Genshin Oneshots with my OCs

A Cloud's Tale [Songfic] - Nefeli Mahina

Song: 7 Years - Lucas Graham

"Once I was seven years old, my mama told me
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely"

"Nefeli darling." My mother starts. "It's about time you make some friends alright? I don't want you to be alone while your father and I are working throughout the day."

I nod my head at my mother's words and run out of my house into the busy Liyue streets. "I vow I will make a friend today, mother!" I shout, to which my mother behind me smiles and waves.

There were merchants, millieth, tourists, and locals all roaming the stone-paved streets. Of whom, only a few my young mind recognized. After a few hours of running around, I run into a girl about my age who introduces herself as Xiangling, and we become friends soon after.

"Once I was seven years old"

I returned home one night from staying over at Xiangling's for my seventh birthday just to be met with a tear stained father.

"Father?" I ask, stepping towards the brunette on the front steps. "What's wrong?"

At this, the man looks up at me and wipes his eyes. "Ah, Nefeli... I've been waiting for you." He starts. "Your mother... s-she passed this evening, someone came in and... I'm so sorry baby!"

I pause. A part of me wanted to run inside the house to see mother cooking dinner as usual like nothing was wrong, and a part of me wanted to think this new information out thoroughly. However, my thoughts stopped when I heard sniffles coming from my father. Snapping back into reality, I throw my own thoughts out of my mind and try the best I can to comfort my dad.

"It's okay..." I tell as I wrap my small body over my fathers. "We can figure out what to do together."

"It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger.
Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker"

"I got it!" I yell, running through a large domain door and towards a large chest. "I finally completed the puzzle father!"

Walking up to me, my father laughs and ruffles my hair. "Good job. Now we can go get our pay from the quest giver."

"Right!" I affirm.

Father smiles. "Afterwards we can accept a few more from our list and head home." He explains.

"Sounds good to me! Let's do as many as we can!"

"By 11 smoking herb and drinking burning liquor.
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure"

"Father?" I question as I finish off a large pyro slime. "Father?!" I ask again once I hear no response, making me stand still in worry. The next thing I knew, the pyro slime exploded and my clothes and I caught fire.

"Ah!" I exclaim, patting my clothes to extinguish the fire.

Once the fire dissipated I turn to look for my father. Running through the woods in a panic, I dodge every enemy I can and continue looking until I find him fighting a cryo abyss mage. Father's movements which were usually calm and calculated, became erratic and wild. Trying to help, I lunge at the mage and use my sword to try and push it back but it's shield is too strong.

"Father!" I shout. "Father we must retreat!"

But I was too late.

"Once I was 11 years old."

The next thing I knew, I heard a grunt of pain followed by the sound of the abyss mage laughing. Following the sound, I turn around to see my father impaled by a large icicle. His eyes calm but his hands frantically trying to signal for me to run.