Koda blinked in surprise as Serenity suddenly appeared before Christine. She could run really,<br/>really fast couldnâ€™t she? He was certain she had done that in under a minute. Maybe less than<br/>thirty seconds. He let go of Christine and smiled warmly at Serenity. Unlike Christine he was<br/>not human. He was a druid which was similar to an elf or a nymph yet normally had human ears<br/>instead of long or short pointed ones. He squeezed Christineâ€™s hand back to show he was still<br/>paying her attention. Smiling at her a loving and warm smile. It faded a moment later when he<br/>realized he was doing it in front of others. He was really self conscious about the things he did.<br/>Afraid to be judged even over something as simple as a smile.<br/><br/>He went into the house after one more hug to Christine. Watching Serenity walk off. Stopping<br/>and turned to speak to Christine. â€œI will meet you at the car.â€ He said. He then headed through<br/>the castle and made his way to the room. He took ahold of his door. His breath catching in<br/>his chest. He was so nervous about this. Did he really want to see those monsters again? His<br/>mother made him nervous. She wasnâ€™t exactly crazy but she sure as hell acted like it. She<br/>would do anything she could to make him suffer for not being â€œnormalâ€. It was amazing he<br/>hadnâ€™t gone insane due to the mixture of his powers and his parents. His father just didnâ€™t even<br/>acknowledge him while his mother always tried to â€œfixâ€ him. To make him normal. Deep, deep,<br/>DEEP down in his mind he remembered what she had done to him as barely older than a baby.<br/>A couple years old up. He didnâ€™t consciously remember it but it was there way at the back of his<br/>mind.<br/><br/>He moved into the room and went to a safe box. Opening it and took out the coin case his<br/>mother had thrown at him one year. Taking out his coins and put them in his safe box. He was<br/>going to give it back to that monster woman. Who told him he was crazy. That told him he would<br/>never have love or be accepted by the living because of his gift. That was something he had<br/>never told Christine she had said. That he would never know love. Not family love but heartfelt<br/>love for someone other than family. Shutting the safe box he hid it back under his bed.<span style="font-style: italic">Are<br/>you coming back?</span>Came the soft voice of an elderly ghost. He nodded his head. â€œYes. Me,<br/>Momma Christine and Serenity are going to go get the adoption finalized.â€ He explained<span style="font-style: italic">I<br/>see. Hurry back. We enjoy having you here dearie. Iâ€™ll be in the garden. Hope things go well my<br/>child.</span>She then walked through a wall and vanished.<br/><br/>Stuffing the coin case back in his pocket and headed back down the stairs. Headed back<br/>towards the other side of the castle and to the car. He stopped near Christine. â€œIâ€™m nervous<br/>Christine.â€ He said softly. â€œIâ€™m nervous about seeing the woman again.â€ He said in a bit of a<br/>whimper. That alone told more than anything he could have said or done. For some reason<br/>deep down he was afraid of her. Yet still he had always craved her love and acceptance. Still he<br/>had tried to earn her love. To earn his fatherâ€™s love. Yet had never been able to be good enough<br/>to do so. He shook his head. Clinging to Christine then let her go. Regaining composure. For a<br/>moment he had felt like the frightened child he had been when he first met Christine when he<br/>was barely a few human years old.<br/><br/>He got in the back seat with Christine. Laying his head on her chest as he laid between her<br/>legs. Wrapping his arms around her as he closed his eyes. â€œI hope this goes without issue but<br/>have a strange feeling this will not be the case.â€ He said softly. He pressed into her more. She<br/>was his mother. No matter what anyone else said she was and had always been his mother<br/>since she first encountered him when he had run away those many years ago. He relaxed while<br/>listening to christineâ€™s heartbeat.