New Beginnings

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Time for the new content that die-hards will most likely get pissed at me for!

For the record, I did my research in specifics which is where Delara's comment about being in Russia comes from. I've also tried to find out which desert area the airship was flying over for TCW but that was fruitless.

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It had been four years since Charles and Delara had died and today was the anniversary. Henry Varon had been a soldier since then as a way to try and keep their memory alive, but today...

Today he was at their graves with Vanny as she held one of the two bouquets for the graves. She had grown up so much.

"So dis is where Mommy an' Uncle Charlie res'?" asked Vanny as she looked up at her biological father

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"So dis is where Mommy an' Uncle Charlie res'?" asked Vanny as she looked up at her biological father.

"Well... Not quite," Henry replied as he placed his bouquet over the tin box where Delara's creamy plaid jacket is now contained. He then pointed to the sky. "Mommy and Uncle Charlie are busy making the stars shine in the great beyond."

Vanny's eyes began to twinkle as she put her flowers on Charles' grave.

"So grandma'z doin' da same thing with Mom an' Uncle Charlie?"

"Yeah... I never got to meet your grandmother, but I'm sure that she's happy in the great beyond as well. I don't know if they can hear us when they're so far away, but you can try talking to them now if you'd like as I set up the picnic."

Vanny didn't hesitate as she started talking to the graves. Henry smiled as he laid out the blanket and placed the basket before them. Vanny's rabbit that Charles gave to her had been placed roughly in front of Charles's grave, who was named Charlotte, while Vanny's blanket was neatly folded in front of Delara's grave.

Both were worn out since Vanny loved them greatly, but it almost felt like they were physically here...

"Daddy?"
Henry's train of thought stopped.
"Do you miss them even though... they exist in another timeline?"

Vanny had inherited Delara's gift of seeing other timelines, which also explains Vanny's way of speech, but Henry wasn't sure if Vanny also inherited his ability to time travel... Maybe she did, but it was too early to tell...

"I do," he replied. "I know that other me's can have their cake and eat it too while I can watch, but... I still wish I could hold your mother in my arms and talk to Uncle Charlie myself, but I can't... I'm a little jealous of the other me's while they feel bad, I'm sure."

Vanny looked down as she reached into the picnic basket. It had food for four people since Uncle Puffball was away at the moment. Suddenly, Vanny's eye caught something in the trees.

"Daddy?"

"Yes, Vanny?"

"What did Mommy an' Uncle Charlie look like?"

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