A Shadowed Childhood

Title:	A Shadowed Childhood
Author:	SlothxKuriKara
Date Written:	11/16/2014
Continuity	SSEU Unmei/Egae
Time Placement
Synopsis	Kurisutaru's backstory
Rating	PG-13
Additional Notes	Some characters are on loan to this story by their creators

A Shadowed Childhood   Part 1 - The Prelude   It has been two years since I last saw my beloved husband and I know in another year I shall join him, wherever he is… Since then I have secluded myself in our old hidden room. This was so I could remind myself to be strong and not cry although my heart was broken because I miss him so… But he still lives… My beloved Leudast Akume Backlight lives in my heart, and in my memories, and that’s why he is not truly dead. His first friend, besides me, Arekai, his tiger, has also left me, and I am alone living here… The only living demon in the Backlight line besides my children; left this castle, after she wed another demon… Ki Backlight, Leudast’s little sister, my little sister-in-law, will find me dead when she returns to this place, that I know for sure… And if in a year, I do not die; I shall kill myself out of grief. I cannot live without Leudast any longer than another year… I long to see his face…look into those piercing golden eyes… It’s so nice to see those golden eyes reflected in the crown prince, my grandson. My thrones long ago went to my children; Unmei’s throne is now my son Rémi’s, and the throne that has been in my mother’s family that I reclaimed –Egae- has now gone to my daughter Adair. They were born twins, but are as different as night is from day. Everyone considers Egae a moon, but yet it is not a moon…it is its own planet…the planet that the senshi of Unmei always hailed from, the guardian of its twin planet. That title, too, has gone to Adair. She bears the title, and the title of Crimson Butterfly, well despite finally having become a mother herself. Natalia, the child of my favorite general, the first kitsune in a long time to marry into the royal family and be taught all of our secrets; she keeps telling me to continue living…pleads with me even. But her parents have long since gone as well…and I don’t wish to continue this lonely existence, watching my grandchildren grow.