I only spent a few seconds looking at the graves of my parents before my knees gave out. I was hardly able to notice this though. I also failed to realize the fact that my vision was somewhat blurry. My thoughts were elsewhere.

  You… You were there! How did this happen? How did my parents die?!

  [I can tell you, but… No. I shouldn't. ]

  Why? If you know, then why won't you tell me?

  [I… That's not for me to tell.]

  “Mira? What happened? Are you alright?” Luci was by my side almost immediately after I dropped to the ground. “Um… Why are you crying?”

  It was when she asked me about it that I brought a hand to my face, feeling the tears. I took the hand she offered me and tried to stand up, but I lost my bance as soon as I did and fell. Luckily, she caught me in a hug.

  “Luci… Some of my memories came back. I remember…”

  Her eyes widened in shock for a moment before she started smiling.

  “That's amazing! But… Why are you crying? Isn't that a good thing?”

  “I don't know. I remember my whole childhood. Everything until I met Setsuna. My parents… These are their graves. I don't know how it happened, but going by these dates… It happened on the same day I met her.”

  “Oh…” Luci started hugging me tighter, trying to comfort me. “I'm sorry. I'm sure whatever happened wasn't her fault. After all, you loved her in the past, and I don't think that would've happened if it was her fault. You should ask her about it. I'm sure if you did then she'd tell you what happened on that day.”

  “Right…”

  I looked over to where the other girls were standing, seeing them staring on in confusion. I guess while I felt like I just experienced 17 years of living in just a couple seconds, they saw me suddenly colpse after staring at a couple of graves for that brief time.

  “I'll ask her…” My voice was hoarse, and I could barely keep myself standing, but I gently released myself from Luci's embrace anyway.

  For the first time since I woke up in this body, it felt like it wasn't my own, like I was trying to live as someone else.

  This whole time it felt like I've lived in this body my whole life, and everything I’ve been able to do came to me like I've been doing it for years. Now, I could barely keep my bance. I was taller than I used to be, and while slimmer in some areas, I'm much rger in others. That's not even mentioning the other, more obvious differences my current body has from a man's.

  I decided to ignore the sudden feeling of being out of pce. I've been in this body for over 2 months now, and I had no problems before. I needed to focus on hobbling my way over to the others.

  “Mira? You okay?” Setsuna was - obviously - confused. “The hell happened to you? You get sick or something?”

  “I…” Do I just straight up ask? I feel like that'd be skipping a step or two… Screw it. “What happened to them…? What happened on that day?”

  “Them? That day?” She tilted her head to the side while she asked me what I meant.

  “August 1st, the day on those graves. That's the day I met you, and the day they died. How… What happened to my parents?”

  The others couldn't believe it. Setsuna's eyes widened and her jaw dropped in a state of pure shock. My sister reacted simirly, only instead of standing with her mouth gaping open, she chose to question me.

  “I can tell you, but how would you know that? You can't remember anything right?”

  “I- I remember now. Everything up until lunch that day, Kiki.”

  The tears started flowing at that point, and she backed into a nearby tree to keep herself steady as her knees began to tremble. “Oh my God…”

  “Tch.” Suddenly, Setsuna clicked her tongue, following it up with a cough after I turned to look at her. “Nothing after that I see… Anyway, why ask me? Shouldn't you ask Kino what happened? They were her parents too.”

  “Oh. Um, Kiki?”

  “Hah… That's fine. Just… give me a minute.”

  “Well,” Setsuna said, a little louder than she usually speaks. "I think I'll go ahead and head back now. I'll send Adrian to let you through the Gate when you're ready.”

  “Um, I'll go too,” Luci said from behind me, a little unexpectedly. “I'll meet you back at the inn, if that's okay with you, Mira.”

  “Okay. I'll see you ter then.”

  I gave Luci a quick hug before the two left, leaving me with my sister who had managed to regain her bance, something I'm still struggling to achieve for myself.

  “Kiki, huh. You used to call me that all the time before everything happened. You really remember everything before it all went down?”

  “Yeah. It's- I feel like I'm in a dream right now. The short time I've spent as Mira doesn't feel real anymore compared to those seventeen years. I'm almost scared I'm going to wake up in my bed like none of it ever happened.”

  “Mhm.” She nodded as if agreeing with me. “I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've wished that would happen. Sadly, we just have to keep moving on.” She wiped her tears on her sleeve before continuing. “Mom and Dad wouldn't want me to linger in those dark thoughts for too long. Hell, with you here, most of them don't even matter anymore.”

  She gazed fondly upon the graves of our parents behind me and put a smile on her face as she spoke again.

  “Let's head inside. I'll tell you everything I know.”

  Alpy376