To Save My Child

Part 1

This is a flashback

"this way!" Demon hunters were running through the forest in search of a certain blonde demon, "it's going to be alright, I swear I'm gonna protect you" meliodas held his baby close to his chest reassuring him that he was going to be okay

"I heard something this way!" The humans were gaining on him, and fast "shit, shit, shit!" Meliodas was running out of places to hide, he looks at Tristan who at the time was only two weeks old, he kissed his sons forehead and ran towards a certain area

"I promise I'll find you, I love you Tristan" he placed his son at the door of a small house, knocked on the door and his behind a wall

A lady with purple hair and golden eyes walks out of the house "what-" she looks around and sees no one at the door "goo goo coo" she looks down and there he was Tristan

"and who might you be "she picks up the small baby and cradles him in her arms "Tristan" she read what was written on a paper next to him while walking into the house

"dear Merlin, I know it's been a while since we've each other and this might be a lot to ask but I was hoping that you could take care of my son Tristan thanks for everything you did for me Sensei,

You're favorite student, Meliodas"

She puts down the paper and sigh "what have you gotten yourself into this time " she sits on the couch still cradling the baby in her arms

"you're hungry aren't you" she then puts the baby down on the couch and walks in the kitchen to find anything edible that a baby could eat. she looks into the fridge and find something "apple sauce? A baby can eat this right?" She shrugs and closes the fridge "I hope I don't kill this kid" she groans and walks to the cabinet and takes out a spoon "can babies even feed themselves?"

She walks to the living room to find the small child giggling on the couch with his foot in his mouth "yup, you sure are meliodas's son" she picks up the baby and puts him in a upright position

"okay here we go" she opens the apple sauce and uses the spoon to scoop a bit out and with shaky hand moves it the the baby's mouth "okay kid, say ahh" the baby laughs and opens his mouth. Merlin carefully puts the food into his mouth being sure not to push it down his throat. Tristan closes his mouth around the spoon and swallows the food. With shaky hand, Merlin slowly retracts the spoon from the baby's mouth

"okay, that's a good start". She scoops a bit more of apple sauce and continues the process until the container is empty "that was... easier than a thought.." Merlin says while washing the spoon

"hehe" merlin looks down to see tristan grabbing her leg and giggling "what's so funny kid" she says while putting the spoon away and turning to pick him up "hehe" Tristan giggles again "okay kid what's the big idea-" she puases when she smells something "oh please no..." The small child giggles "poopy!"

Fifteen years later

"Auntie?" Tristan ask while fiddling with his empty mug.

"Mm?" Merlin replies looking up at the boy and putting her paper down which has the instructions for a new spell she was working on.

The boy sighs and looks over to her before speaking "Did my dad not want me? Or... i don't know just why did he have to leave me? And is he ever coming back? Where is he? Why did he-,"

before the other could finish Merlin cut him off "I'll tell you what I told you many times: he didn't have a choice." The mage looks back down to her paper but continues speaking"He wanted to protect you, Tristan even if that meant sacrificing himself to do so. And yes he did want you, from what I understand you were the best thing that ever happened to him and as for where he is now...dead for all we know"

then its silent, Tristan doesn't reply so Merlin looks up to see the 15 year old boy looking down at the table then she sees a small droplet fall onto the table. She sighs and stands up from her seat and putting her new spell in the table and walking over to the other.

The mage wraps her arms around the younger boy and pulls him into a soft gentle hug "although the odds of your father being alive are slim but still...slim is better than nothing right"

Tristan nods slowly and wipes his tears before looking up at the older woman "yeah, right. There's a chance he's alive out there and as long as there's a chance...I won't give up"

Merlin is taken by surprise for a second then quickly regains her composure "exactly, we won't give up...never ever"

So seeing his father who he has searched for far and wide for fifteen long tiering years standing right in front of him was...he didn't know what it was, should he be happy? Sad? Mad? He really doesn't know

"Tristan?" Meliodas says dropping the freshly baked pastries on the floor "is that really you?" He slowly walks over to him and places a hand on his all grown up sons face "please tell me that's you, please tell me thats you!"

Tristan swallows and releases a breath he didn't even notice he was holding "it's me, dad"

"Oh my god! It's you! It's really you!" He holds his son tightly as if hes scared to let him go "I'm so sorry...I'm so sorry I didn't..that is didn't"

"It's okay, I'm here now" he hugs his dad back just as tightly "im home for good"

"Sooo" Beatrice who's been in the corner just standing there watching the whole scene unfold infront of her finally speaks up "can someone tell me what the fucks going on!" She yells out and stomped her foot

Meliodas let's go of his eldest child and turns to his youngest "Beatrice, this is your older brother, Tristan"

"Yeah I know that! I mean why the fuck didn't you tell me I had a brother I mean I'm nine! I can handle it!" She yells again this time angrier than before

Meliodas sighs and walks over to her and pats her head "because, if I were to tell you, you would try to find him and you now how dangerous it is to go adventuring into human territory" he emphasize the human to show hie serious of a danger they are to demons "so stop being a brat about it!"

"I hate you!" Beatrice outburst and stomps to her room and slams the door

"This child is going to be the death of me " meliodas mumbles to himself "I'm sorry about that Tristan" he puases for I moment "she's just..a bit moody sometimes"

"It's fine really, but...i do have a few questions for you if you dont mind" he says in a low tone slightly narrowing his gaze

"Ask away" the blonde replies in a cheerful voice with a happy smile on his face

"Who's Blake?" The blondes face drops from cheerful to serious in a matter of seconds "who told you that name..."