FTO Shorts and Ships

Children?- Part 2

The Protectors and the 2 children got to Divinus Magia."...huh.I honestly thought the place would be destroyed." (In this it isn't- Like,completely and totally destroyed-)

"You thought so?" Bryan asked amused.Although his voice was lowered because Julia was sleeping."Yeah...let's just go inside the guildhall." The 6 went inside,and what Lo'pho saw surprised him but didn't at the same time.As usual Mario and David were arguing while Boat was trying to get them to stop,but Ritchie was actually sober! And Brandon was sitting next to them! "Ah! Ritchie! Brandon! I see your-"

"L-Lo'pho shh!-" Aaand it was too late.Julia had started crying and surprisingly that got the room to be quiet."N-Nononono shh it's o-okay!.."

"...sorry Jakey." Lo'pho said.He went up to the twins,the others following as Jakey tried to calm down Julia."Hello Lo'pho..?" Ritchie said with a confused tone. Brandon just stayed quiet as he usually did but did also have a questioning look. Jakey felt eyes on him and Julia. The rest of Divinus Magia gathered around,Kit and Inmo just sitting at a table to watch but David,Mario,and Boat came over."Why do you have a child?" David asked,asking the obvious question."I-it's a long story,aheh- Julia shh.."

"ANYway,uh,what brings you here Lo'pho?"

"Oh,uh,just wanted to see how you guys were doing! And obviously you seem to be doing better." Julia suddenly stopped crying when Boat offered to take her. She basically jumped into Boat's arms,giggling and messing with his face."Wow my guy-" David said,actually shocked. "Yeah that's impressive" Mario added."Oh,you finally got her to stop crying,eh?" Lo'pho asked,turning to look. "I-I dunno,she j-just suddenly stopped when B-Boat took her."

"That is strange but...good to say the least." Liam was hiding behind Bryan."Aw,c'mon buddy they won't hurt you.I promise they're...nice." Bryan said,glaring at David and Mario on the last part. Liam reluctantly came out from behind him. Julia was enjoying herself,having noticed Boat's shiny jewelry."This is weird- Why does she like you so much?" David asked."I dunno.." Boat said,confused himself. "Maybe it's because I deal with children on the daily." He added on afterwords. "Wha- Hey!" Dacid and Mario said in sync. Boat just rolled his eyes as he held a hand up,making some water in his hand and making some shapes. Julia seemed to enjoy it,and Liam saw it as well. "Ooh,that's soo cool!!" Liam said excitedly. "You think Raindrop is cool little man? Watch this!" David said,shooting some ice from his hands. Liam's eyes seemed to light up. Liam played with David and Mario,Julia played with Boat,and Bryan and Jakey just watched while Lo'pho,Ritchie and Brandon talked. Er- Lopho an Ritchie mostly talked,Brandon just listened. Meanwhile,Kay had gone to sit next to Kit,who had her head on the table. "Hey,are you okay..?"

"Yeah,why..?"

"You just seem..sad." Kit was quiet for a moment. "I-I'm fine I swear.."

"You stutter when you lie...according to David anyway." Kit sighed. "It's Tapio..they were killed."

"The other cat? Who killed them?!" Kit went quiet. "O-Oh,sorry if I hit a nerve I didn't mean-" Kit put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay,"

"You sure..?"

"I'm sure." Kay sighed,relieved."A-Anyway,uhm,maybe you should come by my bakery some time."

"Bakery?" Kay nodded. "Yeah! I started a bakery! We also have coffee and such to go with the sweets,aheh." Kit smiled a tiny bit. "I'll come by when I find the time," Kay grinned. "Yay!!" Kay hugged Kit,and Kit hugged back,grateful...

...back with the children,Julia had dozed off in Lucas' arms,so now he was just talking to Bryan and Jakey. David and Liam were still "playing" together,when really it was David showing off.Mario was supervising that while Lo'pho and Ritchie continued to talk. "...it's good to see that your doing better Ritchie. It's also very good to see you back here Brandon."

"Yeah...I was so lost without Brandon here. Like almost literally,I was lost in my head." Lo'pho raised an amused eyebrow at this."Ah,well I guess that makes sense..?"

"Yeah..can I ask about the 2 kids?" Brandon asked quietly. "Oh,right,uh one of the quests Bryan and Jakey went on supposedly was about 2 missing kids,but it was some type of fake report and what actually happened was the parents of these poor children were murdered in front of them. Bryan and Jakey found them huddled into a corner," The twins glanced a each other. "Wow. That's...interesting."

"Yeah,and they have agreed to take care of them until we can figure out if they have any other family who's willing to take them. But we haven't had any luck,so we don't know.."

"That's unfortunate-" Someone burst into the guildhall with their staff up. Someone else was behind them,and they were both hooded and masked."Hands up!! All of you!! Give us the children and nobody will be harmed!!"