Warping history - Chapter 3: the memories of a waitress (Ao3 link below)
“Moooooooom!”
A little Lilith Baldured called to her mom, Ivana, grabbing fiercely her long sky-blue dress.
“What is it, sweetie?” She answered tenderly looking down to the small child, interrupting her chores.
“Last night I saw that boy again! This time he brought a ball with him, we played outside but then poooof, he disappeared and I woke up in my bedroom.” The girl explained with a sigh.
“I see, did you have fun with him?” Ivana replied keeping her gentle demeanor.
“YEES, MOM!” Lilith jumped where she stood, clinging on her mother’s dress even more, then she continued. “CAN YOU BRING HIM HERE? I DON’T WANNA WAIT FOR THE NIGHT TO MEET HIM!”
Her mother didn’t know what to answer.
It wasn’t the first time the small girl said something like that. The first time occurred when she was just 4 years old.
Everytime she would say that she wants to play with that boy she met in her dreams, that she was waiting for him somehow.
What did even waiting mean? Ivana would ask herself each time in confusion; “she couldn’t wait for someone she had never met”, she thought.
In the meantime, someone knocked at the door.
“It’s me, darling, open up”. At the doorstep of the front door was none other than Hanma Baldured, Ivana’s husband and father of the little girl. Apparently, he had returned home for lunch break.
“Welcome back, sweet.” Ivana bid him welcome.
The couple proceeded to kiss until a squealing voice chimed in to ruin the mood.
“DAAAAADDDD, YOU’RE BACKK!!” Lilith shouted jumping on her father, embracing him. The man sweetly returned the hug, “what have you done this morning?” he asked.
Ivana in the meantime went back to the kitchen, she didn’t want the lunch to burn.
“I was looking out of the window, near the grass lands.”
“Uhm, why?”
“I was waiting for my friend there but as usual he didn’t show up.”
At that point, Hanma was perplexed. Lilith has always possessed a rebellious and extravagant character, therefore she has never had any good friend, at least no one that he knew about.
“Nice, did you get yourself a new friend?”
“Nooo, dad, why are so dumb sometimes? It’s him, the blonde boy! He’s so shy he has never told me his name in so many years but you know who I’m talking about…” Lilith said, showing an annoyed expression.
“I see…” Hanma was at loss of words. He knew about that “friend” too and he was worried, very worried.
“Lunch is ready!” Lilith’s mother suddenly called the two’s attention.
The family happily consumed the meal randomly chatting about things of everyday life and work.
Afterwards, Hanma singnaled his wife to follow him in the bedroom while the little girl went to play alone outside.
“I’m really worried about Lilith.”, the man said in a soft voice.
“Me too” Ivana admitted. “I fear something is really wrong with her, she won’t stop talking about that ‘boy’; she would always wait for him to meet her every day, despite the fact she knows he’s just a product of her dreams.”
The woman paused.
“I don’t know what to do anymore.”
“Exactly.” Hanma chimed in again, this time with confidence, “I think I have the solution for this.”
“Taking her to another doctor?”
“No, doctors have never worked, remember? This time we’re going to take her to my friend MA. Trust me, I briefly talked to her about this situation…she thinks she knows how to help our child…”
Upon hearing this, the woman got slightly irritated.
“With all due respect, darling, this is ridiculous! Would you really trust a self-made magician rather than a doctor? Moreover, I saw that woman you are speaking about once, I don’t have a good feeling about her, she’s creepy. Also, why would you tell our family secret to a complete stranger?”
“Ivana, do you want Lilith to heal or not?” Hanma spoke firmly those words, looking at the woman straight in the eyes.
“…yes. Of course.”
“Then you have to trust me. No doctor so far has been able to help us, this is our only hope.”
“But…”, the woman tried to say something but was suddenly taken by her husband embrace.
“I promise we will fix this. Just stick with me, ok?” Hanma tried hard to gain her trust.
“I don’t trust this method but trying won’t hurt…I hope.”
“Exactly. At worst, nothing will happen, but we have to try this.”
“Okay, I guess…”
The day went on normally after that.
During the night, though, Hanma picked up the phone.
“Hello? Sorry to bother you at this late hour…”
“Oh, dear~
Don’t worry, just tell me. Is that important?”
“You will decide that…can you come this upcoming morning to see my child about that thing I’ve been speaking about these last days?”
“Of course, is 9 okay for you?”
“That’ll be ok for me I guess…”
“Ok, dear, see you tomorrow~”
The other side hung up the phone.
The next day, Lilith was made to be well dressed and perfumed up.
“Dad, where are we going?” The little girl asked holding her father’s hand tight.
“Today I’m going to present you a friend of mine. Be at your best behaviour, at least for today.”
“Ooookay, dad.”, the girl sighed.
At 9, the two went out of their house greeting Ivana who, instead, decided to stay home.
Not very far away from there, a slender woman with an eccentric long robe wearing a monocle stood nearby an oak tree. She grinned as she watched the duo getting closer.
“I see you are there…”
“Lilith, this is my friend MA, greet her!”
“Good morning, madame MA.” The little girl bowed.
The woman smiled and knelt down to reach the child’s height. “Nice to meet you Lilith. My father spoke a lot about you…how much he loved you, cherished you and cared about you…” the time sorceress stated, then continued; “Would you mind having a walk with me?”
Lilith looked at her father who nodded back. That was the ok signal. After that, the two of them parted.
“So~
your dad talked to me about a boy you see in your dreams…would you mind to elaborate on that?”
At first Lilith was troubled by the question.
“Oh nooo, are you another doctor? Dad tricked me again, uff…I’ll repeat that again. I’m not crazy. That boy is my friend, he’s just so shy that he won’t come out of my dreams and hang out for real, ok?”
Upon hearing that answer, the sorceress laughed (the kind of laughter that shakes your very core). The girl was slightly bothered by that.
“Ahahaha. Don’t worry, sweet girl…I’m not a doctor, I’m a sorcereress, an expert of the human soul.”, the woman said, trying to reassure Lilith
“Ooooh, nice but what do you want from me?” The girl responded in awe, but still irritated.
“Well, child, I think you may have a spirit trying to contact you. Have you ever asked this little boy who he was?”
“YES…” the girl raised her voice, “BUT I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WON’T TELL ME!”
“I see, he’s indeed one of those shy and unsociable spirits eheheh…”
“Do you mind if I put my hand on your head for a second?” the magician went straight to the real point of the conversation.
“What do you want to do?” the child asked, visibly scared.
“Nothing to fear ahah, I just want to try and see if the spirit is around us right now…”
“OK THEN.” Lilith suddenly grew excited, maybe she could finally force him to speak, she naively thought.
“Well…” The magician put a hand on her head and all of a sudden, the girl felt a strange heat coming on her head and slowly going down her little body.
That was a very unique sensation.
“Mhhhh…”
“Soooo? What did he tell you?”
“Ehm…apparently the spirit is not around right now. I’m sorry…” MA admitted with a displeased look.
“Uffie, he always hides when you want him…” the girl sighed in disappointment.
“Well~
we can try again the next time, can’t we?”
“…okay.”
After that, the duo met again with Lilith’s father and then him and the sorceress took different paths.
“So, how was it?” Hanma asked his daughter.
“That was so cool, daaaad. She tried to contact the boy but sadly he wasn’t there at that moment…” the girl replied carelessly…
“I see…” The father sighed.
Meanwhile, the sorceress kept smiling, on her way to meet Gandalf Marlon at the Dark Star Bureau.
“Her magical power potential is formidable, indeed…”. She grinned.
After the twins were born, many years later, the situation quickly turned back to normal, or better to the usual routine. The Waiter would wake up at dawn to prepare the dining room for the day, for Lady Conchita in particular (she definitely didn’t like it when her food wasn’t already on the table after waking up).
She recalled all her memories, her mother, her father, MA: the sorceress who ruined her life and tries to avoid like the plague even now.
Now she was completely empty.
No joy.
No love.
No sadness.
No anger.
No excitement.
Nothing, just nothing.
A single feeling was left, though: anticipation.
She was still waiting for him. She had been waiting for him as long as she could remember, no matter who he really was.
“When can we finally meet again?”, the girl said, standing at the base of a stained glass looking through it as if it were the window back at home, in her childhood.
Author’s notes: I know, I know it’s all a mess lol. Please just stick with me, all of this will make sense eventually and will be important for the next chapters.
Btw, F for Lilith, her nightmare is not over yet poor girl.
Lesson learnt, never ever let an evillious sorcerer lay hands on you, especially if that sorceress has the name “Elluka MA Clockworker”
YEEEET in that case.
Aside that, I hope you like this sad (as always) chapter.
Byeee <3
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22822318/chapters/55023526
