Lunar Chronicles Headcanons

4- Eli

So it took a while to fully copy this one down, but I think this headcanon is one of my favorite old ones.

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Another three years passed after Cinder and Kai had their son, and it was announced that they were expecting their third and final child — another girl.

Peony was, of course, excited — because she had been asking for a little sister for quite some time now. And she was secretly hoping that the young girl would do all of the tomboyish things that she liked to do.

When the girl finally came, and grew, it turned out that the child was much more girly than the other two. Peony and her brother, Garan, were disappointed at first. But even they couldn't resist the cute little girl that was their sister, Eli.

She had traits from both of her parents, Kai's skin tone and hair color, but Cinder's eyes and several other small features.

Though she was an endless bundle of girly things, she did end up developing a deep love for mechanics, strangely enough, and often went to watch her mother work on the smallest of things. Eventually Cinder started to teach her, and by the time she was eight she was able to make a fully functional android cat, which she gave to Cress and Thorne as a wedding anniversary gift.

She became so good with mechanics that one day she decided to start a large project.

She wouldn't let anyone in her room for almost two years, even ordering servants to skip her quarters on the housekeeping schedule.

One day, on Iko's "birthday", she finally came out with the completed project, holding a bundle in her arms as large as the upper half of her small body.

She went to the small lounge, where everyone was sitting and talking about the old days — the adventures that they had before Eli was born.

Sweeping her long, dark braid over her shoulder, Eli walked over to Iko.

"Your present is finally finished!" the young girl stated proudly.

"What present?" Iko asked.

Setting he bundle down next to her, she gently removed the soft blanket, revealing a young girl.

The android's design was beautiful, and the child looked around two years old, with chocolate colored skin and long black hair engulfing her face in loose curls. She was wearing one of Eli's old dresses.

"Oh, Eli!" Iko said in awe, placing a hand over her mouth.

"A few years ago you said it would be nice if you could have a daughter, so I decided to make you one. I don't know if it will work, but she's supposed to grow over time. I didn't give her a personality, so when you turn her on she automatically starts to form her own, unique one."

Iko smiled, "Thank you, Eli."