The Forbidden Drink II: Return of the Titans

Ch. 16: No Escape

Eda and Raine looked inside of Skara's room, seeing that she was still asleep. They felt sad that this girl has pretty much had her life messed up... twice. First the Apocalypse happens, then she finds out her parents died several months before that.

She had suffered more in a few months than either of them combined. At least Eda and Raine still had their parents alive into their adulthoods.

And they had each other but Skara didn't have anyone. Eda held the papers and she just needed Skara to sign them to make it official.

"Do you think she'll be okay with this?" Eda asked, looking at Raine. "I'm not saying I'm against it but she might feel like we're trying to replace her parents."

"I know but that's fine if she doesn't accept us as parents. She could see us as just guardians but in the end, we still want to help her." Raine said, putting a hand in Eda's shoulder. "Come on, let's go in."

The married couple slowly pushed the door open and walked into Skara's room, making sure not to wake her as Raine used a little magic to cancel the noise from the floor.

The two saw how peaceful she looked, they almost hated that they had to wake her up.

"Skara?" Eda said, gently shaking her.

"Mmm." Skara let out, slowly opening her eyes.

"We have something you need to sign." Eda said, "Then we'll bring you anywhere you want."

Skara slowly sat up and yawned.

"Sign what?" Skara asked, rubbing her eye.

"Something that will help your current situation but it's completely up to you." Raine said softly as they sat on the bed next to Skara.

It didn't even register that her hero was sitting next to her, she just grabbed the papers and signed them, not even reading them. Not like it could hurt her even more. She handed the papers back to Eda.

"Okay." Eda said, rolling the papers up, and using magic to send them to Lilith, "That should take a few days, and then you'll be the newest Clawthorne-Whispers."

"Okay." Skara said as she yawned again before she stopped. "Wait what?"

"Yep, we can't let you live in this giant empty mansion all alone." Eda said, "So yeah, you're our kid now."

Raine pulled Skara into a hug.

"You don't have to see us as replacement parents, you can see us as guardians if you want." Raine said, "And don't worry, the Manor will legally be yours when you turn 18."

"B-But-But.....w-why?" Skara asked, the news of this slowly sinking in.

"Because, we don't want you to be alone." Eda said, "I know what it's like to lose everything, it took a long time before my life finally got back to normal, and I'm hoping I can help you get your life back to normal faster."

Skara just looked down at the ground, not saying anything.

"Come on, let's go get something to eat, you look like you need it." Raine said, feeling Skara's ribs through her shirt.

Right as she said that, Skara's stomach growled. Skara blushed from this as Eda and Raine chuckled from this.

"O-Okay." Skara muttered.

"Don't worry, kid. I know a good place that will fill you up good." Eda said, patting Skara on the back.

The new parents walked out of the dirty manor, as Skara looked back at it, as if she would never be able to come back.