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To Be Named (Thread RP)

Parties involved in order of first appearance: Hitsuzen, and Kawaii_Hime_Ceres.

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Quite suddenly, the main door to the Clinic swung open. Through it rushed a young brunette, who made a beeline to the front desk.

"Restroom," she gasped, looking flushed. "Please."

Behind her the door had opened again for Sphinx and Amon's entry, the both of them staring at their caretaker with confusion.

When pointed in the right direction by the receptionist, the woman made no hesitation and hurried there. Even before making it to her destination, there was a sound of retching followed by her running footfalls as her need to visit a toilet just became more desperate.

Amon continued to stare off in the direction that she had gone, before looking up at his father questioningly. "Where Hitsu go?"

"Bathroom. Sick, I guess." He responded, brow furrowed in his concern. This wasn't like her, usually she barely acted ill for a day and a half... This had lasted at least a couple of weeks now.

Ceres had, had one hell of a week to put it mildly. Since the car accident everything seemed to snowball. One thing led to another and then another and each seemed worse than the last.

The most recent disaster was that her daughter had been led astray by a handful of promises the island itself had made to her. Oh the island had sure fulfilled its promises but there was always that saying when something was too good to be true it usually was just that to good to be true. But her daughter was young and had recently gone through something horrible and was looking for a quick fix.

Natalia had gotten that fix, but with a price. She had the ability to use her wings but with it no memory of being human.. She had wealth but not where to spend it. She was happy but she had no one to really share it with.

Ceres in her weakened state could not undo what had been done. So, she set out to do it the old fashion way. Firstly, she had to get Natalia to trust her. Once that had been accomplished she had convinced her to let her care for her. Now, that all that had been settled she was going to help Natalia recover her memories and hopefully regain that human body she had been born with.

Natalia didn't care for anything thus far that she had seen on Gaia and was reluctant to continue to follow to Ceres. She just wanted to go home- back to the fields.

"Here we are," Ceres said as she opened the door of the clinic. Even if Ceres couldn't get her to remember this place she at least hoped that Natalia would connect with someone.

When the door had opened again, the boys looked toward it to see another woman leading someone into the clinic. Though, unexpectedly, that someone just happened to be a horse. With wings. The duo stared. Sphinx, despite where he had come from, could never recall seeing a Pegasus. Or, at least, not this close up.

Sphinx had planted himself in a chair, as not to get in the way nor spook the creature.

Amon, on the other hand, had practically skipped his way toward the door before Sphinx could so much as realize what he was doing.

"Amon!" He hissed, and gestured to the seat beside him.

His father going ignored, Amon paused a little ways away and looked up at the pegasus with wide eyes. He really wanted to get a closer look at it, as he'd never even seen a horse up close before. However, in seconds came a typical question when it concerned animals and children. "May I pet?" Well, at least he knew his manners.

Natalia's ears flickered as she watched the child. Not that she would express it out loud but she half wondered why she couldn't remember growing up- she only remembered herself since yesterday it seemed. She lowered her head to get a closer look at the child. Every inch of her body shimmered and sang as she moved. "Yes. You may pet me." To her amazement she spoke perfect, understandable English and not just the equine she spoke to the woman that called herself her mother. To further aid the small one she folded her legs under her and 'laid' down.

Ceres watched Natalia with amazement. Despite everything that had happened and was still going on she was gentle. She was thankful that the personality trait had not been lost. She felt strange having to rely on her daughter for site- but it would only be for a little while longer until Sky caught up with them.

Amon had looked to the woman for a reply to his question, he hadn't expected the Pegasus to respond. He grinned in his excitement as Natalia leaned down to look at him, but waited patiently for her to settle down on the floor. He plopped down on his rump in front of her, and carefully extended a hand at arms length to stroke her nose. He held his hand very flat, like he was trying to avoid poking her with his little claws. Even if he had, it wouldn't have hurt, they'd been filed smooth to keep the toddler from scratching himself by accident.

He smiled broadly, "Soft horsie." He withdrew his hand, and placed it quietly in his lap. He continued to look Natalia in the eyes from where he sat, be it out of continued awe or in waiting to see if she would speak to him again.

At last, he spoke again himself. "What your name?" He put a hand to his own little chest, "I'm Amon." Then he turned just enough to look behind him, and pointed at the very bewildered looking Sphinx. "An' that my daddy."

For lack of knowing much else to do other than gawk at them, Sphinx waved quietly.

Natalia kept very still while Amon 'petted' her. It was an odd sensation- something she had never felt before. It wasn't a disliked thing. She actually rather liked it which almost spooked her. But she didn't let any of those thoughts show through emotion.

"I don't remember," Natalia said honestly. "But that woman over there that calls herself my mother- she calls me Natalia." If she could have smile she would have. She gave a soft whicker when she was finished talking. She really wanted to 'petted' some more. She nuzzled her face against Amon's arms when he stopped. She didn't want him to think that he had to stop after just a couple strokes.

Ceres sat down slowly. Age made things difficult. Especially when were aging rapidly. She watched Natalia and the boy called Amon with a smile. She was impressed at how gentle Natalia was and half wondered if her daughter was better off. But still she wanted her daughter to remember and to actually have a choice in things. "My name is Ceres," she said when asked.

It really didn't seem to bother Amon, that Natalia had said she forgotten her name. But, perhaps he was just too young to understand... "Na-ta-lia." He sounded, clearly trying to get the pronunciation correct. He smiled, looking briefly over to Ceres. "Cer-es your momma?" He paused for just a moment, "I have no momma." It was just a statement on his part, there really was no regret or sadness to be heard. Though, with so many people in his household, the absence of someone he couldn't ever recall interacting with wasn't something he could really miss.

He giggled when Natalia nuzzled his arms, and began to stroke her nose again. It really was very soft, he liked he feel of it. "I like your gold," he said, referring to all of the jewelry that adorned Natalia. "Daddy said when I'm big, I get gold too."

Sphinx just continued to watch them quietly, relieved that Amon didn't seem to be a bother as he'd been concerned about. The sound of footfalls nearby caught his attention, and he looked up to see Hitsu returning to the waiting room.

She had stopped for a moment, looking from the children and Ceres to Sphinx. "Who's this?"

"Natalia, and Ceres." Sphinx replied, gesturing with tilts of his head from the Pegasus to the woman alongside her. "Are you alright?"

"Fine," she said, with a quick change in subject. "Ceres? You can sit here, if you'd like." She wanted to be polite, and Hitsu was certain that Sphinx probably hadn't thought to offer. Or, perhaps she'd just like to stay with Natalia.

"You've got it," Natalia said in response to him sounding out her name. She tossed her head up in down in approval. "Natalia." Delighted that Amon was petting her again she chuckled, which sounded more like a whicker. "I like shiny things too. Especially bells," her voice gave away her joy. "I bet you'll be one of the most handsome men when you grow up and wear all that gold." This gave away her view that material possessions were important- she hadn't learned yet otherwise.

Ceres looked in the direction of the voice. With Natalia's eyes being the only eyes she could use at the moment the only thing she could see was Amon. Silently she hoped that Sky would arrive shortly- she didn't like feeling vulnerable. "I'm fine on the floor," she said with a smile. "It is one of the best places to be when you have small ones."

Bells? Amon had seen bells before. "I like bells," he stated, "They make nice sound." It was hard telling if he meant a soft sound, or if he - like most young children - enjoyed ringing a bell as frantically and loudly as he could if he got hold of one.

When told he'd be handsome in all of his gold when he grew up, Amon nodded enthusiastically. "Just like daddy!" That seemed the most exciting part to him, rather than the adornments themselves. Aside from a few favorite toys that he was at times possessive over, Amon wasn't very materialistic. Not with inanimate objects, at least. He did love his housemates, his 'family' as they were.

The toddler's amazement of Natalia continued, as he found another question he craved to know the answer to. He pointed to her feathery white wings, "You go up?" Fly was apparently not in his immediate vocabulary, "Like bird?"

Hitsu had nodded to Ceres, and returned the smile. As best she could, anyway, her stomach was still feeling queasy. "Alright," she replied, "She is very beautiful, by the way."

Sphinx had his attention locked on the children. It was great to see Amon interacting with someone outside of their household, let alone taking to them so quickly. Not to say he was shy, but Sphinx had been worried since he hadn't been exposed to many children so far. He was being friendly, polite and very social. While he hadn't yet learned entirely correct grammar, he was certainly heading in the right direction. Sphinx couldn't hope for much more right now. He was proud, even though he'd probably not be caught saying it to anyone but the child.

"Yes, Bells. They are one of my favorite shiny objects because they make noise." Natalia blinked a couple times as her a pain shot their head. She didn't know what to call it, but there it was in the back of her mind an image of a little girl with vibrantly colored ribbons woven into her head and bells and laughter.

"Amon is adorable," Ceres said with a smile. She kept her face turned in the direction of the voice. "I'm sorry to come off as rude but is Amon yours and his?" She had barely heard the other mans voice but she knew he was there. "Forgive me, I do not see like others so I am uncertain who he has traits of," her voice was apologetic.

Natalia tried not to let Amon notice the sudden change. Her focus returned in just enough time to here him say 'you go up'. Taking just another moment to process the sentence for clarity she tossed her head up and down. "Yes, up!" She hadn't calculated the size the room ever and thus she didn't realize the outcome as she spread her wings for Amon. Tables turned over and magazines spilled everywhere.

Because of her lack of site Ceres was unaware of what was happening until it was to late. Perfect timing as Sky had just come into the door. "Natlaia!" he called out to stop her from completely spreading her wing.

Natalia stopped mid spread when she heard her name and before she could make a mess of anything else. She continued to ignore her dad otherwise. "You can pet," she said knowing that Amon understood that word better than touch.

"Thank you," Hitsu had replied to Ceres, probably further suggesting the woman's thought that she may be a parent of the child. As quickly as Ceres had asked the question, though, she shook her head. "I am not, at least not in the biological sense. You see, Sphinx - his father - is from a little petshop in Chinatown... I'm their caretaker. So, I suppose in a manner, I am like a parent to Amon."

"She helps out enough to be," Sphinx added, "I don't think males are at all cut out to be single parents..."

"Almost everything about Amon resembles his father," Hitsu continued, "Except his streak of blue hair and his little tabby tail. He's got his mother's eye color, as well."

Hitsu hadn't spoken in contempt at all, but a look at Sphinx's scornful expression would have made it obvious he wasn't keen on the subject anymore.

When Natalia had spread her wings, Amon had squealed in surprise. Startled? Not at all. All of the noise only seemed to entertain him more, like it had all been intended in her display to show how powerful her wings were. He clapped and giggled, failing to even realize she'd been scolded by someone at all in his amusement.

He was on his feet even before Natalia had offered him the chance to touch her wings, but hadn't dared to do so until that point. Amon went up alongside her and examined one of her wings closely, before curiously petting the feathers and lacing his fingers between some of the bigger ones. Her wings were just like a bird! Only bigger, of course. "I like them."

"In any case you've both got a delightful child," Ceres said with a smile. "I have never believed that only one person is meant to raise a child. Sometimes it takes a village," she chuckled. "It builds character and such. Natalia has Sky and myself but also her seven siblings."

As Sky looked over the mess he rubbed his temples. He knew Ceres was finally getting a good look at it to but since she didn't stress he wasn't about to. He took a few deep calming breaths. "We'll just clean it before we go." He glanced over at Amon and Natalia and smiled. "They seem to be enjoying themselves." Then he shifted his glance back over to the couple. "I'm Sky, her father." He wasn't about to dive into that complicated story unless asked.

"Thank you," Natalia said politely in response to the boy liking her feathers. "Let's see," she said as she ruffled her feathers. Sure as she was sure a couple fell out- nothing that would be missed. "A couple as a gift." She rubbed her muzzle against Amon's shoulder and whickered softly. She had never had anyone play with the feathers on her wings- though it was a new feeling and almost strange it was delightful.

"We have... Quite a large family at home." Hitsu chuckled, "Though I think a couple of them are trying to teach him how to be a troublemaker instead of a well-mannered little gentleman."

Sphinx gave a short laugh, frowning a bit. "Yeah, thankfully the others seem to be teaching him better."

Hitsu nodded toward Sky when he spoke, "That they are, it's cute to watch isn't it?" When he introduced himself, she offered a smile. "I'm Hitsuzen. This is Sphinx, Amon's father. Amon is, of course, the little one there with your daughter."

"Oohh!" Amon exclaimed, as Natalia stated that he got to keep two of her pretty feathers. Amon stooped down to pick up the feathers that floated to the floor, and in his excitement ran over to Sphinx and Hitsu to show them. "Look, look! Natalia gave them to me!" He explained proudly, holding one up in each hand.

Hitsu couldn't help but laugh, "I saw! They are very pretty. Did you tell Natalia 'thank you'?"

He'd forgotten! "I will," he stated, and held the feathers out to Sphinx for him to take for him.

"We'll have to put them somewhere safe when we get home, so they don't get lost." Sphinx said, accepting them gently.

Amon returned to Natalia just as quickly as he had run off, smiling broadly. "Thank you for your feathers."

Natalia gave a delighted whicker at the boys happiness. She watched him run from one place to the next. He had so much energy and it tickled her on the inside to watch him. "You're very welcome," she said when he finally returned to sit next to her. She wouldn't have been offended if she hadn't gotten a thank you. His happiness was enough.

"If you want I can fashion you something right here to hold those feathers in. He could wear them around his neck," Ceres made the offer. Making a simple piece of jewelry wouldn't exhaust her to much.

Natalia preferring to stand she slowly did so. She stretched the length of herself before shaking her head. Every inch of her sang as she did so. "Sorry," she apologized for being so abrupt. "This place really isn't big enough for me. How about we go to the park across the street." She looked behind her and out the door.

Ceres was rather shocked that Natalia was wanting to do such a thing. It was still strange and overwhelming that her daughter truly did not remember a thing. "If you take up the offer it can also be done across the street at the park."

"I don't have any objections," Sky smiled and helped Ceres to stand. Had he not already been standing it would have been a more joint effort thing- old age and all.

Ceres' offer clearly grabbed Amon's attention, "Really?" To think that he could carry them all the time to show others his unique gift was an idea that he liked.

"That would be nice of you," Sphinx had replied, unable to miss the boy's enthusiasm at the idea.

Hitsu, while agreeing, hoped that it wasn't a bother. "Only if it isn't too much trouble, Ceres."

Amon got to his feet again when Natalia had decided to stand. He felt very short all over again, the equine seemed to tower above his small body. He was beaming at the offer to go to the park, there were always plenty of places to play and explore in the park. "I want to go!" He exclaimed, turning to look at his father and Hitsu in wait of their permission.

"Sure," Sphinx confirmed with a nod, "I'm sure we could all use the fresh air and sunshine."

"You two go and have fun, and I'll catch up as soon as I can," Hitsu said. When Sphinx gave her a questioning look, she gave a short excuse. "I've got to speak with one of the doctors."

He seemed to find the answer reason to concern, but he said nothing against it. "Alright, we'll see you in a little while."

With that he rose, tucking the feathers into a pocket of Amon's toy and supply bag carefully before stepping over to help tidy what mess Natalia had made in showing Amon her wings so that Sky didn't have to do so alone.

"Yes, really. And, it isn't any trouble," Ceres said with an enthusiastic smile. "But, we'll do it once we get to the park and are settled again." She directed this towards Amon. She could easily tell that Natalia was getting restless- it was a common thing since she'd earn this new body of hers.

"Thank You," Sky said to Sphinx as he started to help him. He was thankful that the mess wasn't to bad from when Natalia spread her wings. "Kids can make such a mess," he said in a whisper but it was followed by an immediate grin.

Natalia didn't concern herself with anyone but Amon. "If you can promise not to kick my wings I'll give you a ride across the street." she could see the mix of discomfort and excitement in his eyes. She knew that it must be overwhelming to stand up next to something when there was a size difference. She lowered her head and nuzzled him against his cheek.

"Okay!" Amon replied, unable to hide his excitement. He was getting a gift, and getting to play outside with his new friend! What more could he ask for?

"No problem," Sphinx said, "If Amon hadn't commented on her wings I'm sure this wouldn't have happened." Not that he sounded annoyed by it, but surely it only made sense for him to help since Amon was partially responsible. He chuckled lightly, "Yes, they can. Though fortunately, I think the worst I've had to clean up so far is a broken cookie jar, and dropped food and drink in general."

The day only seemed to get better when Natalia offered to give Amon a ride across the street. His eyes grew wide with surprise, but he was quick to agree to her rule, "I promise!" He giggled when he nuzzled her again, petting her nose. He'd never ridden a horse before, this would be fun!

Sphinx had overheard, "Just be careful, Amon. Hold on tight, so you don't fall off." The father, of course, had full intention to walk alongside, so that the toddler wouldn't do just that.

"Hitsuzen Grausherra?" Came a call from one of the doorways, a nurse holding a clipboard "You can come back now."

Hitsu rose from her chair, looking a bit nervous. Though, she managed a smile toward the others before she disappeared into the hall. "See you soon, have fun in the park."

"Eight kids and the messes are piling up. Especially if you count broken hearts and dreams," he chuckled. "I do agree food and beverage spills as well as a pile of toys in the living room are the most common."

After they finished cleaning up the room Sky came up beside Amon. "Alright then, up we go," he said as he settled Amon onto Natalia's back. He handed the boy a tuft of hair to use a 'handle'.

Natalia looked behind her and whickered when she saw Amon sitting up on her back- and how proud he looked. "All good then?"

Sky smiled as he put his arm around Ceres' waste. "I don't think we could be any prouder."

"Nope!" Ceres grinned. "Take care Hitsuzen. See you soon."

"Eight?" Sphinx gaped. Well, they did have a lot of people in their household as well, just not children. At least... Not in body, perhaps in mind... "Damn, you two have your work cut out for you, don't you?"

Sphinx followed Sky over to the children and stood alongside Natalia on the opposite side as her father, as to keep Amon from falling off. "Hold on tight, Amon."

Amon nodded, grinning from ear to ear. He wouldn't fall! He gripped the bit of Natalia's mane that he'd been handed tightly, and remembered to be careful and not kick Natalia's wings by keeping his feet as still as possible. "Ready!"

Sphinx couldn't help but smile, "I'd have to agree."

"Ceres raised all but this one with little help from me. She adopted them. Usually she didn't have more than one or two children at a time. As a rule everyone helps out around the house even with the raising." Sky smiled. "I'm not a dead beat," he chuckled. "Far from it I have more children than probably anyone in this clinic will ever dream off. Before Natalia was born I was a solely a Pegasus. This body was a 'gift'. This clinic a 'blessing' as it finally aloud Ceres to have a child naturally."

"Modern medicine and practices." Ceres grinned. "I'm proud to say that I'm a 450 year old virgin," she chuckled. She normally shied away from speaking about her sexual life at all- it didn't exist. Not that she was embarrassed it was just that while she grew up mentions of it were rather taboo and she liked to keep it that way unless it was someone really really close to her.

Compared to the first day Natalia had come back to her family (that she didn't want to admit was because she didn't remember it) she was tamer. She could manage around these people.

As Natalia walked every inch of her sang. She was a site to see with the bits of golden jewelery. She let out a horse like laugh as she herd Amon's delights. It made her long for someone to play with all the time.

"I see the park," Natalia said. She was ignoring the talk of the 'adults'. Stopping on the side walk she turned her head and looked again at Amon. There was a smile on her face even if it didn't show. "You did a really good job. Thank you for not kicking my wings."

"Amon is the only child I've ever had to raise," Sphinx replied, sounding a bit relieved. "I doubt I could handle another, and he's well behaved."

"This clinic certainly is one of a kind, isn't it?" Sphinx couldn't entirely sympathize, seeing as Amon's conception wasn't at all planned... And at the time he saw nothing good about it at all. Though, looking at him now, Sphinx had to admit that being a father wasn't as bad as he'd thought it would be back then.

Once they'd gotten across the street to the park, Amon anxiously yet obediently waited for his father to pick him up from Natalia's back and set him on his feet in the grass.

"You're welcome," Amon said to Natalia happily, "That was fun!"

He looked around for a moment, trying to figure out what he should do first. There were trees and a playground nearby, maybe one of those? "What do you want to play?" He asked, looking up to Natalia expectantly.

"When life hands you lemons you make lemonade. You may not have the power tools but you find a way. Even if it be two rocks and a bowl." Sky smiled encouragingly. He wasn't a hundred percent perfect on his English analogies but he was good enough.

Ceres grinned and leaned against Sky. She was doing her best to not laugh and alert Sky of the mistake. She looked around the park and wondered how Natalia would take it- she had after all made the decision to come here.

Natalia ruffled her feathers before spreading her wing. She stretched from her muzzle to her rump. She looked to Amon and for a moment continued to do so while she processed his request. She then looked around. She didn't think she could slide or swing. She thought she could attempt the thing that went around faster and faster. She shook her head and snorted. "How about you go and sit on the swings and I'll push you." She whickered as she folded her wings back.

Sphinx wasn't much on analogies in general, at least not the more common sort, so he knew no better and nodded. "Yeah... I think everything is going a lot better than I expected it to in the beginning."

"Okay!" Amon had replied, and took off running as fast as he could toward the swings. Mind, this wasn't extremely fast, but his father still found it amusing to watch.

Sphinx made his way to a nearby bench, assuming that Sky and Ceres would want to sit down as well. He settled down on one of the ends to leave them room to join him, setting Amon's bag on the ground and retrieving the feathers from where he'd put them. Amon would be upset if his father forgot about them, after all.

Once to his destination, the toddler climbed up into one of the lower hanging swings. Climbing he was good at, so he certainly didn't need help there. He loved being pushed on the swings, though. "Push! Push!" He called to Natalia anxiously, kicking his feet in the air in excitement.

Ceres smiled and took the feathers. She closed her hands together and then slowly pulled them apart. A forming pendant suspended between her hands. The feathers were contained in an open-able glass bubble. The chain was a sturdy linked silver. "Here we go," she said when she was done and dropping it back into Amon's daddy's hands.

Natalia used her muzzle to push Amon. She wasn't sure how she knew what to do but it was there within her. She whickered when she saw the boy go up into the air. It wasn't to up, but just enough. "Whee," tuning into the boys delight she chuckled.