through trees and bushes she asked herself, "Hmm. I need an herb plant thingy medicine. But where?"

She failed to find an herb by herself, she really did. But, Anna was going to find it anyway, even if it took all day. The thing about her is that she feels she needs to protect her 5-minute-older-brother, mostly because he was a crybaby. Anna pretty much gave up trying to find it on her own and saw a squirrel climbing down a tree. She thought of an idea to get help, No one knew this, but she had a secret power: telepathy.

Um, Mr. squirrel? Do you know where an herb plant thingy medicine is?

You mean herbs? I have one in my tree; I will bring it for you.

Yeah, herbs. Right. The squirrel climbed up and back down carrying an herb.

Here you go one herb. Good day.

Thank you! She walked back to where Amber and Seiji were. He was crying softer and his face lightened to see his sister come back. "Hey, Seiji. Here's an herb. Uh, what do I do with it?"

Amber smiled, completely forgetting she left and pick up the herb. She laid it across his knee and it stung. He yelped in pain, but felt better.

"Thank you, Anna. You're a great little sister!" he hugged her.

"Yeah, yeah, I get. I helped you! Don't get me all mushy!" she said.

"Okay, let's go home." then they all continued to walk the trail.

The husband of Amber, Eric, sat lonely in his chair. Finally deciding to go to his friend's house, he saw a letter go in his mailbox and picked it up to read:

Dear Eric,

I guess you were right, the little children were playing happily in the tall mountains as soon as we arrived. We should be home by this evening and getting ready for school next week.

Anna is even more reckless than usual, hungrier than playing. Seiji is more energetic but still a bit of a crier. But, they were a cute pair for brother and sister. We all have been thinking of you and hope we all can come as a family.

Let's spend time when we get home with each other at free time, like a family should. We can go to the River Festival next Monday. I hope we still get time to have fun before the children have to go to the boarding school.

Your dearest,

Amber.

He smiled knowing, he'll have a great time with the children. Eric sat up and walked outside to his friend's house. "Why hello, Eric. Finally decided to have some good wine with me?"

Eric nodded, "Yeah, let's hurry, if Amber catches me drinking in front of the kids, I'm really going to have it." then walked in. The men sat down in front of the fire and drank some wine while talking about men stuff. He looked at the time, 8 p.m. Oh no! Amber was supposed to be back hours ago! Where is she? "Umm, Brandon, Amber and the children have not returned yet. Where could they be?"

"I don't know, if they're not at home, then we must create a search party! I'll set up a camp for us to stay in case we find them, you tell Thomas to send the signal." Then Brandon started to collect the firewood.

Eric ran as fast as he could to meet Thomas, "Thomas, send the search party signal. Amber and the children went missing." He had a concerned look in his eyes saying he wasn't joking around and was serious. He shook his head clearing the "what if" thoughts that could've happened to them and stared Thomas right in the eye. "I'm not joking! They were supposed to be back hours ago! They aren't here."

As Thomas failed to find a lie or joke he realized Eric wasn't joking around like usual, he was dead serious. "Sir, you have my word, I will send the Ciren to create a search party." He sat his hand on Eric's shoulder, "For now, you go look for them." and left to the bell tower.

Eric quickly left leading to the very long trail for his father's house. A third way there, he saw a colored piece of cloth on a tree nearby. He examined and realized that same piece of cloth on, the same color as…Amber's shirt. Eric jumped up and ran another third of the trail.

As he ran, smoke came in his nose. He saw a burning house with…Seiji, in it screaming and crying for all he's worth. Wasting no time, Eric kicked the door open and saw a fiery goblin holding Seiji by his shirt. The monster turned slowly in Eric's direction with crooked but sharp teeth sticking out and colorless eyes. At that very moment, he lashed at him and caused a cut on his chest. Eric quickly picked up a bucket of water and splashed on the goblin, melting it away.

Seiji continued to cry and ran hugging his father. Eric grabbed him and jumped out the window, just before the building exploded. He clung to his son and walked back to the search party camp. He saw his daughter, Anna shivering for her life. She turned to her father and ran to hug him. They stayed like that until Tessa brought tea over, "Here, Eric. You must be exhausted. Have some tea." she handed him a cup.

A few hours passed as he had his cuts treated and redressed. He looked over at the almost-asleep children talking with some of the kids that joined; almost the entire village came to help. "It seems that Anna fell into a freezing river at high height after knocking her down from those two faced birds. And Seiji was almost killed by a goblin about to slit his neck in a burning house. I can't tell what is worse. I wonder what happened to Amber."

As soon as he said those words, his friend Brandon came running towards him, "Eric! I don't know how to say this, but please try to keep calm. We found Amber, but it's how I found her" Eric started at him, "She-she-she-she had a claw… She had a claw pierced through her chest and neck!" He said it so fast.

Nobody thought they see the day when someone dear to them died. Eric was so upset that he grabbed blocks of wood and… started chucking people with it! A lot got knocked out or hurt. Eric didn't listen to their advice to stop, only making him chuck more wood at people. Eric was outraged and sad at the same time. This continued until Eric was knocked out just before he grabbed a block and stared at the children. He was about to chuck wood at them out of anger, which could seriously injure or kill them. The eyes of the young children saw everything, looking traumatized.

Eric remembered the last time he saw his wife, just before they left for the summer… Amber will be remembered by all. The children and father were sent back home for the rest of the night to sleep.

Eric woke up in his bed and saw Anna and Seiji gone. He heard everyone went to her grave so he walked there only to see almost everyone crying at her grave. But he couldn't handle the little kids cries and sad faces. Eric turned to Anna who didn't turn to face him, she responded, "Dad. I thought you said anything can come true if we believed. I guess that wasn't true after all. Now I can't even see her anymore!"

He turned to Seiji, "Dad, why did you lie to us? Believing didn't help mom or keep her alive. Did you do that to... trick us? Mom is gone." Eric couldn't handle it and knelt down to Anna and Seiji hugging them both. They had flowers in their hands to give to their dead mother. They were holding roses in their hands.

Amber placed red roses in her long black hair. She smiled as she gave them to her son and daughter. They all laugh when she put them in Eric's hair for a joke. They all walked outside and said their goodbyes before leaving. Amber placed a kissed him and walked away with him and the disgusted children to the railroad track. That is where they parted ways for the summer break. He looked at her one more time before heading back home. He took out the rose and placed it in his hands.

Roses...her favorite flowers.

How did you like it, was I a good writer for 11 and 12? I always wanted to be an author but at the same time an anime artist. Well, I guess writing fits just a little more.