Omake: The First Night
After Elaer and Fileia found the two children, Miko and Yasha in the hills at the west, they went to their home mounted on their dragons. They had one house in the Royal Capital Soleila, where the Royal Castle was. The house was a two-story building made from wood, which had 3 bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, 3 bathrooms and a small garden.
Fileia was a 26-year-old woman who had long blond hair and green eyes, and she wore a green and blue shouf adorned with leaves and water droplets, with the lower part of her shouf being a skirt of the same color and decorations as the upper part that reached down to her knees. She had a sword tied to her left hip and carried a shield on her back. As for her Elaer, he was a 25-year-old man who had short black hair and blue eyes, and he wore a green shouf with violet parts which had for its lower part pants of the same color as the upper part. He carried a silver spear on his back.
Their dragons were like this: Fileia's dragon was blue and green, and the Elaer's dragon was green and purple. As for the children, Miko was an eight-year-old girl. She had long black hair that was tied in a strange way with a white ribbon and brown eyes. She wore a strange outfit decorated with red and orange squares and white spheres, and she carried a bow and a quiver filled with arrows. She wore sandals on her feet. Yasha was even stranger. He was an eight-year-old boy too, but he had long silver hair and golden eyes, but he also had dog ears. He wore a strange red outfit with no decorations and went barefoot. He carried a sheathed sword tied to his left hip.
- "Miko, Yasha, this is our home" – said Fileia when they had arrived before the house. Miko and Yasha just looked at each other, not understanding Fileia's words.
- "Umm… We're sorry, we can't understand what you say…" – said Miko as she looked downward in sadness.
- "Dear, remember they don't understand us" – said Elaer as he looked at Fileia.
- "Miko, maybe she means this place is their house?" – said Yasha while he looked at her. He then looked at Fileia, Elaer and at the house in an inquisitive way. Fileia looked like she had understood him, so she nodded at him while she smiled at him
- "You don't understand us, but we live here" – said her while she pointed at herself, Elaer and both dragons. She then pointed at the house.
- "Do you think she means we should go in there?" – asked Miko at Yasha.
- "Well… We don't lose anything trying it out" – said him. He dismounted Elaer's dragon and walked to the house's door, but…
- "Ah… Wait, Yasha!" – said Fileia as she dismounted her dragon. Yasha stopped in surprise.
- "*gulp*… I hope I'm not doing anything bad…" – said he as he looked downward surprised. Fileia just smiled at him and faced the house's door.
She walked to the door and extended her right hand to it. When she did, a transparent blue and green magical circle appeared before the door and started spinning.
- "Whoa, amazing…" – said Yasha looking at Fileia.
- "So, they don't use keys or anything like that, but open and lock their houses using magic…" – said Miko as she blinked in surprise. When Fileia finished, the door softly opened, and the magical circle disappeared.
- "I'm done. Please, let's all go in" – said her as she moved aside and gestured everyone to enter the house. Miko and Yasha seemed to have understood, and after nodding, they entered the house.
They crossed a small foyer, and both children blinked in surprise.
- "Whoa… So amazing…" - said Yasha as he smiled.
- "Yeah… This house is so big and comfortable, and it has so many curious things…" – said Miko as she looked around.
They reached the living room, which had three sofas surrounding a small tea table. In front of the sofas and the tea table, there was a crystal stand that had a powered down television over it: it was two light bars placed in front of each other. At the sides of the stand there were two windows which showed a small garden covered in green grass.
- "Did you like our home, kids?" – asked Elaer. However, Miko and Yasha just looked at him with a puzzled expression – "Ah yeah, you don't understand us" –
- "Elaer, don't bully the children!" -
- "Alt tok fetelaga sossaks gyall, nyelsaks?" - phiarega Elaer. Tiu, Miko yst Yasha kelarga kyus ika xeoseti xi sonlyad -"Ac felea, tastsaks jaullwanasez sossaks" – shouted Fileia angry.
- "I'm joking, dear!" – said an embarrassed Felaer. Then, Fileia walked to the children and knelt in front of them – "We'll be making dinner now. You can watch TV while sitting on the sofas while we make the food" –
Both children just looked at her with a puzzled expression, so Fileia pointed at one sofa and looked at them.
- "I think she's saying we have to wait on that sofa…" – said Miko while shrugging her shoulders.
- "Looks like It…" – said Yasha. Their stomaches rumbled that moment. Fileia and Elaer laughed while Miko and Yasha just got embarrassed and blushed.
- "Hahaha! Looks like you two are a hungry!" – said Fileia – "Don't worry! In a little while, we'll finish making dinner. Wait here" –
She pressed the buttons in her Dragtemn, which turned on the TV, surprising Miko and Yasha. She then called Elaer and they both went to another room that was located to the right.
- "You think they'll be going to make food?" – asked Miko while she went to and sat down on the sofa.
- "Maybe… After how they laughed when they heard our stomachs rumbling, I'm pretty sure they went to fix up something" – said Yasha as he sat down on the sofa at Miko's side.
- "What kind of food could they eat in this place?" – asked Miko while they both looked at the TV.
- "Who knows…? At least we can remember the foods from our world, but…" – said Yasha as he placed a hand on his chin - "But I don't think it'll be anything similar to what we've eaten before" -
They then watched the shows on the TV while Elaer and Fileia were cooking, although neither of them could understand what the people said.
- "This show about a boy going in adventures looks pretty interesting, but I wish I could understand it…" – said Miko looking sad.
- "In that case, shouldn't we try learning the language?" – asked Yasha while shrugging his shoulders. Miko nodded to answer him.
- "Yeah. Since we're gonna live in this place from now on, we've gotta learn it" – said her - "Do you think they've got any books, notebooks or something we can use to start learning?" -
- "Hmm… Maybe in one of these shelves? Not like I remember ever having studied anything thought…" – said Yasha sighing in a lonesome way.
Both stood up from the sofa and walked up to the bookshelves. After a few minutes, they found several books that seemed like they could use to learn Common Dragonian.
- "Ah! This one has a table with what seems to be the letters and some pictures!" – said Miko when she opened one book.
- "Yeah! But there's a problem…" – said Yasha while looking at the book - "How do we know what sound goes with what letter…?" -
- "Yeah… And we don't know if this writing is syllabic or alphabetic…" – said Miko - "You think… we could ask Fileia-san or Elaer-san to help us with it?" -
- "But… how we ask them to help us with it if they can't understand us?" – asked Yasha.
- "Maybe if we show them the table and look like we're pleading they'll get it…?" - suggested Miko.
- "Well, no other way around it but trying it out, right?" – said Yasha. Miko just nodded, so they took the book and walked to the kitchen.
- "Fileia-san! Fileia-san!" – said both children.
- "Huh? Did something happen?" – asked Fileia when she saw them enter with the book on their hands.
- "Maybe they want you to read that book to them?" – suggested Elaer while he cut a few vegetables.
- "Even though they can't understand us or the book?" – asked Fileia smiling. But when saw the letters table, she understood what the children wanted – "Elaer, could you finish making the food by yourself?" –
- "I think I can, but why?" – asked him.
- "I think the children want to learn how to read our language" – said Fileia while she smiled – "So I'll help them!" –
Fileia nodded as she smiled and returned with Yasha and Miko to the living. They sat down at the sofa, with Miko and Yasha sitting at each side of Fileia, and Fileia opened the book in the page where the letters table was.
- "Okay children, I'll teach you how to read this" – said Fileia. Yasha and Miko didn't understand her but paid close attention to her words.
Fileia then pointed at the first letter of the table.
- "A" - said Fileia.
- "A" - repeated Miko and Yasha. Fileia nodded as she smiled at both children, and then she pointed at the image that was next to the letter. It was a star shining in the night sky.
- "Astraleir" – said her.
- "Ah… So, stars are called Astraleir in their language!" - said Miko excitedly.
- "Yeah! Looks like we've learned our first word!" – said Yasha while he smiled. Fileia didn't understand them but felt happy for them. After waiting a little, she pointed once again at the image and looked at them with an inquisitive expression.
- "Astraleir!" - said Miko and Yasha at the same time. Fileia smiled at both children. Then, she pointed at the next letter.
- "B" – said her.
- "B!" – said Miko and Yasha. Fileia then pointed at the image next to the letter. The image was a tree.
- "Bamf" – said her.
- "So, trees are called Bamf in this language" - said Miko.
- "Another word for us to learn then?" – said Yasha. Then both repeated the word at Fileia. Fileia then pointed at the tree's picture.
- "Bamf!" – said Miko and Yasha at the same time Miko yst Yasha. Then Fileia pointed once again at the image of the star.
- "Astraleir!" – said Miko and Yasha. Fileia felt, but she then pointed at the next letter.
- "C" – said her.
- "C!" – said Miko and Yasha.
Fileia then pointed at the image next to the letter: it was a heart.
- "Coroheazo" - said Fileia. Miko and Yasha both looked downward and put their hands over their chests.
- "Coroheazo…" – said Miko as she closed her eyes.
- "Coroheazo" – said Yasha. Fileia looked at a bit worried. Both children just opened their eyes after a few instants and looked at Fileia. She smiled at them and pointed at the tree's image.
- "Bamf!" – said Miko and Yasha. She then pointed at the heart's image.
- "Coroheazo!" – said Miko and Yasha. Then she pointed at the star's image.
- "Astraleir!" – said Miko and Yasha. Fileia smiled at them both and pointed at the next letter.
- "D" – said her.
- "Ah… Now I see it… Looks like this language is alphabetic, Yasha!" – said Miko as she covered her mouth with her hands.
- "So, it's not like our language, right?" - asked Yasha.
- "No, I'm sure our language is syllabic, but… I can't remember how it's written…" - said Miko.
- "Anyway, let's just focus on learning. Fileia-san is waiting for us" - said Yasha. Fileia didn't say anything, but just sighed and pointed at the next letter.
- "D" -
- "D!" – said both children. Fileia smiled at both and pointed at the image: it was a dragon.
- "Dragyuu" – said Fileia.
- "Dragyuu!" - said Miko and Yasha.
- "So that's how they call dragons in this world!" - said Yasha.
- "Yeah!" - said Miko. Then Fileia pointed at the tree's image.
- "Bamf!" – said Miko and Yasha. Then, she pointed at the star's image.
- "Astraleir!" – said Miko and Yasha. Then she pointed at the dragon.
- "Dragyuu!" - said Miko and Yasha. Then she pointed at the heart's image.
- "Coroheazo!" – said Miko and Yasha. She then pointed at the letter A.
- "A!" – said Miko and Yasha. Fileia made them repeat the letters and images a few more times. Then she pointed at the next letter.
- "E" – said her kays.
- "E!" - repeated Miko and Yasha. Then Fileia pointed at the image next to it: it was a wall.
- "Encle" - said Fileia.
- "Encle!" - said Miko and Yasha. After making them repeat the letters and words a few more times, she saw that both children looked exhausted, so she closed the book.
- "We'll stop here" – said her as she smiled – "We'll continue after we've eaten"
Miko and Yasha didn't understand her, but they felt tired, so they said no complaints. Then, Elaer left the kitchen carrying a tray that was filled with several platters, glasses, a jar and several types of cutlery.
- "It's time for eating!" – said him while he sat at the table. Fileia, Miko and Yasha rose up from the sofas and walked to the table, but Miko and Yasha walked more slowly than Fileia because they felt nervous: they didn't know the customs of this world.
- "I hope we're not doing anything rude…" – said Miko as she sat down at the table.
- "Yeah… I hope so too…" - said Yasha. But Fileia and Elaer just smiled at both children, so it didn't seem there were any problems.
- "What would you like to eat?" – asked Elear. Miko and Yasha just titled their heads, so Fileia moved her hand as if she were inviting them to serve themselves.
- "Maybe she means we can pick whatever we want?" - said Miko.
- "I think so. Look how they're waiting for us" – said Yasha. Both looked at the dishes: there were several kinds of meat, a salad made from several kinds of greens, some kind of fried fish and two jars. One was filled with water and the other was filled with some sort of pink fruit juice.
- "Meat" – said Fileia pointing at the meats – "Salad. Fish. Water. Juice" –
-She said each word as she pointed at each dish. Yasha and Miko understood what she was trying to do, and they nodded when she pointed at each dish once again.
- "Umm… Hydrast. Hydratbiole. Nicam" – said Yasha. Fileia nodded and served him what he had asked. Yasha smiled at her and started eating using the cutlery.
- "Ah! Arbauhyd. Hydratbiole. Arfloretle" - said Miko. Elaer smiled while nodding at her and served the dishes Miko had asked.
- "Thanks for the meal!" - said Miko while she clasped her hands. Then she started using the cutlery to eat. Elaer and Fileia looked at each other confused because of what Miko did, but they just smiled.
- "That must be a custom from their world" – said Eleaer while they all continued eating.
- "Yeah, dear. Well, we can only keep doing our best efforts so they will be able to understand us in some more days" – said Fileia while she smiled with a bit of sadness.
Both children liked quite a bit the dishes they had eaten, even though they had never eaten food like them. Miko particularly liked the Ilfe juice and drank three glasses of it. Meanwhile, Yasha liked quite a bit the several kinds of meat and the fried fish, but he only drank water. Fileia and Elaer were happy because it seemed like both children had liked the food they had made.
When they finished eating, Soleia had gone down and Seleila had finished rising from the faraway horizon. The night had already come to the world.
Miko and Yasha didn't understand them, but they still helped Elaer and Fileia washing the dishes and cutlery. To the surprise of both children, Fileia placed a small crystal in a slot next to the faucet, which made it produce water.
- "Have you never seen water produced by water Seireiterfa before?" – laughed Fileia when she saw their surprised faces. Both children shook their heads to say "no". Fileia allowed them to help with the washing.
The children laughed while they put the soap, rubbed the dishes with the sponge and washed the soap away with water. This was a normal house chore, but as Miko and Yasha couldn't remember having done such a thing, so they greatly enjoyed doing it.
- "Ah, it's kind of surprising to see the children enjoying these chores, huh? Dear?" – asked Elaer as he saw Miko and Yasha drying the dishes with an absorbing cloth.
- "Maybe such tasks don't exist in the world they're from?" – said Fileia while she finished drying the dishes and took out the crystal from the slot. This made the water stop flowing from the faucet. Fileia then stored the crystal in a shelf near the kitchen.
- "It's kind of awesome how they make water come out from that thing…" – said Yasha after they finished washing and drying the dishes and cutlery, and they had put them away.
- "For some reason, I feel like I used to have something like this in my home, but… I don't think it worked with crystals…" – said Miko as she put a hand over her chin.
- "I wish we could remember the world we came from…" – said Yasha, but this caused his head to start hurting that moment.
- "Are you okay!?" – asked Miko as she covered her mouth with her hands.
- "Are you okay, Yasha?" – asked Fileia while a worried expression appeared on her face. Elaer looked worried too.
- "I… I'm okay. Don't worry… It's nothing…" – said Yasha as he smiled at everyone, and the pain started disappearing. He couldn't understand Fileia, but the worried faces they had conveyed to him their worries. Fileia and Elaer couldn't understand him either, but his smile tranquilized them.
zaebaga Yasha tokcaire millauka ika vial, yst souis jitamega vaspiare. Kyus satnal jaullware Fileia, yanmia gioal dat kayssaks yst Elaer stralaga kyus Ika kustsse yanmioa. Fileia yst Elaer alt juallwanasez kyus ika, tiu kyusse tokcai shiazga.
- "Maybe that happened because you tried remembering something?" – asked Miko.
- "Yeah… But maybe it's also because we're tired… Maybe we should get ready to sleep?" – said Yasha as he smiled at her.
- "Yeah… It's been only a few hours after we woke up in the hill, but I'm really feeling beat up…" – said Miko before she let out a small yawn.
- "Both children look tired" – said Elaer.
- "Yes. Tomorrow I'd like to bring them along because we'll buy shoufs for them, and go register them as being under our guardianship. But for now, let's let them rest" – said Fileia as she nodded.
Elaer and Fileia brought Miko and Yasha along to the second floor of the house and led them to a room. The room wasn't large, but it was warm and comfortable. The room had two beds each of which had a small table with a lamp next to it, two closets and a dresser with a mirror.
- "This is the room we planned to use for our future children, but you can use it for now" – said Fileia as she smiled.
- "I think she's saying we can use this room" – said Yasha as he shrugged his shoulders.
- "Dear, I'll be going to our room now" – said Elaer – "I'll wait until you've put the kids to sleep" –
Elaer then left the room. Miko and Yasha looked around, but when they looked at Fileia, she just smiled at them.
- "Looks like she's telling us to go to bed" – said Miko while she stretched her body and walked to the nearest bed - "Ah… But I don't have any sleepwear to put on…" -
- "There's not much we can do about it for now, right?" – asked Yasha as he walked to other bed - "Looks like we'll have to sleep like this" -
Filei didn't understand at first what they were saying or doing, but after Miko and Yasha got into their respective beds, she just smiled at them. She then walked until she was between both beds and stood there.
- "You'll probably have trouble sleeping" – said Fileia as she smiled kindly – "So, I'll sing a song for you" –
Miko and Yasha just laid down on the beds while they looked at Fileia. Then, she clasped her hands in front of her chest and started singing…
(Song: in qorarta vigilia - Fritillaria & Ortensia)
"Ist Atok Jhorha Phaph Ealok Mountyoudor"
"Ist Cielba Jhorhyx Phaph Ealok Thafz"
("You wish for a happy world.")
("I wish for your happiness.")
- "Such a pretty song…" – said Miko as the lights of the room started dimming out and she felt warm and fuzzy.
- "Yeah… I'm feeling… so sleepy too…" - said Yasha as his eyes started closing.
"Galt Garsse OcuraRa Yiules Illyusea"
"Dragyacch ShuxuaraRa Glazia Biousakatse Ical"
("We will receive the new light")
("And the dragon will sing their gratitude at life")
Fileia just continued singing until both children fell asleep. When they finally were asleep, she left the room and allowed them to sleep, so they could peacefully dream about meeting again their friends and families, and about recovering their memories…
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