One-off short stories

Sugar~ The Days Before You

WSN SPOILERS AHEAD! READ IF YOU DARE/DON'T CARE! ALTHOUGH THE SPOILERS WILL ALL BE ABOUT BOLT SO IT WON'T BE TOO PRESSING TO A LOT OF THE BOOK.

"Hmmm, it isn't common a Guardian Beast is summoned still in its egg. You might be a rather special young boy." A man's voice said.
"Me...special? That'd be cool." A child's voice said.
Slowly, the egg started to shake, cracks appearing on it. After a few moments, a young spirit popped out of it, only about six inches tall at the moment,"Hello, Master." She looked straight at the young boy,"My name is Sugar. It's nice to meet you."
"Master...huh? What?" The boy seemed shocked.
"Many Guardian Beasts call their masters, well, master. It's likely just a term of affection." The man said.
"Master, do you know that you glow?" Sugar asked.
"Glow? I don't think I glow." The boy said.
"Huh? I can definitely see it." Sugar said,"Well, what's your name, Master?"
"I'm Bolt." He said,"You can just call me Bolt, there's no need for that whole Master thing."
"That's not okay Master Bolt. I have to call you that." Sugar said.
"Well, if you have to..." Bolt sighed,"I guess it's okay."
"Well, my job is done." The man said, leaving.
"Thank you Mr. Summoner!" Bolt said.
"Summoner? So he summoned me? But you're my master." Sugar said.
"How do you know?" Bolt asked.
"Because of how much you glow, silly!" Sugar said.
"Do I really glow?" Bolt asked again, still sounding skeptical.
"Of course you do, Master! You glow, and that means I need to protect you!" Sugar said.
At the time, Bolt was 8 years old. He had just gotten his Guardian Beast as his gift from his father.
(Well, I suppose the 4 year age gap between Aki and Dark isn't as weird as the age gap between Aki and Sugar. Sugar is like forever a immature teenage though so yeah.)

4 years pass...
"So, you really want to become a Craftknight, Master?" Sugar asked,"I'm worried that might be dangerous." At this point, the two were like very close childhood friends. Although Sugar wanted to be even closer to Bolt. She hadn't told him about those feelings yet though. She had also grown to be about a foot shorter than Bolt, the height she would be for the rest of her life.
"I'll be fine. I've got you as my Guardian Beast, after all." Bolt said,"Your healing spell has really helped me out before after all. Plus, I want to be able to become strong and help Wystern."
"But we could still get hurt." Sugar whined.
"Come on. I think forging weapons together might be fun too." Bolt said.
"Forging weapons...together?" Sugar wondered if that could be romantic.
"Yeah. A Craftknight needs the help of a Guardian Beast's magic to make weapons." Bolt said,"I feel like I've told you that before."
"Ehehehehe...sometimes I didn't listen when you were talking about being a Craftknight, Master." Sugar admitted.
"Well, I won't force you, but...I would like to do this." Bolt said.
"Then, I'll do it, Master. I'll become a real Guardian Beast, who protects you, my Craftknight master!" Sugar said.
"Thank you." Bolt said.

A few days later...
"Being a Craftknight Apprentice is hard." Sugar said,"Why are we doing this again Master?"
"I bet it'll go better once we start mastering forging more." Bolt said.
"Do you really think that's going to happen? With Master Derpy as our teacher?" Sugar asked.
"I think he's funny." Bolt said.
"You're the only one, Master." Sugar replied.
"Hey you! Why do you always have your Guardian Beast with you, even when you don't have to?" A man around their age walked up to them and said.
"What's that supposed to mean? I can be around my Master whenever I want!" Sugar said.
"Because we're too good friends for me to keep her cooped up in the spirit realm." Bolt said.
"Hah! I like you. Never quite met a Craftknight like you, but you seem cool. Name's Bron, what's yours?" He asked.
"Bolt. And this here is Sugar." Bolt said.
"Well, nice to meet you both. I'm an apprentice Craftknight too. I can't fight very well, but Master Derpy told me I was a real good crafter for having only just started!" Bron said.
"That's pretty cool." Bolt said,"I haven't had that kind of luck yet."
"Me and Master Bolt are still working on making a Rookie Dagger." Sugar said.
"Well, maybe I could help you?" Bron said,"I've learned a few tricks myself that might come in handy. Your Guardian Beast sure seems more helpful than mine too! Harharhar!" He had a strange laugh.
"Well, thank you." Sugar said, before whispering to Dark,"Is he one of those 'creepy' men you told me about?"
"I don't think so." Bolt whispered back,"Under the surface I think he's nice."
"What are you two whispering about?" Bron asked,"Do you want my help, or not?"
"I want your help." Bolt said, slightly reluctantly.