"Sister Zero, is this the place?" One asked me as we stopped in front of an old shack.

Dried blood stained the grass in front of the shack and there were several destroyed trees behind us. Signs of the fight that happened here in the past.

"Yes." I replied, opening the shack door.

Due to my newly gained strength and the degradation of the door, I accidently ripped it off the hinges.

"Sister Zero, what have you done? The owners of this place will be furious!" Four said worriedly, looking what was left of the door in my hands.

"Don't worry, I know the owners, they won't mind." I replied, throwing the door away.

We all entered the shack and looked around.

"This place needs cleaning." Five said, dragging her finger across a table and looking at the dirt on her finger.

"It looks haunted." Two spoke, looking around.

"I think we shouldn't be here, we broke into someone's house." Four spoke, outside in the doorway.

Ignoring the girl's comments, I walked towards the bedroom and opened the door, finding a room with a small bed and a chair at its side.

"Sister Zero, why are we here?" One asked, entering the room and stopping beside me.

"I just wanted to see something." I replied, approaching the bed and seeing the dried vomit stains on the floor and sheets.

I frowned at the sight, but quickly shook my head, sending the thoughts away.

"What happened here?" One asked again.

"A sick person lived here a long time ago, she was dying."

"Who?"

"It doesn't matter, that person died a long time ago. Come, we need to find the treasure."

One looked dissatisfied with my answer but followed me anyway. As we walked out of the room, we found Three staring at us intensely.

"Two souls, bound together by fate, this was their place of death, but it led them to their place of rebirth." Three said emotionlessly.

Okay, I'm scared now; I didn't know kids could be so creepy.

"Right…" I said hesitantly.

"Three, what do you mean by that?" One asked confused.

Three stopped staring at me, walked towards me, and hugged my leg.

"Carry me, I'm tired." Three said as if nothing happened.

I shrugged and sighed, held Three under the arms, sat her on my left arm, and laid her head on my shoulder as she wrapped her arms around my neck.

I noticed that One stared at Three angrily.

"What? Are you jealous?" I smiled.

"N-no, of course not, I'm too old for that!" One said, looking away.

"HAHA! If you say so. All of you come with me!" I called all the girls.

My sisters and I left the shack and went to its backyard where we saw a big apple tree.

"Listen, this is the spot." I said, pointing to the ground in front of the apple tree.

The sisters' eyes widened and they jumped with excitement.

"Now all I need is your help digging…" I didn't finish as Two ran past me and dig with speed and strength a child shouldn't have, chunks of earth flew everywhere.

"I found it!" Two screamed, walked away covered in dirt.

Five and Four ran towards the dug hole and pushed each other along with Two.

"I want to see it!"

"Where are the coins?"

"I dug the hole, so I'll see the treasure first!"

The three screamed.

"One, hold Three for a minute." I said, handing Three to One to hold.

One almost fell backward while holding her sister.

"Excuse me." I said, walking past Five, Four and Two.

Looking into the hole, everything seemed to be there, three bags full of bronze, silver, and gold coins. With the bags in my hands, I walked away from the hole.

"So this is the treasure?" One asked.

"Yes, have a look." I said, crunching down and opening one of the bags for my sisters to see.

Her eyes widened at the sight.

"This is a lot of money!"

"We are rich!"

"Think of all the things we can buy with it!"

Five, Four, and Two said respectively, as One looked concerned.

"Sister Zero, are you sure we should take this money? It seems dangerous to walk around with all that."

"Don't worry One, if anyone tries to rob us, they'll end up with broken bones." I smiled smugly.

"Sister Zero!" One scolded me.

"Sister Zero don't need to worry, One, after all, she has us to protect her." Four said, putting her hands on her hips and puffing out her chest.

"That's right, if anyone tries to get their hands on our big sister, they'll have to face me first! HÁ!" Two screamed, punching the apple tree.

To my surprise, the apple tree shook with the strength of Two's punch, apples fell to the ground and the imprint of Two's fist was left on the wood.

I looked around at all my sisters, they aren't normal kids.

"Did you see that, Sister Zero? I can protect you!" Two said, flexing her arms.

"Sister Zero, I give you my word that I will protect you, I will not allow any harm to come to you." One said, approaching me with a determined look

"Thanks One, but you shouldn't worry about that kind of thing, you're just kid." I said, petting her head.

One pouted, flushing in embarrassment.

"I am not a child!" One exclaimed, crossing her arms and looking away.

"HA! Of course not." I said, taking Three from One's arms.

"Sister Zero, where are we going now?" Five asked.

"Hm… Let me think."

Good question. Where should we go? To any of the Lands of Midgard? No. I'm a criminal, even though I've been declared dead, if anyone sees my face I'll be in trouble, the flower in my eye doesn't help anything.

Traveling long distances isn't an option, especially with five kids accompanying me. I think we'll stay in the Cathedral City region, which isn't ruled by any lord, but in a border town. If something goes wrong, we can quickly flee to another Land.

"We'll make a small trip, Five."

"A trip?" Five asked.

"Yes, we're going to search a place to live, so come on, all of you. Let's find a home." I said, walking away from the shack with my sisters following me.

"Yes, that's right! We'll live in a big house!" Five said.

"With a big garden for us to play in!" Two said.

"And overlooking the sea!" Four spoke.

Three kept sleeping; while walking, I felt One holding my free hand.

"And you One? How would you like our home to be?" I asked the girl.

"I don't care that much as long as it's a quiet place." One replied.

"I see... A little bit of peace would be nice. You don't like noise, do you?"

One shook her head.

"Don't worry, we'll find a quiet place to live." I smiled at One and she returned the smile.

We walked through the forest towards the dirt road, a comfortable silence forming around us. The girls were more interested in observing the forest and animals that occasionally passed by.

However, I noticed something. One seemed to search for something; a confused look forming on her face.

"One, is something wrong?"

"It's nothing, Sister Zero." One said trying to pretend everything was fine.

"One, you're not fooling anyone. What's wrong?"

"Well, Sister Zero, I don't know how to say this without worrying you, but…"

"But?"

"Don't you get the feeling someone is missing?" One asked.

"Someone missing. All your sisters are here." I said, looking at Five, Four, and Two who accompanied me.

"I know, Sister Zero, they're not the ones I'm talking about. It's someone else, someone else who is missing." One exclaimed.

"Who exactly?"

"I don't know! That is the problem! As if it wasn't enough that we don't remember anything about our parents, now I've the feeling that someone is missing. What is happening?" One asked worriedly.

"I don't know One. I recommend that you don't pay attention to it, you may not remember these people, but I'm still here with you, am I not?" I smiled at One, trying to comfort her.

"I think you're right, thank you." One smiled back.

"You're welcome."

Therefore, we walked in silence again. Someone missing, the only person I can think of is... No, it mustn't be possible, they've never met him, and they must be talking about someone else.

Probably a friend of their supposed parents, I don't think it's impossible, after all, for some reason they consider me the older sister.

These girls become a bigger mystery every day, but that doesn't matter now. What matters is finding a safe place for us to live, and maybe that way I can have a little normality in my life.

-XXXXXX-

We found a place to live, near the port town of Doveport. Our house was away from the town, on a grassy plain overlooking the sea. It was a two-story wooden house with a front porch.

The house was abandoned when we arrived, it took some time, but we got it in better condition, and we lived there, going to Doveport just to buy food or essentials for everyday life.

When we went to the city for the first time, the girls looked amazed; they asked one question after another about the city and its inhabitants.

Four wanted to see the ships in the harbor, Two wanted to play with the other children, Five wanted to visit all the restaurants and patisseries in town, Three and One wanted to visit different shops and merchant stalls in search of books, be it fairy tale books or books on world history.

Three also asked me to buy her a doll; she clung to the thing as if the doll were her daughter.

For a while, all seemed fine until a problem arose. Money, we couldn't live with our "treasure" forever, and the taxes increasing every day only made the situation worse, fucking Lords.

I was getting desperate until One came up with a suggestion.

"We could sing for the people." One said happily.

"Sing? Since when can you sing?" I asked.

"Sister Zero, we always knew how to sing." Four replied.

"After all, it was you who taught us." Three said, hugging her doll.

"I don't remember teaching you that."

"Oh! Sister Zero, how forgetful you are, you always sang to us and taught us how to when we grew up." Five said.

"How about we show you?" Two continued.

Then they did something that surprised me, they sang, they sang like it was something natural to them, like they had been singing for years, not one of them was out of tune.

They all sang in sync, and for some reason, I sang too, I don't know how it happened, but for some reason it felt right to me, it felt natural.

So we put this into practice, I put on my hooded robe, and together we went to Doveport. We stopped in the town square and sang, immediately people crowded in front of us.

They threw coins into a small wooden box that I placed on the ground next to us. At the end, everyone applauded and asked for more, it worked every day, it was like magic.

Time passed, new challenges arose, the first being my increasing strength, speed, and senses. It was hard to do everyday chores, but after weeks of breaking doorknobs, cups, and plates, I managed to control my strength.

I learned to apply enough strength to thing so I don't break it.

The second challenge... Well... Let's just say I learned how to take care of five children with practice.

"Get in that bathtub now!" I screamed, forcing a mud-covered Two into the wooden bathtub.

It rained and Two thought it would be a good idea to jump in all the muddy puddles she found outside.

"I don't want to!" Two screamed, spreading her arms and legs, holding on to the edge of the bathtub, preventing her from falling into the water.

"Come on!"

"No!"

That wasn't working so I changed my strategy and tickled Two's sides.

"HAHAHA!" Two burst out laughing, causing her to lose her grip and fall into the water.

"Nice, now let's get on with your bath." I said, grabbing a soap bar and a brush.

"Damn it!" Two screamed.

"Language!" I said rubbing Two's back.

Eventually the bath ended. I turned to get a towel to dry Two off, but when I turned to the bathtub, there was no one there.

"Two?" I said, looking around.

All I saw was a series of wet footprints on the floor and the bathroom door opening and closing.

"TWO!" I screamed, running out of the bathroom, only to see a naked Two sticking her tongue out at the end of the hall.

"Come back here you brat!" I screamed, running after her with a towel in my hands.

However, it wasn't just Two that gave me trouble.

-XXXXXX-

"Come on Five, open your mouth." I said, bringing a spoon with medicine towards Five's mouth, she caught a cold.

Five covered her mouth with both hands and shook her head.

"Come on, the medicine isn't that bad." I said, tasting it to show my point.

My face contorted in disgust, I tried to hide it from Five but she noticed and shook her head again.

"Fuck it!"

With my remaining hand, I pinched Five's arm.

"AH!" Five screamed and I immediately shoved the spoon into her mouth.

Five's face contorted is an expression like the one I made before.

"See, it wasn't that bad." I smile sarcastically.

-XXXXXX-

"How did this happen?" I asked Four.

The kitchen was a mess, pasta was strewn all over the place, and a horrible burning smell came out of a pan.

"I was trying to make a cake. I'm sorry sister Zero." Four said, looking away.

"The important thing is that you're okay. How about I teach you how to bake a cake?" I sighed.

"Seriously?" Four asked with sparkling eyes.

I nodded.

Therefore, we spent the afternoon in the kitchen, making a cake for all of us. It was delicious, not bad for the first cake she made.

-XXXXXX-

"Sister Zero?" Three asked, opening my bedroom door.

"Yes Three?" I answered, closing the book I was reading.

Three entered my bedroom, looking nervous about something. She hid both hands behind her back.

Three looked from side to side and slowly removed her hand from behind her back, revealing her doll in one hand and its button eye in the other.

"Did your doll's eye come loose?" I asked.

Three nodded.

"Give me the doll." I said, holding out my hands.

Three handed me the doll and the button eye.

I think I can sew it back. I went to a drawer in my bedroom and pulled out a ball of thread and a needle, what followed was one of the biggest challenges I've had in my life.

Getting the thread through the hole of the needle, since the flower in my eye sent my depth sense to hell.

Two hours later, I sewed back the eye and returned it to Three.

"Thank you sister Zero!" Three smiled, hugging the doll and running out of my bedroom.

-XXXXXX-

One was the easiest to take care of. In fact, she was the one who helped me the most with the housework and taking care of our sisters.

That doesn't mean she didn't give me work occasionally, but it wasn't due to the mess she did, but because One wanted to be by my side at all times.

While I prepared the food.

"Sister Zero, may I help?" One asked as I cook lunch.

While I went to buy food.

"Sister Zero, I'll go with you!" One said, putting on her shoes holding my hand as I prepared to leave the house.

While I was using the bathroom.

"Sister Zero, do you need help?" One asked, knocking on the bathroom door.

"Get out of here!" I screamed.

"Okay, if you need me just call." One said as I heard her footsteps walking away.

One, like Three, was a curious child. Always asking questions and not liking when I didn't know the answer.

Nevertheless, I taught my sisters something, like reading, writing, and basic math. I taught One and One helped me to teach our sisters.

With that, time passed.

-Spring-

"HAHAHA!" My sisters laughed, running in front of the house through the blooming flowers.

I just sit on a chair on the porch, watching them.

Five then came towards me with something hidden behind her back.

"What do you have there Five?" I asked.

"A surprise! Close your eyes and lower your head!" Five said happily.

I did what she asked and felt something being placed in my head. When I opened my eyes, I saw Five smiling in front of me.

I touched the thing that was on my head. Was that what I was thinking?

"Is that a wreath?" I asked Five.

"Yes! You liked it?"

"If I liked it? Loved it." I smiled petting Five's head.

-Summer-

"Sister Zero, look at me!" Two screamed, swimming in the sea.

Due to the heat, I took my sisters to the beach near Doveport. Four, Five, and One were building a sandcastle, while Three was beside me, resting in the shade of a tree.

"I'm watching Two, you swim very well!" I yelled back.

-Fall-

We were at home due to the rain. To help the girls pass the time, I gave them paper sheets and colored pencils to draw. Four came towards me with a drawing in her hands.

"Sister Zero, look!" Four said, showing me the drawing.

It was a child's drawing, there were the six of us holding hands in front of our house, the sun was in the corner of the canvas, the sky was painted blue with white clouds, and the green grass and flowers were on the ground.

However, there was something strange, there was a person under a tree at the bottom of the drawing, a black being with wings coming out of its back and two books floating beside it.

There are no more doubts now. Somehow, these girls know about him. However, despite all the time we spent living together, many of my questions went unanswered.

How did I come back to life? Why do I have this flower in my eye? Where did these girls come from? Why do they have false memories about me? Moreover, how do they know about him?

"Four, who is this person?" I asked, pointing to the figure under the tree.

"I don't know, I don't remember drawing that person. But did you like the drawing?" Four slightly closed her eyes and shrugged.

"Yes, I like it, do you mind if I keep it?" I asked.

"Of course not." Four smiled, took another sheet of paper, and drew in it.

I walked among my sisters who were scattered around the room; I looked at their drawings without them noticing.

In addition, in all of them, hidden in some corner, there was that black figure. At some point, I need to ask them about it and maybe find out what's going on here.

-Winter-

It was snowing outside, One, Two, Four, and Five played in the snow, making snowmen, and throwing snowballs at each other. Except for Three who was in front of me as I put winter clothes on her to keep her warm.

"Sister Zero, I think that's enough." Three said, her voice muffled by the many layers of clothing I put on her.

Only Three's eyes were visible through it.

"Just one more scarf." I replied, wrapping another scarf around Three's neck.

"Okay, you can go now."

Three walked slowly through the snow, only to immediately fall flat on her face.

"I can't move." Three spoke.

I sweated nervously; I think it's better help her.

-XXXXXX-

In the end, this life wasn't that bad.

It was night; I was putting my sisters to sleep in their beds. There were two beds in their room, a big one where Five, Four, and Three slept and a small one where One and Two slept.

"Very well, it is time for you to sleep." I said, placing each one on their bed.

"But we are not sleepy." Two said.

"Can you tell a story?" Three asked.

"Okay, what story?" I answered.

One then got out of her bed, grabbed a book that was under it, handed it to me, and went back to where she was.

"That story." One said, covering herself.

"I hope you guys sleep after this one." I sighed, sitting down on a chair between my sisters' beds and reading the story.

-XXXXXX-

"…And the end. There, the story is over, time for you to sleep." I said, closing the book.

"What about our goodnight kisses?" Five asked.

Groaning, I kissed each of my sister's goodnights on the forehead and headed toward the door.

"Sister Zero?" Four asked.

"What?" I replied irritably.

"Did you look under the beds to see if there are any monsters?"

"Yes, I did." I responded, opening the door.

"And did you find any?" Four asked again.

I stopped for a second, half my body outside the bedroom. I turned toward Four and answered.

"Yes."

SLAM!

I closed the bedroom door behind me and waited outside.

"Three two one…" I counted.

"AAAHHH!" Screams came from inside the bedroom.

"HAHAHA!" I should probably apologize tomorrow, or maybe not, they gave me so much trouble, but I guess it doesn't hurt to have a little fun.

-XXXXXX-

Everything seemed fine until one day we discovered our power.

We were in Doveport; one of our performances had just ended. At the time, I talked to some of the adults who attended the performance while my sisters played with some children in the square. Everything was quiet until I heard screaming.

"Let it go, you will break it!"

"Give me that!"

Looking at the source of the noise, I saw Three arguing with a boy. The boy tried to take Three's doll out of her hands, and Three pulled the doll back.

"She is mine!" Three said, raising her fist.

My eyes widened at that. With the strength my sisters had, Three was going to kill the boy. I ran towards Three and grabbed her fist, but with one last pull from the boy…

SNAP!

…The doll was split in two.

Seeing this, tears formed in Three's eyes, she opened her mouth and suddenly.

"AAAHHH!"

A deafening scream echoed throughout the square, windows shattered, the ground cracked, people grabbed their ears trying to block out the noise but soon fell unconscious, and it didn't stop there.

I saw One, Two, Four, and Five covering their mouths with their hands, but…

"AAAHHH!"

…Each of them let out a deafening scream.

I felt something in my throat; it was as if something was crawling up in it, so...

"AAAHHH!"

…I screamed too, and during those screams, a word popped into my mind, Intoners.

I don't know how much time passed, but my sisters fell unconscious; I grabbed each one of them and ran towards our house.

They seemed to be fine; I placed each of them on their beds and went to my room.

What the hell was that? Those screams. Where did so much power come from? I wish I could have continued my questions, but my vision darkened, and I fell onto my bed.

-XXXXXX-

"Sister Zero!"

I woke up to someone calling my name, as I got up, I jumped back on my bed at what I saw.

It was a small monster covered in purple hair and with arms and legs sticking out from the inside.

"Sister Zero, it's me, Three." The monster said.

"Three?" I asked, using my hands to part the monster's hair and saw Three looking back at me.

"Sister Zero, something is wrong with us!" Three said again.

"With us?" Looking around, I saw that all the sisters were in my room and clearly, there was something wrong with them.

Four's fingernails were huge, the door to my room was ripped off and Two was holding the doorknob in her hands.

There didn't seem to be anything wrong with One and Five… Well, In Five's case… Let's just say a child shouldn't develop that fast, I'll need to buy her new clothes.

After seeing this I can only say one thing.

"What the fuck?!"

END OF THE CHAPTER