The Third Party

3rd Person's POV (4 yrs. old)

He dare not say the word.... hehehe, but for now, he'll just observe the two. He walks towards his parents and stood beside them.

"Now that you're back in good shape, would you care to join us for tea?" Lyn said.

"I would love to, thank you." replied Celine politely.

"Okay, come along everyone." gestured Lyn. After an exhausting day, a few minutes of relaxation is all Ken needs.

They all walked outside of Ken’s room and proceeded to sit at the round table at the kitchen, near the sink, having six chairs, Alfred sat at the one near the sink while Ken sat at his right, the other two children lagging behind,

Wilbert gently assisted Celine to the table, and sat her down at the chair next to the chair at Ken’s right, and then sat at the chair next to his friend, Lyn quickly offered everyone a cup and then going back to get the teapot, she poured everyone tea,

As the liquid poured out of its container, steam drifted upwards, cascading an aroma that calmed the nerves.

"I want to ask, if it's not much of a bother, where do you live Celine.....?" asked Wilbert, all the while Ken’s brain started turning. A proud glint flashed through his eyes.

"O-Of course, it's okay, I-I live at the forest, near the place where you practice, or train." She replied.

‘Awww, her stutters are so cute, and I could feel that Wilbert is being a gentleman to her, wait, I assume too much, I still have to observe first how their relationship will develop.’ Ken took a sip of his tea.

"What do your parents do for a living?" This time, Ken asked away, to know more about her... livelihood, life, or anything near that part.

"Both of my parents are hunters, they go out to the woods to hunt, and by the time it’s nearing meal time, they would be back with a catch either a boar or a big fish, we cook it first and then share the food with one another." Ken nodded, but stared at the girl’s outfit.

She was wearing something similar to that of a tribes clothing, which, covered her upper and bottom part of her body, but it's not the same like a robe just being draped around her shoulder and hips, they also have good design, making the upper clothing look like a shirt, and the bottom a skirt.

"Wait, are you and your parents part of the Forest tribe?" Alfred exclaimed suddenly in a very, very loud voice, -the others turning to him in shock-, with gleaming eyes.

Good thing Ken and his mother got used to this kind of attitude his father has, but he couldn't say the same for the other two, their faces looked so hilarious, as if they saw a ghost -all bloody and creepy- for the first time.

"I-I-I-I-I... Y-Yes sir!" Celine closes her eyes then lowering her head, concealing her face from Ken's father, shaking visibly. Ken Huffs and Puffs at his father furiously and then…

*SMACK!!!*

"Why did you do that papa, now she looks scared to her core!" he exclaim, furiously.

"I-I'm sorry Celine, please forgive me, I didn't mean to startle you, hehe (scratches the back of his neck)." Ken could only sigh helplessly.

"I-It's okay s-sir, no harm done." she replied.

"Alfred, what have we talked about with that attitude of yours when in front of a guest?" an imposing aura in the form of Ken’s mother, dawned down on Alfred and his son, even though it was not particularly directed at Ken, Ken still felt the shiver run down his spine.

But as quickly it appeared, it disappeared just as fast too. His mother’s too scary, brrrr.

"I'm sorry my dear, please accept my dear husband's apology." Lyn said bowing her head slightly towards Celine.

"Y-You don't have to bow down at me ma'am. I-I accept sir's apology." Celine flailed her hand in an embarrassed state, while Lyn raised back up her head to look at Celine.

"Thank you my dear." She exclaims.

"I-It's not a problem at all ma'am." Celine replies, all flustered, looking so cute with her reactions and Ken could tell that his friend is thinking the same too as he has a faint smile on his lips while looking at Celine,

‘awww if only he could see himself right now, hahahaha.’ gushed Ken to himself, so far he’s taking this fanboying too seriously.

"Please, do call us Aunt and Uncle from now on." Celine looked reluctant for a moment, she gulped down her saliva and said…

"Yes M- Auntie." Lyn smiled at Celine and walked to Alfred, embracing him in a hug, hahah, the man pouting like a child, Lyn chuckled and kissed her husband on the cheeks, and immediately, Alfred turned into a plushy mess -don't know where that came from-, and here we go *smooch, smooch, giggles*.

The two were at it again, acting like teenagers despite being adults now. Ken doesn't even wanna describe how his parents are very touchy feely right now, it cringes him, sprouting a disapproving blank look at his parents.

"AHEM!" Ken's parents looked back at the three and immediately straightened themselves, as if caught red handed. That seems to catch their attention. Ken looks back at Celine and Wil and asked...

"If your parents are hunters and you guys belong in a tribe, how come you're out of the woods and near our training ground? Correct me if I'm wrong, but you just look like you don't go out from your house that often." a hunch, he would like an answer to.

"Yes, I do prefer staying inside our home than being out in the woods.... but, during those times, I felt really lonely, so I asked my parents to bring me along with them when they go out hunting at the forest....

They refused me to go, but I pleaded with them to bring me, they confessed that they are growing apart from me so they agreed. Right when we were at the middle of our journey at a high place, I think it was a hill?

Father was talking something to my mother while I was in the middle, both of them carrying weapons, I caught on the edge of my vision, at my left, a spark, so when I went to inspect it again, both my parents didn't notice, and I witnessed a ring of fire, rising into the air,

Radiating the most vibrant light I could have ever seen, so when it stopped, I looked back around me to find that my parents weren't at my side anymore, I grew anxious and scared, but when I heard, sounds coming from the place where I saw the fire ring,

I decided that it'd be wise to go ask for help since, their location was reachable, so I climb at a tree not too far from my right and started hopping from tree to tree, it took me a while to get to the place where you guys are training, but when I jumped to the tree near the field,

I slipped and that's how you saw me fall down to the ground." She finished embarrassment evident on her tone, and the way she averted her gaze from the people before her, a shade of pink caressed her cheeks, fairly visible, because she's partially white and brownish in color after all.

Her confession left Ken dumbfounded, who would have thought that a semi skinny girl could jump from a tree branch to another tree branch?

"And how are you able to jump from a tree branch to another?" he asks curiously.

"Oh, I always used to jump inside our home, as I live at the top of a tree." Is this girl even a real girl? Hearing it with his own ears, really blew his mind out. As for the other three people, Ken can't say it didn't surprise them too, Alfred as the first one to recover from the shock.

Sensing that his father wasn’t all that excited from the revelation, made Ken question whether his father turned cynical, he gave his father a questioning gaze.

"The forest tribe, are very agile people, they should also not be taken lightly as their strength are comparable to that of a wild grizzly bear, they are born with such strength, hence the capabilities of their children." explained Alfred.

"Then why are you not all over her asking her questions... about... everything about them?" Lyn exclaims.

"That's because I already knew about them before. This was introduced to me by the Tribe themselves. At first I didn't believe it, but when one of them showed me an example of what they are capable of, especially the children, I was left dumbfounded. hehe." Alfred replies, sprouting a sheepish smile at his family.

"Okay, I give up, I'm going out." Lyn exclaims, having been overloaded with information.

Alfred chased after his wife outside, trying to talk to her, but Lyn just kept ignoring his attempts, haha, poor Alfred.

"Oh, I want to ask, are you strong enough now for you to go back home? I think your parents must be worried looking all over for you." Ken asks. Realization immediately sprung from her face and...

*GASPS*

"I completely forgot! I better hurry home before they become too worried trying to find me." She exclaims getting up, startling the silently observing -and quite possibly lost in thought- Wilbert, Celine turned to Wilbert and... dare Ken confirms this,

Blushed

At how she reacted, and if Ken’s hunch is right, because she did it in front of him.

Ken could see that both of them are blushing furiously.

"I-I better go, m-my parents m-must be worried, looking everywhere for me, and it's getting kind off dark now." Stuttered Celine, fiddling with her fingers.

"S-sure." Now Wilbert's stuttering too,

‘They look sooooo cuuuuuuuttttttteeeeeee...... I just want to squish them together! Okay, I am calm, I am calm, breathe in *inhale*, breathe out *exhale*.’ so is Ken’s thoughts.

"Let's go." said Ken beckoning the two to start on their journey to bring Celine back to her tribe, because if he didn’t, he was sure the two would be having a staring contest, but with feelings.

‘Supportive best and childhood friend here, but right now, our main concern is to bring Celine back to her home, who knows, their tribe might be very overprotective of their members and are not willing to risk losing even one of them, and then would start looking out for the lost one.’

*SLAM*

"WAAAAHHHHH." Ken looked at the person who slammed the door before his face.

'uwaaahhh, that scared the hell out of me'. White chuckles.

'You didn't have to laugh at my poor reaction you know' -Ken-

'Yeah, but I did anyway, as it was fun' -White-

Groaning internally, he pushed back those thoughts and noticed his father hurriedly walking inside, where is he going? Lyn also hot on his heels. They looked serious too. They stopped at a person and....

"Celine, your tribe is here." What?! Ken hurriedly went outside and saw, men and women wearing tribal clothes, the men are topless while wearing a clothing resembling that of a pants on their lower bodies,

While their women wore clothing both on their top and lower parts of their bodies.

'HUH?!?!!?! They really are Celine's Tribe!' and they're carrying weapons too, ranging from spears, to swords, bows, and to torches. 'Are they planning to-‘

Thuds of footsteps echoed behind him, and when he turned, Celine dashed in front and to the man and women at the center of the tribe, the man at the center kneeled and opened his arms wide, Celine lunged herself to the pair of arms, hugging the man in a tight embrace.

Celine's dark long hair swayed and settled at her back after stopping her hurried motion. The woman near the man followed suit and hugged Celine too.

"Father! Mother! I'm so glad you're here!" She exclaims, while hugging.

"We were so worried about you our dear princess, we thought we lost you." her Father said, hugging Celine tighter, tears were now rolling down on her mother's cheeks, hugging her affectionately.

Once they stopped hugging each other, the man slowly stood up at his full height, towering even the tall ones at the back.

"Who are these people?" asked her father to her.

"They're the people who helped me when I got lost and separated from you." Celine looked at his father, almost teary and said in a sad voice...

"Please forgive me for getting lost in the woods." Celine lowered her head, and by the end of her statement, it would seem as if it's a mumble if one weren't paying attention.

"It’s okay princess, what matters now is that you are safe and well." said her mother, whom hugged her again.

"Thank you for taking care of our daughter, allow us to introduce ourselves my name is-."

"Vin Edelgard! The Chieftain of the forest tribe, and Kel Edelgard the Chieftain's wife, it’s been a long time." Alfred interrupted, a feint blush caressed Ken’s cheeks, embarrassed for his father.

"Alfred! It's good to see you again." Exclaimed Vin, Chieftain Vin.

"My, it's been a long since we've met Alfred, how is Lyn?" said Kel, Chieftain Vin's wife.

"Doing well and good Kel, thank you for asking." Lyn replied.

Lyn and Alfred approached the parents of Celine, and conversed with one another, turning the heavy atmosphere earlier to a lighter one, Ken’s surprised, his parents are very well known on these parts. hehe.

Amidst their conversation, the other tribesmen and women, started to gather around their leaders and conversed with one another too, the Chieftain introduced Ken’s parents to his men, and they all had a good conversation afterwards, leaving Ken and Wilbert at the sidelines.

After awhile, the tribesmen decided to settle down for a bit, groans exclaiming that they're tired of searching for their Leader’s daughter, from far and wide of the forest, Ken can fairly understand their situation, as some others were visibly tired, and some are literally laying on the ground.

Can't blame them for worrying for their precious daughter of the chief, wait, Ken only realizes now, he’s friends with the chief’s daughter............ THEY’RE FRIENDS............ Even when he says it to himself, he can’t believe it.

*chatter*

*groans*

*mumbles*

*laughter*

*chuckles*

The night turned out to be bustling with noise as the Chief told his tribe to settle and camp for the night for it will be a long time before they could get back to their home, so he said to the tribe that they will celebrate tonight and have some fun, of course, the response wouldn't be silence but a chorus of cheers and yells.

Ken thinks his eardrums erupted from that, -notice the sarcasm-.

"Father, can I still be friends with Ken and Wilbert?" Celine asked.

"Well, where are these two friends of yours." The chief said.

"They're right over there!" Celine said pointing at Ken and Wilbert. The father and daughter duo approaching the two, Celine by his father's left, and her mother joining by the right side of her father.

"Wil, Ken, meet my Father, Chieftain Vin Edelgard, and his wife, my mother, Kel Edelgard." She said. Ken bowed his head in respect and said...

"Nice to meet you sir and ma'am, my name is Ken Rogers son of Alfred and Lyn Rogers, my friend here is..." Ken stalled for him to get the cue.

"O-oh, m-my name is Wilbert Talon, son of Erick, and Lorna Talon, it's nice to meet you sir and ma'am." Wilbert said stuttering slightly.

"Please, let's stop with all the formalities, I heard from my daughter that Lyn allowed her to call your parents as Aunt and Uncle, I'd like for you to do the same to us too." Celine's mother replied in a sweet melodious voice making Ken agree without complain.

"Will do, Auntie." Ken offered her a smile, and bowed again. While Wilbert just scratched his neck in embarrassment, and then bowed too.

"Uwwwwaaahhhhh." A cry alerted everyone’s senses, abruptly raising their heads only to see Celine blushing hard and covering her face. Guess this will be a long night. We might as well enjoy it.

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(4 yrs. & 4 months)

After that eventious night 4 months ago, Celine has been frequently visiting the two on the first few weeks, she would observe from a nearby tree, as Ken, Wilbert, and Alfred -occasionally Wilbert's Father, but mostly, it would be Alfred- train their bodies and magic from dusk, to dawn,

Always eating at the same spot at lunch which she would join, even if the boys were reeking of sweat and dirt. She would still happily talk with them, Ken really admire that characteristics of her because she doesn't pick whoever she is with, as long as it's with her friends, she won't refuse any offers given her,

‘Back in my past life, girls the same age as her, would only befriend other girls, and never boys, and when I say never, NEVER would they ever befriend us boys, lucky for us Celine's different.’ Ken thought.

After a few weeks of observing in silence, and repeating the same routine over and over again, Ken could feel that Celine became restless, until that one time when he caught her staring at a sword his father brought for practice,

Since it was time for them to practice their swordsmanship, Ken offered her the sword, at first she was reluctant, but when he told her about what he saw, the girl blushed furiously and lowered her head,

Ken trying hard to fight a laugh from slipping out of his mouth, inhaled and exhaled slowly, and decided to encourage her, which she accepted albeit reluctantly but determined.

And up until now, Ken, Celine, and Wilbert have been training under his and Wilbert's Father's teachings and rules.

At first Celine was having a hard time catching up since she was just a beginner, but as 3 weeks had passed, she was able to keep up with the two, and even her magical prowess was incredible, she was able to master a spell in one day, though it took her a fairly longer amount of time before she got the hang of it, but still, her accomplishments are mind blowing.

While deep in thought and conversing with White, Ken didn't notice his Father, walking then standing in front of the three, the other two had their full attention to Alfred while Ken, looked as if his eyes are looking at a far-away place, daydreaming to be exact.

"In the past few months, I saw improvements in the training that you three had trained, I was impressed, and still am up to this day, so I have decided that Today we will be going to the blacksmith shop, and get you guys a weapon of your choice."

*YEAH!!!!!!*

Ken got startled by the loud scream from both his sides, and immediately turned head left and right and left and right and left and right, trying to spot anything out of the ordinary. Why are they looking at him like that?

"Guess you weren't listening after all, son." Alfred said, sprouting a smirk, Ken cocked his right eyebrow in confusion.

"We're going to the blacksmith shop to get you guys weapons." He gasps loudly.

"REALLY?!" Ken asks excitement coming off in waves.

"Yes, can you teleport us to town so we could make it there fast?"

"Of course!" Ken nods.

"Okay, let's go." Immediately the four of them, held on tight for the teleportation to take effect, and in just moments, the scenery in front of their eyes changed from the wide clearing, but the open road at the center of the village.

‘I haven't been here since we last made our trip here when I was still three years young.’

"There it is, the blacksmith shop, let's go." said Alfred pointing at a wooden house with a hammer and a hammering table as a sign atop the door.

Alfred walked towards the store with the three hot on his trail while conversing with one another, when they entered the store, a small chime jingled at the top, indicating that a customer had just entered the store,

Immediately a man bigger than Alfred built with gigantic muscles appeared at the back area of the counter. He's only one, guess he's the owner of this place.

"Hey Brock, it's been a long time." Alfred said greeting the man with a bear hug and a pat on the back.

"Hey Alfred, what can I do for ya today?" Brock said, getting down into business, Ken thinks he like him now already.

"I just want these three kids here to pick the weapon of their choice, care to help an old buddy here." Alfred asks.

"Of course, you're my friend, and I would always be willing to help you, but remember, this is business we are talking about." Brock replied.

"Don't worry, I'll be paying for how much the equipment will cost."

"Good, seems like we have a deal, okay you three, you are free to look around and see what kind of equipment you like." Ken’s eyes twinkled in excitement.

While Alfred was busy talking away with Brock, the three started roaming around the store aimlessly looking at every weapon there is available. Bows, Swords, Spears, Shields, Tridents, Kunai's, Daggers, and etc. there are other gears here too, including gloves, boots, and armors.

Ken looked to see if the other two had found their weapon of choice, finding Wilbert in front of a long sword, preferably 17 inches long, he approached the weapon and held it firmly with both his hands, he then to stared at it in fascination.

He turns his head someplace else again to find Celine, only founding out that she is staring at a regular bow, she took it and held the handle on her left and the string by her right, and just like Wilbert, she also stared at it in fascination.

He started walking again, looking left and right for anything that might catch his attention and not long after turning to his right, blade poking at the edge of a glass box, tracing it to its handle, he recognized to be a...

Scythe...

‘My...’

‘Most...’

‘FAVORITE...’

‘WEAPON...’

‘EVER!!!!!!!!’

Left dumbfounded and fascinated by its form, the handle was round in width and straight in height, about five feet, and the blade attached to it to be 3 feet long.

"Seems like you took a liking to this Scythe right here, why don't you give it a try." Brock said suddenly appearing beside the boy, the man opened the lock of the box and held the scythe out to Ken.

He took the handle and found that the scythe's handle, had carvings alongside it, barely clear to the naked eyes, if one doesn't come closer to it.

‘They look to be carvings, and if memory serves me right they remind me of runes from the game called Warcraft III. I always play that game in the past, or in my past life.’

He looked at the blade and notice that it didn't just looked plain white or irony color of the metal, but it gives of a silvery glow. He turned to look back at his Father and said...

"Papa, can we buy this?" seemingly jumping off his feet like a kid.

"I don't know, I'm not sure if your mother will approve of this (contemplates for a brief moment), but since you like it, then we'll take it." said Alfred making the kid jump and scream in joy, and then stopped a minute or so.

Man, getting all hyped up just for this scythe. He looked back at the weapon and said, more like a mumble to himself...

"I'm gonna name you, 'Silver'." just as he finished saying, a bright silver light enveloped his field of vision.

'What is this?' he asks to no one in particular.

'Seems like you found it.' -White-

'Found what?'

'The weapon of the child blessed of the Moon.’ -White-

A voice suddenly said.....

Just as it was foretold, the chosen child of the moon shall meet

It’s destined weapon, and shall carry on with it to find the other weapons..

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