Chapter 1: Red Dream

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"Annnnnd done!" A tall and slim man yelled out to himself as he pulls out some pastries out of an old looking oven. The hot tray steamed of his metal hands. His gray hair and apron that says "Kiss the (Bad) Chef" are covered in flour. A women in a sundress as red as her scarlet ponytail and eyes was giggling to herself. "Huh?" The man tilts his head at the women like a confused puppy, making the women break out into more laughter.

"Y-You look so much like a dork!" She was barely able to spat out through hardy laughter. The man looked at her with a blank stare and threw some flour, covering her dark skin in white powder. "GREYSON!" The women yelled and look furious. That was until both of them snort a bit. That snort quickly become a roar of laughter.

The two started to calm down. The women in red wiped a tear away after she stopped. "You are such a dork." "Yet you married me. What does that make you, Hibi?" Grey chuckled as he plates the pastries. "Just a girl who love dorks", Hibi chuckled as she kissed his cheek, turning Grey's pale skin to beat red. "S-Smoth...A-Anyways, RUBY, AUTUMN, COME EAT!"

"COMING!!!" Two very similar voice say at the same time as if there was an echo in the cozy house. Steps down the stairs as two similar looking girls that look no older than twelve or eleven run towards the kitchen. Both of them look very similar to their mother, having red hair and eyes and decently dark skin that was a little lighter than hers. If it wasn't for that it looked like they were just little clones of her. The only difference between the two kids were hair styles. One had very long hair and red eyes while the other one had their hair short and yellow eyes.

As the two sat at the table, their father sat the delicious pastries in front of him. "Here you go girls! Eat up!" He says with a bright smile. "Don't mind if I do!" The long hair said picking up two of the treats while drooling. "Hey! Same some for me, Ruby!" The shorter hair one, Autumn, said as she grabbed two as well. Grey chuckled at his kids. "You two have anything planned for today? I thought I heard the other day you were gonna do something with Rosie today?" "OH RIGHT!" Ruby try to yell out but was pretty mumbled by the food in her mouth. "Ruby, swallow your food before you yell. You don't want to choke", her mom says, worried she had to do the Heimlich maneuver. "Let's go, Autumn!" Ruby grabs Autumn arm and runs out, startling the younger twin who was going to grab another pastry.

The two sisters ran outside the small cozy house and onto a path in the forest they lived in to another house. This house is a lot fancier and bigger than there own house. It was made of pure gold, which if it wasn't for the the trees covering most of the sun, it be blinding. The only color that cut through the gold was the color pink. It was small, but there was a smaller girl covered head to toe in pink. Sitting at the stairs towards the house was a small pale girl with pink hair tied in a side pony with eyes as pink as her hair. She wore a pink and white hoodie that was so big on her her hand could even go through the sleeves and it cover most of her legs. The pink girl turned her head to to look at the two and had a ear to ear smile.

"Hey guys! Over here!" The girl waved with pure excitement at the twins. Ruby shared Rosie excited wave while Autumn gave a shy smile. "Hey Rosie!" Ruby yelled as the two ran to pink hair girl. Rosie stood up and jumped at the two for a hug. "It's been a while!" Rosie was almost crushing the two due to how hard she was hugging them. "Too...Tight..." Ruby gasped in pain. Autumn groaned as well. Rosie let go and look flustered. "Oops! Sorry!" Ruby cracked her back. "I get we haven't seen each other in two week, but don't crush us now!" "Your dad is off on a mission, right?" Autumn asked nervously to Rosie. "Yep! So we can explore the house in peace without you guys getting chased out with a stick" Rosie giggled. Autumn sighed. "Don't remind me..." "Alright let's go in then!" Ruby said as she ran inside. "Ruby wait up!" The other two girls yelled at the same time as they ran after her.

The inside of the house was almost as bright as the outside. The whole place was golden and look like it was just cleaned and shine. The room they were in was the size of the twins whole house with fancy decorations and paintings all over the one room.  "You know Rosie, your house never fails to amaze me! It's so cool!" Ruby beamed. Rosie seemed to sigh at the remark and rub her right arm. "See you say that, but honestly I don't like it. Everything is just WAY too much. I want a house like what you guys have!" The twins both tilted their heads in confusion at the same time, as if everything have been turned sideways.

"Our house?" They both said together. "Yeah! It so cute and cozy looking. You don't have to walk a mile to go to the kitchen. It be great to live in" Rosie smiled as she daydream about having house like that. The older twin shrugged. "To each their own. I want a big house like this! So much to explore! Speaking of which!" Ruby starts running up a big flight of stairs to explore more of the house. "Ruby wait!" The other two yelled as they ran up after her. Ruby was laughing like a mad man as she ran through the house as the other two were struggling to keep up. That is till a chill ran through Ruby spine which cause her to stop, making the other two crashed into Ruby.

Autumn slowly sat up and rubbed her head. "Ow...Ruby why did you...", she stopped as both Autumn and her sister turns her head towards an older looking door. "Stop..." Rosie tilts her head in confusion at the two who was just staring at a door. "What are you two doing?" Rosie questioned, still confused as Ruby went and open the door which revealed a room of old knight equipment. "Whoa...." All three girls say in amazement.

The girls walked into the and looked around in awe. "This must be where dad keeps all his old gear. I just though this room would be filled with old nicknacks", Rosie said while admiring the several sets of armor on display. "Really? I felt something that was more that just some old nicknacks", Ruby said while walking towards a particular spot. "Felt something?" It was Rosie turn to be confused again. "Yeah I felt something too in here. It was weird", Autumn said, following her sister to a corner in the room. Rosie, still confused on what they meant, followed to where they were heading.

When they reach the spot, there were a few weapons in a chest. There was a sword, a spear, an ax, and a pair of gauntlets. However, they were all mechanical looking and look like they were bronze or gold. And each one of the weapons have a blue gem stone in the middle of them. The girls looked at the weapons with stars in their eyes. Ruby, all though with some trouble, picks up the pair of gauntlets and put them on. "So these are things we felt sis!" Autumn pick up a spear that was almost twice the size as her. "Yeah they are!" Rosie shakes her head and shrugs. "I still have no clue what you guys are talking about. But, if you guys feel something with these, why don't we give it a test run?!" Rosie gave a big smile.

"Wait really!?" The twins yelled at the same time. "Yeah, we have a training room in the house! Let's go!" Ruby cheered in agreement, but Autumn looked worried. "I don't know guys, what if something happens? O-Or if we get in trouble?!" Ruby put a hand on her twin. "Cmon Autumn! Live a little! Nothing will happen-"

Splash! With the feeling of cold water splashing on her face, what looks like an adult Ruby gasped as she woke up. Her face covered with her now soaked, long red hair. She try to shake off her hair out of her face with no success. "Oh oops, sorry Ru. Sometimes it slips my mind about the whole arms things" a rough, but female voice said as she moved the hair out of Ruby's eyes. The girl had very similar features to Ruby: same skin tone, red hair, and red eye. However, compared to Ruby's massive long hair, her hair was shorter and shaved on one side. While Ruby was thin and petite, this girl was tall and very muscular. Her left eye was also replaced with a robotic eye with a familiar blue gem in the middle of it. However, this was still- "Autumn, how many times do I have to tell you to not wake me like that." Ruby sighed. She would of face palmed, however Ruby was missing her arms.

"Well, you were not waking up when I shook you and it looked like you were having a nightmare", Autumn explained and she grabbed two big robotic arms with hand almost the size of Ruby's torso. They were bronze and gold and hand blue crystal gems where the elbow should be and a gem in the middle of the hand. The younger, yet taller twin helped but the arms on to Ruby's stubs. After they were fully on, Ruby finally did her long awaited face palm, covering her face with her massive hand.

Autumn looked serious at her. "Was it that dream again?" Ruby looked at her hands and sighed. "Yeah, but you woke me up and the bad part lucky enough", she says as she starts to get dress. She put on a withe dress shirt, red tie, a black tux over the shirt, black skirt and boot, a choker, and finally she put on an eyepatch over her right eye. "And how many time do I have to say you don't need the eye patch?" Autumn said in a sassy voice, mimicking Ruby. "Oh quite you", Ruby gave a small smirk. "Ok, let's get today over with."

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⏰ Last updated: Sep 22, 2022 ⏰

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