~When the Tide Comes Back~ (Neuvillette x Fem!Reader)

ºPrologueº

It was a cloudy night in Fontaine, 5 year old Y/N was getting ready to go to bed, waiting in bed for her mother to tell her a story.

"Ready, Y/N?" Asked her mother with a soft smile. "Yes!" Giggled Y/N.

Her mother took a deep breath and started the story...

"400 years ago, there was a painter. The best of them all. She was kind and energetic, tough sometimes lazy." Her mother said, "one day, she met a judge, and kindly told him if she could paint him, for free obviously. The judge accepted and the painter started to paint."

"After she finished the painting, she gave it to the judge, and he loved it... the days passed by, and they kept seeing each other, until, they fell in love with each other. So one day, the painter decided to confess to him, gladly, he accepted." Her mother continued, "days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years, they dated for 2 years... 2 years of pure joy and love."

"And what happened to them, did they marry?" Y/N asked happily. Her mother looked at her with a sad smile and continued,

"One day, the judge came home from work, he saw her lovers body in the floor, covered in blood and sweat. He fell into his knees and started crying. The man was devastated."

"So... what happened to him... what did he do?" Y/N asked worried.

"The judge... he stayed away from humans, fearing that he would get hurt again. And he tried to find the one who murdered his lover, but they never found them."

"Mom... what a sad story, poor judge, I wish he finds happiness someday!" Y/N said with a sad smile. Her mother looked at her and hugged her, "good night my princess, sweet dreams"

"Sweet dreams mom! Sweet dreams"

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The years passed, and Y/N never forgot about that story, she kept wishing for the judge to find happiness. When she was 9, she tried to do some art, which was trying to copy a drawing from another artist, that was actually experienced, and she did a good job, she showed it to her mother and her mother showed to all her friends.

Until her mother disappeared, and the girl was left alone, until the House of the Hearts took her or well, 'adopted' her.

Her mother had been a special part of her childhood, her father was a criminal, and when he got caught he decided to duel the champion, Clorinde, and died in the act.

So the girl wanted to become an artist to support her mother's dream. She also liked drawing and painting, so it wasn't a job she wouldn't enjoy.

After a while she started working for the Steambird making some comics for it. She also worked with book publishing companies, for people who wanted her to draw and paint their covers.

One day she was at the Opera House, well a person has wanted a painting of it. "Order, Order I say!" The Chief Justice of Fontaine, Neuvillette yelled, the crowd was being noisy about some case.

Another person was being accused of being the responsible of the Female Disappearance Case that had been going for about 20 years.

Y/N raised her head from her piece of work and looked at the Chief Justice. She had always thought that he was a little scary, but might as well be a softie in the inside.

The crowd calmed down and the case continued again. Y/N wasn't really listening or looking at the people around her, she just continued to work on her art.

When the case was over, and the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale gave the final verdict, that was not guilty, Y/N picked her stuff and started to leave.

When she was outside she bumped into someone's chest... "oh, my apologies" a deep voice said. Y/N looked up, the Chief Justice of Fontaine just bumped into her! "Don't worry, sir, I'm okay, thanks"

The Chief Justice just nodded and said, "well, have a great rest of your day" Y/N nodded and walked away with a fast pace. She then gave the paint to the person that ordered.

"Look who we got here" Spoke Lyney, the most famous magician in Fontaine. "Hello, Lyney" Y/N answered softly.

"Who did you bump in today?" Lyney asked mischievously. "I- how do you know!" Y/N yelled at him, "fiiine, the Chief Justice, I bumped into him..."

Lyney laughed and said, cleaning his fake tears, "Oh damn, well what were you doing?" Y/N answered with a sigh, "I was walking and I bumped into him, I wasn't paying attention, and I guess he wasn't either"

"Hm, okay, just don't fall in love" Lyney said with a wink. "Yeah yeah, now let's get in" Y/N said entering the orphanage.

Just don't fall in love~

Words: 796

New fan fiction about my pookie. Wanted to do this a long time ago but didn't have time. Anywho, gonna try to do minimum 1k words per chapter. Stay safe!