When I was younger, I always looked up to people with visions - holding every single one to be some sort of superhero. Being able to wield an element was way out of possibilities for our boresome family, so when it was late at night, my sister and I would sneak out to pretend as if we were the Knights of Favonius. She would always be the Acting Grand Master, while I was the Shining Idol, whom was her sister. Sometimes we would get caught, but albeit our parents didn't care enough to stop us. Even if they did, we would eventually find another way to sneak out.
Why did we do this? Well, only knights aren't cowardice towards the dead of night! In our little minds, it was a way to "train". To be honest, I was the one who came up with the idea, but I ended up being the one more scared of the nighttime - my sister, on the other hand, seemed as if she had no fear at all. Which definitely motivated me a great amount, and after some time the night wasn't nearly as scary as I initially saw it. If anything, it was nice and quiet, more peaceful than the day!
That's what I thought.. until one night.
We had been whacking bushes, pretending they were hilichurls and having a blast. In those moments, it truly felt like we were the knights that protects the very Mondstadt we live in. That is, until we heard rustling near by.
As the older sibling, I felt the need to step in front of my sister, although my voice was shaky as if I were about to cry. "Wh-who's there?", my voice somehow was able to let out through the fear. I jumped at the feeling of someone grasp my hand, but it was just her, "I don't think it's safe to stay here."
Gulping, I nodded and we tried to steadily make our way towards home, whilst tightly holding onto one of the branches we used as swords. Had I not been worried for the little bit of "responsible older sibling" role I still claimed, I would've needed a change of pants.
Then suddenly, I fell over.
In the moment I had no clue what just happened, nor what was just about to unfold. My hands were holding onto nothing, not my stick, nor my sisters hand. My initial fear was getting a scratch on my elbow, but a fear could not have seemed so miniscule so quick.
"KOSMO!"
I suddenly felt an extreme pain on my back, it was the worst I had ever felt, far worse than a small scab.
What is happening?
My thoughts are barely making sense, it was even hard to see.. but good sight was not needed to look at this situation.
One of those weird things from the Abyss place was floating in front of my sister, who was standing next to me. Though I can't hear, it wasn't hard to decipher what was going on.
Bad guy tried to kill me and my sister's upset, and she's not known for having the best temper. I tried to reach for her leg, tell her to stop, ANYTHING, but the slightest movement and the pain surged through my entire body. All I could do was watch her storm towards them, as I can't even move.
I don't want us to die here.
I want to grow up and become a knight with her.
It was getting harder to stay awake, but if it was possible to do something, I wanted to take my chance. Though, there was no need for that, for it seemed a lot had happened within the span of a blink.
Purple streaks struck everywhere heading towards the bad guy, it was mystical.. elemental.
Did someone come save us? Even if I could look around, I didn't have to.
Those purple streaks came from my sister, with her newfound purple gem.
Purple gem?
Just as I started to figure out the situation, everything went black.
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All I saw above me was a roof that I was oh, so familiar with. Home. I was home. Reluctantly out of fear of pain, I tried to look around.
No pain!
Next to me I saw my sister, fast asleep, in the middle of broad daylight. Slowly, I used my elbow to prop myself up and poke her with my free hand, "Luna, wake up sleepyhead."
She jolted, but then she stared at me with a mix of horror and relief, "You're finally awake!", she then jumped at me and kept me in a tight hug, to which of course I hugged back.
"Also, how dare you call me the sleepyhead! You've been out for a week!", she pouted. A week? I stared at her in shock, and she began to explain the whole ordeal to me.
That night, we happened to get seen by one of those Abyss Mage guys, and they used a really wicked attack on me. Because of that, she tried to fight back, and as if out of no where she had obtained electrical powers.
My eyes directed towards the necklace around her neck, "So that thing around your neck is.."
"A vision!", she said with pure excitement. I took a closer look at it, and it had somewhat of a kitty pattern on it. Smiling, I initiated a hug once again, "This is great! You're gonna be able to be a Knight!"
We were both happy, that's all that mattered in the moment, but late that night I was left alone with my own thoughts in the silence. Thoughts that were.. unwanted and selfish.
Though I'm happy for her, I wanted to become knights together. That's what we both wanted, I think. Is it possible to become a knight without a vision? Probably unlikely..
It was these strings of words that kept swirling in my head, making me nearly cry in the middle of the night. Clearly, I was too loud.
"Hey.", I heard the overfamiliar voice say. After intaking a deep breath, I looked at her and smiled, "What's wrong? Are you having trouble sleeping?"
Luna stared at me with such a look that was practically saying, 'Do you really think I'm so dumb???'. Though instead she actually spoke, " I.. know you want a vision too.", she looked out the window at the stars, "but as cool as they are, they can't really make Kosmo. Only Kosmo can make Kosmo."
My eyes filled with confusion, but she continued anyways, "I want to become a knight with Kosmo. Not become a knight with a vision. Vision or not, I still want to become knights with you." To be honest, I didn't know what to say, so all I said was goodnight and snuggled next to her.
Before she had said that, a lot of my hopes were crushing on themselves, possibly causing me to stop chasing those dreams, but she said those words. We were so young, and yet after she said those words,
I felt as if we had a better view on the world than everyone else.
