Uncle??

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Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters except some of them here and there, cover picture made with AI help from google

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"Daddy", A young girl asked her Dad, as he's looking out the window distantly.                                        His expression thoughtful as he remembers the life he had once had.

"Yes Lia??", He responds. Looking at his daughter, She has my hair, He thinks.

Even though Nalia was only 5 years old, she had thick flowing black hair that reached her hips.

"I want a  cookie but Da isn't letting me", The little girl whines. Her soft pink lips turned down in a pout.

"Why isn't your Da letting you have a cookie" Her Dad asked, humoring his daughter.

"Because she stole like 5 without either of us realizing it" His husbands voice called out from the kitchen.

Nalia grimaced, "You cant prove it" She yelled back, "I mean...I have no idea what your talking about Da".

Her dad held back a laugh and pulled the angry little child into his lap. He brought his mouth close to her her ear and whispered into the girls hair, "After Da is asleep, how about we steal a cookie?".

Her small face lit up, and she nodded her head vigorously.                                                                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4 years later

Nalia crept to the door, the whole house was dark except 1 room. Her Da promised to tell her a story, and told her to wait in her room. But he didn't come. So Nalia decided to figure out why.

The door was slightly ajar and light shown through the opening.

"But what if he's still alive" Her Da was saying earnestly to her father.

"I saw his body, Callum, I saw his sickly body, I saw it being carted of to the reapers barge, only one of us made it through, I have no idea how I made it to the harbor but I did, my brother is dead", Her Dad said brokenly.

By now Nalia knew not to listen, but she had a penchant for not knowing what was good for her.

Her Da swept his blond hair out of his face, "You can't hide from her forever you know", he said quietly.

They're talking about me, Nalia realized.

Her Dad looked up from the floor, eyes hard, "Watch me."

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3 years later

"I want you to imagine flame", Her Da said, "Close your eyes, and imagine flame on the tree". He instructed

An twelve year old Nalia closed her eyes and directed her open hand at the tree. And did what her Da told her to.

Nalia peeked through one eye, the tree was as it it always was, green, huge, and not on fire.

Nalia groaned and huffed in irritation, "this is stupid", she muttered.

"Your expecting too much, Lia" Her Da said, "Calm yourself, reaching for fire should be like reaching for a memory, like reaching for a part of you, don't try so hard", he said patiently.