*Huuuuu...…Whooooooaaaaah*
"I'm ready."
*Tick….ta…click*
"Who's there? Who's on my lawn?"
"Mom, it's me."
"Ruby?
Come closer, and let me look at you."
"Go on.
I'll keep lookout."
"What's happened to you?
I...I...…why did you never say hi to me?"
"Ruby, she's blind."
"Oh. I.....
*Huuu.
Sorry I wasn't there for you when I should have been.
I could've healed you. Helped you grow whole. Helped you thrive.
...….Keep you young.
Now....I'm no different than anybody else."
"My girl, don't say that.
You are stronger than you think.
Sit here, and let me tell you why."
"Ma, I messed up.
I thought I was helping, by taking care of the problems, but it turns out.....I have become the problem.
And now...…..I'm lost."
"No one is truly lost, Ruby."
"Seems you are with your hands.
What are you even making?"
"A hat.
For you."
"For me?
Mom, my powers are gone. I can't hear the animals anymore. Their voices have left."
"Nothing has truly left, my girl. The voices are still there, you just won't be able to understand what they say.
These clothes will help you blend in."
"Clothes...…plural?"
"...She's waited for you for the longest time.
Every time I see her, she has a new piece she's making.
Said the cake she gave you, was just step one?"
"Step wooo....ohh…Oh.
Ma, you shouldn't have. I'm..."
"Follow me inside."
"You have quite the collection, but how did you know that I…..
….Would be back?"
"How can one not hope for the day?"
".....It's what has kept her alive."
"Me?
You....watched her for me, this whole time?
But you called me a Witch."
"Well, more like keeping tabs in case something were to happen, but you are a witch.
Your powers, your stance, your.....everything."
"Does anybody else know?"
"That she died when your dad did."
"Thanks."
"I didn't do this for you."
"Then....who?"
"Ruby, come over here and let me show you what mommas been cooking. I was thinking we could catch up with a nice pot of chicken soup, and then cozy up in our pj's; as we watch the sunset, or we could..."
"Mom, I….."
"Ruby, time to go. Elwins patrols are coming."
"You stay right there and I'll whip us up a nice batch of your favorite…."
"Too late.
What do we do? What do we do?"
"Natysh, chill.
I might not have my Seed anymore; but I don't need it."
"What the?
Why is my Carriage in front of...….wait a minute."
"Should we tell Elwin?"
"Tell her what?"
*Zroom*
"Where'd the house go?"