Childhood - pt 2

This is a childhood memory where you can see Angel getting her hair brushed by someone that looks similar to her which you can infer to be her mom. Angel herself is very small, maybe no more than 4 or 5 at most.
Though her mom looks tired, her expression is at least gentle enough, and Angel seems to be quite happy about it. It is a scene that happens several times over and each time, Angel seems pleased to have her hair brushed so nicely. Even her mother eventually comments with:

"You do have lovely hair, don't you?"

But at some point, a man with blonde hair and golden eyes barges in (most definitely the father from her last memory), looking at the scene with a disgusted face. "So what the servant said was true, after all."

He comes right up without a word and drags Angel by the hair away from the mother. Unfortunately for Angel, her mom doesn't really do anything about it. She just looks away with a resigned face. Pulling out a knife he had at his side, he cuts a good length off despite the cries coming from the child.

"I will make sure that you will be █████████. It is in your name, and it is in your blood so you will do best not to forget it. Understand? You must not gain any sort of affection. There is no point in enjoying anything. You must certainly not gain hope." He drops the length of hair in his hand on the floor. "It will be worse for you if you do."

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No. It's the mysterious cloaked figure. He speaks up, cutting Parsley off completely.

"What an embarrassing mess. You should have attacked them by now. You could have taken off their heads. Instead," he turns to Parsnip, who still stands in the corner, "you throw a piece of glass and hide."

This cloaked man's voice is very level, very stern. But, Dusk, It sounds so remarkably... perhaps, disturbingly, familiar to you.

Dusk would have talked about how it must be because Parsnip likes them! But when she hears the voice, Dusk slllllllllllowly turns her head to the cloaked figure, her face suddenly gets a MEAN expression.

She can't see his face, but she can tell his gaze is focused on her... and maybe the rest of the Court.

"You think you have power because you can predict the future or see into the past. Like a child, you cry about your failures instead of looking upon them and fixing them properly. To think, the higher division stuck me with you. What you needed wasn't an overseer, but a babysitter."

Parsley's face grows pale. Parsnip looks for worse, too.

The man pulls back his hood, revealing blonde hair and golden eyes. With features such as those, one would think he would be energetic, or perhaps kind. However, in contrast to his warm appearance, his voice is stern and cold like a harsh parent's.

"Perhaps I should take care of this Court myself. After all, it's only fitting that the original heir to this kingdom be the one to strike it from the hands of one who does not deserve it."

Clima watches without his expression changing, though he does nudge Dusk a little. Dusk doesn't even notice, her eyes are locked onto the stranger with her face twisting into a nasty scowl that not many has seen.

"Dawn!!"

"Dawn?" Primrose asks. Which Slot finishes with, "Where it's always darkest before?"

Dawn's bitter smile doesn't reach his eyes. In fact, it's unfitting to call it a smile. He merely upturns the corners of his lips. He slowly steps towards you, Halation's Court. "Dawn, Child of the Sun. The son who meant to inherit this kingdom." Parsley takes a step back, nearly knocking over Domino. Dawn pays no mind. "I admit, it would have been nice to have this kingdom in my possession. But,"

He stops, standing only several feet from Dusk and the court.

"It came to a point where I only wanted to see it destroyed."

Childhood pt 3

[This is another childhood memory. It's an Angel with her ugly choppy hair (though by this time it has grown out a bit it looks like), and with her is another smol girl that looks like her court oracle peanut Walnut. They're in some sort of hidden hideout where Walnut brought out something that looks like a magazine. Angel looks VERY CURIOUS ABOUT IT, and when she sees the images, she looks amazed.

In it, there are a bunch of pictures of what seems to be "idols" with cute fashion and hair. There's SO MUCH COLOR and SO MANY SMILES and SPARKLES EVERYWHERE and like ... There is no one bleeding??? What is this??? Everyone seems happy???? It is almost overwhelming.]

"These are idols! I hear that idols bring smiles and stuff! The entertainment kingdoms always have a lot of music and songs, and it sounds like it's fun there everyday!" Walnut exclaims pretty happily. "I think it'd be fun if we could go see them perform someday...or maybe we could try to be idols."

"Ohhh...I do not know if that is something for someone like me."

"But I think anyone can become an idol."

"...really?"

"Yeah, really!"

Angel goes back to look at the pictures, her face a little flushed and her heart beating.

"An idol, huh...?"