Nora hummed happily to her favourite song as she prepared dinner for her daughters who would be back home any time soon.
Suddenly,she felt a presence behind her,she held the knife firmly in her hands ready to attack whosoever has broken into her house.
As she turned around,her eyes met those precious eyes,that very face she thought she would never see again. This particular face was still very fresh in her memory even after almost twenty years
"Na..Natasha?" She called as the knife in her hands fell to the ground.
"Long time no see twinie" She smiled weakly
"Natasha...it's really you?" Tears welled up in Nora's eyes
"Are you that sad to see me that you are crying?"
"It's really you!!!" She ran to hug her crying
"Natasha you dont...you really don't know how much I've missed you"
Natasha sniffles as she hugged Nora tightly
"I'm I hallucinating?" Nora asked looking into her sister's eyes
"No...look I'm real" Natasha replied pinching Nora's cheeks
After embracing each other enough, Natasha pulled away from the hug
"I came here for something"
"What is it? Is Mom and dad okay?"
The moment Nora said that, fresh tears rolled down Natasha's cheeks
"Hey! what's wrong? are they okay?"
"Yeah yeah mom and dad are both fine" She stated rubbing the tears off her cheeks
"So you said you came for something?"
"Yeah! Your daughter"
"My daughter? which of them?"
"Isabel"
"And what about Isabel?"
"Do you know she is the next seventh guardian Aria has chosen after soo many years of waiting?"
Nora looked away not wanting to look at her sister's eyes
"Wait...don't tell me you knew?"
No response
"What?, you knew and you didn't tell her?"
"I was protecting my daughter's life"
"Not telling her about her powers means endangering her life not protecting"
"I don't want to involve my child in all these mess, Natasha, you need to understand"
"This is not a mess Nora, you not fulfilling your post while being the seventh guardian doesn't mean you should deprive your daughter too"
"I really want to protect her from that evil dragon, do you remember it almost took my life?"
"Look Nora, that was because you were still contemplating on taking the post or not?"
"I...I dont know what to do"
"We have to tell her before her eighteenth birthday"
"Why not on her birthday"
"Nooo we can't take any risk, we need to be prepared cos we don't know when the dragon is going to find out about a new seventh guardian so we need to start training her"
"What about the other guardian's?"
"We will find them out together"
"...You should know my Isabel is innocent and fragile, I dont want her to be in any form of trouble"
"I guess you are mistaken Nora"
"How do you mean?"
"Well..the Isabel I was with not quite long ago is more than capable for the seventh guardian" Natasha smiled
"More than capable?, did you meet with her?"
"Yeah, we were both in an illusion and she fought not like a beginner"
"...an illusion?"
"Of course but actually she wounded a little"
"Wounded? Why on earth would you..."
The ringtone of Nora's phone interrupted
"Hello?, Who is this?"
"Hello ma'am, I'm I speaking with Mrs Calvin?"
" Yeah sure, Is everything alright?" Nora asked looking suspiciously at Natasha
"Okay ma'am, so your daughter with the name Isabel actually fainted at school and we would love you to come check up on her"
"Fainted?"
"What did you do, Natasha?"