Fourteen years ago
Markus is Charlotte's father. Annabelle is Charlotte's mother.
Markus: "Come on, faster, drive faster."
Annabelle: "Damn it, honey, he is getting closer and closer."
Suddenly the mage Thomas stood in the road.
Markus: "Ugh."
The horses did not stop.
Markus: "Keep going."
But right when the horses were about to run him over, the horse was sliced apart.
Splat
The carriage too. Markus and Annabelle dodged.
Thomas: "Fools. You thought you could run me over. That is an insult to my dignity. An insult to my talents. An insult to my efforts."
He grabbed Markus by the head.
Thomas: "Deleferor."
Markus: "Ugh."
Plants burst out of his body.
Markus: "Urk. Aaaaaaaaaaargh."
Annabelle: "No, Markus."
Thomas: "Tsk. Your wife is a widow now. That means she is mine. Hehehe."
Annabelle: "Ugh."
He grabbed her by her outfit.
Annabelle: "Let me go. Let me go."
Thomas: "Hey, why are you rejecting me. Do you think I am so ugly, so disgusting. That is an injury to my dignity. An insult to my looks. Dirty slut."
With his bare hands he reached into her throat.
Annabelle: "Urk."
And pulled out her throat.
Splat
Annabelle: "Hugh."
She fell dead to the ground.
Thomas: "Tsk… hmm?"
The baby Charlotte was lying there.
Thomas: "Hehehe…"
As he moved closer, the ground suddenly shook.
Thomas: "Hmm?"
The wagon had kept moving forward because of the other horses.
Thomas: "Stop, you stupid beast."
He sliced it apart, but the wagon suddenly moved even faster and crashed into the forest. Before it did, he jumped away.
Crash
It crashed into the Fairy Tale Forest, where the beings of the Fairy Tale Forest found it.
"Huh?"
"What a loud sound."
"Look, look. That is a human baby."
"Oh dear, oh dear. It is a little girl."
"A girl."
They went to her.
Charlotte: "Waaah… waaah."
She cried. She had terrible wounds.
"Oh dear, she is hurt."
"This is bad. What do we do. We cannot let her die, but we also cannot just let a human live in the Fairy Tale Forest."
"Yes, Alice would not like that."
"Oh dear, oh dear. What do we do. The girl is bleeding. It is a miracle she is still alive."
Then they had an idea.
"What if someone tells Alice."
"Oh yes. Good idea. I will do it."
Said the bird with the hat, and it flew toward Alice.
Alice: "Hhh… hm?"
Bird: "Alice, Alice."
Alice: "What is it, Felford?"
Felford: "A human wagon crashed in the forest. Everyone is dead, except a small baby."
Alice: "A baby?"
Felford: "Yes, a girl. Her name is Charlotte. The sign says Charlotte."
Alice: "I understand. Where exactly."
Felford: "At the beginning of the forest."
Alice: "Alright."
Alice stood up. She opened a door that led to the beginning of the forest. She walked through it.
Alice: "Hmm."
"Oh, mistress."
"Lady, you are here."
Alice: "Show me."
They showed her.
Alice: "Hmm."
Alice picked her up. Alice, with her long black hair and two different eyes, one black and one yellow, looked at her.
Alice: "Oh dear. Those are terrible wounds. Is there a fairy here?"
A fairy appeared. It bit its finger and let blood drip down. Charlotte's heart had stopped for about fifteen seconds, but the blood soaked in and began pumping again.
Charlotte: "Waaahhh."
And she started crying again.
So Charlotte was raised by the fairy tales. But one day
"Aaaaaaaaaaargh. Charlotte. She is gone."
"What do you mean."
"She was here, and then suddenly… I looked away for one second."
"What. Search for her."
But they could not find her.
"Where could she be."
"Damn it. Not that… not the dark side of the forest."
"Huh."
Meanwhile
Charlotte: "There… there… hehehe… hehe."
She ran on all fours, when something suddenly stood in front of her.
"Grrrr."
It was a Vinka, female. It had the shape of a wolf, but it also had wings.
"Grrr."
Charlotte: "Hehehe… hehehe."
She held up her fingers.
Charlotte: "Hehehe."
"Grr?"
It reached out and placed its fingers on her head.
"Grrrr…"
Charlotte: "Waaahhh."
When she started screaming, the monster immediately understood she was hungry. Other Vinkas approached, but the Vinka suddenly lifted her in its arms and let her drink from its breast.
Charlotte: "Hehehe… hehehe…"
One day later
Alice: "Hmm."
"Miss, Miss Alice."
Alice: "What is it."
Alice looked at them.
"She is alive. Charlotte is back."
Alice: "What?"
Alice stood up and ran immediately. She saw Charlotte standing there in front of her.
Charlotte: "Mama."
Alice: "Ugh?"
Charlotte: "Mama."
"But there are only the Vinkas."
"Was that Charlotte?"
Alice: "No… that cannot be. Charlotte… was she saved by a Vinka."
From that moment on, Charlotte became the one raised by both fairy tales and Vinkas, and she visited both sides.
Thirteen years later
Charlotte: "Hmm?"
Alice: "So, Charlotte…"
Charlotte: "I have to talk to humans. Why. They killed many of my siblings. My mothers."
Alice: "I know, my love. Still, you must understand you are a human. And also…"
Charlotte: "But my fairy tale contract makes me half fairy tale. I do not age."
Alice: "That is not completely true. You are half fairy tale. I named you the guardian of the Fairy Tale Forest. You have my blood and the blood of a Vinka, but you can still die from sickness and injuries. You do not age like humans. At a certain age, you stop aging. Also, I want to send you to school."
Charlotte: "School. With humans."
Alice: "Did you not say you wanted to find your real parents. Your mother is dead, but your father might still be alive."
Charlotte: "Hmm."
Charlotte said nothing.
Alice: "I will send you to Tombstone School. A magiya school and a fairy tale school. How about that."
End of the memory
Charlotte: "Huh."
Kisa: "You are awake."
Mona: "Are you okay."
Charlotte: "Ugh… where am I."
Mona: "In the infirmary."
Charlotte: "Oh… right. The duel."
Kisa: "I want to apologize for Nacht stepping on you."
Charlotte: "Hmm."
She held her eye.
Charlotte: "Mmm. Just please leave me alone. I do not like humans."
Mona: "You are a human yourself."
Charlotte: "I do not give a damn. Just leave me alone, damn it."
She shouted loudly.
Charlotte: "Go."
They shook their heads and left.
Charlotte: "Ghhhhh…"
They left the room.
Kisa: "Hmm."
Mona: "She is probably embarrassed she lost."
Kisa: "Hmm."
Meanwhile
Nacht: "Hahhh… Ichabod… why did you not tell me earlier."
Mona knocked on the door and went in.
Nacht: "What do you want."
Mona: "Is it true. Did your family kill Charlotte's family."
Nacht: "Hey. I did not know either. Ichabod, your turn to explain."
Ichabod: "Yes. Your family did it. Your father even allowed his people to mess with the women and maids."
Nacht: "Why would he do that."
Ichabod: "How should I know. Your father was brutal, Nacht. Do not blame me. I did not force you to step on her eye."
Nacht: "Tsk… damn it, I do not know why I did it. I was angry because she was so angry at me."
Mona: "Your family killed her family. The women were abused. What did you expect."
Nacht: "Ghhh… damn… sometimes I think I understand why my mother left us."
Mona: "What will you do now. Will you apologize to her."
Nacht scratched his hair.
Nacht: "I think the last thing she wants to see is a member of the family that killed her family."
Mona: "You should know, I think Charlotte will probably cause problems."
Nacht: "That is obvious… but at the same time she knows I am a bit stronger than her."
Mona: "A bit?"
Nacht: "She was not bad, but her mana… and she has no control over her emotions. Otherwise she would have a chance."
Mona: "I see. So that is how it is. Anyway, your friends, Diego and Kisa, are really angry at you. Well, Kisa is more disappointed. Do you really want the girl who matters most to you to hate you."
Nacht sighed.
Nacht: "Come on… I have no interest in Kisa."
Mona: "That is a lie, Nacht."
Nacht: "If you say so…"
Ichabod: "Nacht, do you still remember Thomas?"
Nacht: "Thomas. Was that not the one who always got mad and kept talking about insults to his dignity or whatever."
Ichabod: "Yes. He was responsible for hunting the Eichenwald family. As you know, he was friends with your father. Thomas is still alive. If you kill him and show it to Charlotte, she might like it."
Mona: "Kill him. Are you serious. He is someone you know."
Nacht: "So what. Just a stinking woman abuser. Killing someone like that would not make me feel guilty even a little. But you have to tell me where he lives, Ichabod."
Ichabod: "If I am not mistaken… no, I do not know. But Crane can search for him."
Nacht: "Good. Crane, find him. You have one week. If you do not manage it in that time, you have to bathe again."
Crane: "No. Anything but that."
He flew away.
Ichabod: "You are really mean."
Nacht: "Shut up."
Mona: "Aha."
Nacht: "And. Are you mad at me."
Mona: "Hmph. Why did you step on her eye."
Nacht: "Her looks… they… reminded me of that day."
Mona: "Hmm."
Nacht: "The look of anger… it made me angry."
Mona: "Can you blame her. You know now what your family did to her. Her family."
Nacht: "Hahhh… I knew from the start my father destroyed many lives. He never cared about us. Only about our strength and magiya. When I was born I did not even know my mother. She left us. I heard it was because of what father did to her, when he murdered one of the children because it had no magiya, no mana. My siblings were all small except my older sister Lia, she took care of us the most. But even she… she only used us."
Mona: "Hmm."
Mona leaned against the pillar.
Mona: "I do not know my mother either. I do not even know who my father really is. I only know he was a mage. I was adopted. The children in the village were afraid of me because of my pale skin and wounds."
Nacht: "Mona… Mona… that is your name, right."
Mona: "My full first name. My last name is Hainsworth. Mona Mona. But people just call me Mona. Call me whatever you want, I do not care."
Nacht: "Do you not like the name Mona."
Mona: "It sounds like a weird name."
She sighed. Her yellow eyes looked at him. Her wounds were stitched.
Nacht: "May I ask… how did that curse happen."
Mona: "The curse. I do not know. I assume my whole family was cursed. The curse is called Sirene. It is a curse created by a witch. That means my old family was probably like that."
Nacht: "I see. How is Charlotte."
Mona: "She is in the infirmary. Her eye is wrapped in bandages."
Nacht: "She will be angry now."
Mona: "No. She just screamed and told us to leave. I think she will be more careful around you from now on. Still, I think you should apologize."
Nacht: "Hmm."
Mona went to the door.
Mona: "By the way, Nacht… you should also apologize to your friends."
She left the room.
Nacht: "Nahh."
Ichabod: "Now we are in trouble."