ceiphiedknight

** "I'm sorry, Beastmaster-sama.  I'm afraid I was too late." "No matter.  This will only serve to make things a bit more interesting." ** Amelia held the wiggling pink bundle tightly, afraid of dropping it. "She's energetic," remarked Lina Inverse, holding out her arms. The princess let out a sigh of relief and handed Lina's goddaughter over to her. "Thank you, Lina-san," Amelia said, pushing sweat-soaked bangs out of her eyes.  "I'm still not quite sure what I'm doing.  This is all so surreal." "You've got that right," Lina agreed, pulling down the pink blanket to reveal a flushed, wrinkled face with big blue eyes. The child, Melan

ONE YEAR AGO... Corrine was happy. After all, why wouldn't she be? She had moved back in with her parents, into her beloved old room in her childhood home. She and Fenton were together again, and it felt as if they'd never parted. She was training as a commercial pilot for a local airline that covered the entirety of Calisota…honestly, things had never been better! And yet… Something bothered her, almost on a daily basis. Nameless, faceless images would pop unbidden into her mind, causing her breath to catch and her heart to beat faster. Sometimes, when she went to visit Fenton up in McDuck's office inside the money bin (the ol