"Where are we,Fleur?"asked Brax.
I was getting all teary eyed. This place holds all my longing and pains. The good and the bad. Even though the most important memories weren't fabricated here,new ones were. Nostalgia hit me hard. Suddenly, I felt that my period was close.
"Well,let's ring the bell and see who is home."said the weird guy, Daire.
"No,no, Daire don..."
I was a heart beat late when lights descended from the sky.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah..."he shrieked.
Oh Luminus, what have I done to have such a brother?
A faint smokey scent with a hint of strawberry wafted over from where he got 'served'. See what I did there? You did? Nope ok, moving on.
"Biokinetics?"queried Jade. Huh,so she also knows of this?
"Not really. It should be something else."added Alec. This group keeps getting more and more interesting.
"Fleur Lucy Hales the first,explain why you just got you're brother smoked?!"thundered Lexi. Oh dear. I was blushing in embarrassment. I just tried this mechanism out of a whim. I'm a maniac for machinery and mechanisms. My comfort zone.
"Um, it was on a whim. It's a defence mechanism to prevent intruders."
"Intruders? Intruders? Lil L, are you good? Ok in the head?"scolded Chaz. Oh dear, my period is definitely on coming. I felt like crying all of a sudden. So annoying.
As the dams were about to let lose, a soft voice made us all jerk our heads to the side.
"Big sister,why are you crying? Who bullied you? Tell me, I'll go tell everybody else and we'll beat them up." Awwww,so sweet. Wait, did I just think that? Unbelievable!!
"Lyra, no one is bullying me,ok? Big sister just got emotional."I said trying to hold back my tears. Not because I would look a mess or anything. I just didn't want my make up to run, don't laugh! I turned and lifted the little four year old and beamed at her.
"Um, Lil L, who is she?"asked Brion. Glancing at Brion at the side, I swerved around and beamed at them as well.
"Everyone, welcome home!"
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Wow, Fleur looks so nice as she smiles. She could overthrow nations with her beauty. Argh, why does my chest feel stuffy all of a sudden? The way she shines through all the darkness makes me want to keep her away from the world yet fully display her,sigh.
Home? Heh,she's lucky to have such a place. Look at her speak animatedly about the place. This must be her happy place. Where she can forget that the world is cruel and probably in danger. I wonder if I can join this little world she has created.
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"Big sister,all your friends are very pretty."said Lyra as we made our way inside. We hadn't yet reached the courtyard. Yep, that's how big I designed this place.
"Pretty? All of them?"I asked. I mean,common, I have guys in this group,mostly.
"Well, some are pretty for men but the girls are even prettier."answered Lyra with a pump of her fist. Always acting cute.
"Um,Fleur. Who designed this place?"asked Emily. They must be very curious. I had better save them from the endless loop.
"It was...."
"Definitely Fleur. Judging from the different patterns here, here....."
Before I could explain, Rio had cut me off. They had stayed behind shortly and were observing something. I forgot,they know.
"What do you mean? Fleur designed this? I thought she was a hacker!"stated Archie. Let me save my ears.
"I have different qualifications so, yeah. I designed this place." I said nonchalantly. It's true. I have gotten different educational qualifications. I'm awesome, I know.
"So you are an architect as well as a hacker?"asked Fergus with a lift of his brow. He doesn't believe me? What is this? I was fuming! How could he not believe me?
"Oh oh, big sister is angry." I had Lyra say. Yeah, I was furious. I worked painstakingly hard for those papers yet someone has the guts to look down on them!
"Yo! Who is making our sister angry? Lyra,who is it?"came a voice from the left hand side.
"Brother Lukas!"exclaimed Lyra as she squirmed in my arms, begging to be release. I set her down and she scurried off to his outstretched hands. Lukas Entèro. My bestfriend and little brother. I've known him the longest in my whole circle. The longest as in from before grandpa and Brion and everyone, a very dark time.
A warm hug enveloped me and that's when I realised I was crying.
"Shhhhh,it's ok. You'll be ok. The pigeon will be ok. It won't fly from its coop."he coaxed, like I was a child. His words reminded me of the reason I was all emotional. A very bad time.
At some point all the other children had gather around and were looking at Brion and the rest strangely. I almost choked on my laughter. I hate these times. My mood swings become very dangerous around this time. Ugly memories. I felt someone pinch my sides which helped awake me from wherever I was.
With a sneer on my lips, i turned to see who it was. It was Judea, another one of the young ones. His doe eyes were glassy with unshed tears. His bangs slightly obstructed his sight making him look k-pop cool at the age of seven.
I squatted to his height and looked at him. He had grown taller from when we last met and had gained some good fat around his once slim face. Good,he was eating well.
"Jay, what's wrong?"I asked gently,while wiping the tears that refused to be shed from his eye lashes.
"Big sister, Lucy, are you ...sniff sniff...ok? Grandpa sai... said.....tha....that you're sick. Are you fine now?"he asked in between sniffles. Awww,he looked so cute right now. All the other kids turned to me and that's when I saw it. I saw there fear and there pain. I understood it all. Except grandpa and Lukas, I was there rock. I had helped then through tough times and we always had each others backs.