What could've been

chapter 3

"Lucy's Gift"

by

hitsu4hinaeva

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"So where did you find her?" Yuka asked worriedly.

"I saw her running towards our gate being chased by... police?" Kohta responded.

"Could it be that she is in some sort of trouble?" Mayu asked.

"Who knows? These horns seem kinda suspicious though..." Said Yuka.

"Do you think she could be a diclounius, like me?!" Nana asked.

"Nobody knows Nana...." said Kohta.

Hikarina was searching around the house. 'where is it?! If I don't find this for mother, she'll scold me! Even though she can't even move around much without this...' she thought.

"Hey, Otou-san! Come help me find what mother wanted me to find!" said Hikarina.

"Ok.." Kohta said, getting up.

"So who is your mother? What is she like?" Kohta asked while searching for something he didn't even know.

Hikarina stopped.

"D-did I say something bad? If so, I'm so sorr--" Kohta was interrupted.

"She is truly beautiful. She always wishes to play with me, and always sings her favorite song. I like that song too.." Hikarina began, but realized she had interrupted.

"Continue, Hikarina." Kohta said, knowing she was yearning to continue.

She smiled and continued. "She says she doesn't know her name, or how I came to be, but she says she loves me more than anyone in the world." She began to tear up. "she told me that I am called a Diclounius- a special type of person with different abilities. I liked the idea of being a diclounius at first, but then she said that the world hated our type so much, that there are only 2 remaining- me and a girl named Nana. She says she can't count herself because she isn't worth the title of being called 'Diclounius' and it is truly special to be one...." she was sobbing so much she was chocking on her own words.

Kohta embraced Hikarina. She stained his shirt with her tears.

"O-otou-san! W-we can leave mother in the p-position she is in or she'll......s-she'll..."

somewhere in a deep wood...

"Ousti usti.. Medi tabitur....." a diclonius who doesn't remember her name sang.

*Flashback*

"Hikarina! Hurry and find your Otou-san! Before it is to late fo--" she coughed up a bit of blood.

"Mother!!" she ran to her side.

"No! Don't worry about me.. I can hold up here for a matter of 5 weeks. If he can give you that item, bring it back here." She said

"But mother....... what is the item?"

"You'll know when you see it......."

Hikarina runs away.

*end flashback*

"O cam sanctra, cam serena.................."

'when snow falls, hearts rise

when snow falls, people try to reach the sky...'-Hitsu4hinaeva

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