December 21st, 2006
"Vix! Come on! Come to the backyard with me!" Alaric calls out.
Vix quietly sighs, he then walks downstairs.
"Why are we going outside, Prince? It's strange having to appear human every time I'm walking around your place…" Vix says.
"Bonfire!" Alaric exclaims.
"Let me guess, another holiday?" Vix asks.
Alaric nods. "Mhm! Winter Solstice!"
"Humans make something as good as the lion king and also celebrate all of these…" Vix replies.
"Come on, Vix! Holidays aren't that bad!" Alaric says.
"You also think your mamá isn't that bad, she hates me… and I mean hates me a lot, for nothing!" Vix replies.
Alaric sighs. "Okay, so I may be wrong about Mamá, but trust me about holidays, they're not that bad!"
Alaric and Vix both walk into the backyard.
Lilias runs over. "Al! Me and other royal kids are here too!"
"Oh! Hi, Lili!" Alaric replies.
Everybody gathers around the large bonfire, drinking hot chocolate while sitting on logs.
-A few hours pass-
The flames crackled with every passing moment, casting flickering a golden hue onto everybody. Snow is slowly falling onto the ground.
Lilias, Charles, and Alaric are all running around, playing tag while Catherine and Vix are sitting down and having a calm casual conversation.
Catherine takes a small sip of her hot chocolate. "You alright, Lyric?"
Vix looks up at Catherine, then slightly nods. "Yeah, it's just strange… having to hide all the time… I wish I didn't have too."
Catherine raises an eyebrow. "Why do you hide all the time? Why can't you just let yourself be seen for who you are?"
Vix lightly sighs. "It's not that simple, Princess… humans barely accept me… not everybody is like you and Prince Alaric."
Catherine thinks. "What about my sister, Maggie? Why won't you show her? I know she will accept you!"
Vix pauses for a moment, then answers. "Sorry, Princess… I don't want to risk anything."
"I understand… I just want you to know that you're seen…" Catherine replies.
Catherine then thinks for a bit before she speaks. "Hey, so… Al mentioned that you have a twin brother and younger sister. May I ask how they act?"
Vix freezes for a moment, then asks. "You want to know how they act?"
Catherine nods. "Yeah, are they nice or rude?"
"They're alright, why do you ask?" Vix replies.
Catherine shrugs. "Al said that you don't see them much, so I figured they might be rude."
Vix shakes his head a bit. "No, they're alright. They're back in our home area, I left there when I was really little, barely ever go back there. My sister also left, I barely ever see her."
Catherine tilts her head. "Why don't you go back?"
"Not really the place I wanted to be, for no real reason though…" Vix replies.
Vix grabs two marshmallows and hands one to Catherine as they both put the marshmallows over the bonfire while having their hot chocolates beside their feet on the snow.