A Hundred of Her Memories
79 – Mermaid
Xion sighed, bouncing her 5-month-old daughter on her hip. Her eldest daughter, Luna staring at a pot of water.
"Luna, staring doesn't help it boil."
"But mooom!" the auburn-haired girl whined. "What else am I supposed to do? I'm bored…" She pouted and dropped down onto her chair.
Xion smiled. "How about I tell you a story?"
"A story?"
"Mh-hm!"
"Okay!" Luna scooted closer.
"Once there was a maiden. She had no parents, but was born from the ocean's waves that came in with the tide. She was called 'the Mermaid'. One day, a young man saw her walking amongst the waves and immediately fell in love with her, but he couldn't let her know that."
Luna frowned. "Why not?"
"Because," Xion explained. "He might've scared her away."
"Oh…"
"So he befriended the Mermaid and sometimes convinced her to go away from the sea for a little while, and she became friends with his friends. His parents even came to think of her as the daughter they never had. Then, one day, the tide carried away the Mermaid."
Luna's face fell and she looked like she might cry. The memories it brought back for Xion almost made her cry as well.
"The young man forgot about her, as did his friends and family. But one day," Xion's voice got really low and a smile crept onto her face. "One day, he remembered her."
Luna gasped happily. "What happened next?"
"Well-"
A pair of arms came out of nowhere and snatched the little baby from Xion's arms and swung the giggling child around. "He went on a quest with the Hero of the Keyblade and they rescued the Mermaid!" Axel declared.
The baby laughed as he tickled her, then quieted as he settled her into the crook of his arm. "The young man's parents asked her if she'd like to be their daughter, and she said yes."
Xion smiled up at him adoringly. "And they lived happily ever after."
"Wow!" Luna breathed in awe. "That's so cool!"
Everything was silent for a few moments, when her face suddenly became skeptic.
"Waaaait a minute… is this your guys' story?"