A Welcoming Home (Core Stold/Closed)

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The young Arcosian child known as Core was flying alongside his adoptive family, more specifically, he was flying alongside Celmaru and Phae Waterfield, following the male of the couple that was apparently bringing them to their ‘house’, which occurred close to Core asking Celmaru if he could stay with them tonight, it was the first time they weren’t parting quickly after meeting and were actually following each other to some place where they would be able to live more like a family, and it was making Core look forward to it a lot. Though Celmaru was being really curiously mysterious about the place they were going, Core had deduced that it was where they were going, even though he didn’t even knew that they didn’t had a house of their own before that very moment so the surprise that Phae was probably about to have wouldn’t affect Core all that much.

Hearing Celmaru cheer them as if they were slacking, Core would giggle, it seemed like the hybrid was acting like, with his weight, he had to slow down to allow Core to follow him, even if technically, Core could easily push his speed and go several time faster than him if he wasn’t going to remove his weight, he could probably even keep it up with his super saiyan form only be transforming into his true form. ‘’ Celmaru, you do know you don’t have to slow down for us to keep the pace? I mean… when you wear those weights, I can easily surpass your speed… and you are equal to Phae in strength wearing them… there is really no reason we are going so slow right now, other than maybe you think your super saiyan being is too fast for your awesome son~’’ Core would say, challenging his father of some sort with a playful wink to him.

The Arcosian would be wondered at all the beautiful trees that were around, not only were there normal green tree, but there was also tree growing some sort of pink flower petal that really smelled nice and sweet, Core’s eyes would widen as he went full speed down in the forest to pick up a couple of them, smiling widely. ‘’ Celmaru! Phae! What are those trees? And can we have more of those?! They seems to grow fruits too! I’ll have to taste them later… they look delicious!’’ Core would say in his usual enthusiastic and happy voice, flying around his parents, keeping the pace by wasting a lot of time flying around them. ‘’ I love this place, tell me that’s where we’re staying, that would be awesome! They also seems to be construction some sort of arena! It’s the perfect place!’’ Core would say happily, there was a wide smile on his childish face, filled with positive emotions of wonder.

When his adoptive father stopped, Core widen his eyes, so they were living near here uh? Core had guessed right, and he was even more happy about it because he would get to live in this place. Listening to his parents talking, Core’s smile would widen as he nodded toward his adoptive father quickly. ‘’ Yes! I… I sleep badly when I’m alone in a room… I tend to have a lot of nightmares and… well… not being able to sleep for a long time…’’ Core would admit to his parents, poking two fingers together in a bit of a shame, but no being was perfect right and it happens that Core’s flaw was nightmare-based, which may sound ridiculous for a strong being like he is, but he’s also a child.

Core would listen to Celmaru’s exposition of what the place was and would giggle lightly at Phae’s surprise, apparently she wasn’t aware that they were living here, which was quite odd, but Core decided not to question it and simply went to hug both of his parents tightly and happily. ‘’ Thank you Celmaru, thank you Phae!’’ He would simply tell them as he held both of them, hovering over the ground so that he was on their level. Tears were going down the Arcosian’s cheek, as he finally had a real home with his family once more. When he finally received the question about this place from his father, he turned to him. ‘’ This is… wonderful!’’ He simply said as he went toward the backyard, he was already making plan in his head as to where he would make several things, but that were future plans that didn’t needed to be focused on right now.

Seeing his parents kissing wouldn’t bother Core the least of the world, but it would bring some questions to his mind, he knew that those pecks Phae was giving him sometimes were a mark of attention, but there was clearly more to it when both person’s mouth were touching, there was a certain passion and affection to it that was fascination for the young Arcosian, but he didn’t wanted to ruin the moment so he waited for it to end before actually going to ask his question. ‘’ H-hey… uh… I know it might sound weird but… what did you guys just did… it looked like it felt good… is that a thing close people do?’’ Core would ask them, touching his lips lightly with his finger and looking curiously at both of them, waiting for answers from them.

Core had clearly the brightest smile his adoptive parents could have ever seen since they knew him, holding unto them like his life was going to stop if he was to let them go, the Arcosian was giving them all the love he could right now as they were giving him something that had more value to him than they would imagine, a place to call home on Earth after all this time, a family to care about… an identity on Earth that was his and his alone, he was now Core, he lived here in this nice shrine and hiss parents were Celmaru and Phae Waterfield, even if he wasn’t wearing his adoptive name because it quite didn’t fitted his own name very well and… he wasn’t willing to change his name, he liked Core, it was quite subtle to make his name Core since he was born from a star, and it didn’t missed to make him giggle when he though back about it, and the time before that were he was simply called Red.

The Arcosian would chuckle softly as he heard Celmaru show clearly that he had planned every detail, even ones that he couldn’t expect like Core’s sleeping issue, which was truly surprising and made Core’s sigh of his adoptive father even brighter, like a hero, which when he thought about it, fitted quite better the golden aura and look of the super saiyan a lot more than the furious and angry side it was bringing in him. ‘’ Thank you father… you… you don’t know how much it means for me… I finally… I finally ‘live’ on Earth, I am no longer a squatter of this planet… I’m… I don’t know how to say it…’’ Core would say, looking at his father in the eyes, his face showing the mix of emotions that were mixing and flowing inside him in a chaotic manner; pride, joy, relief and all sorts of other emotions just were too much for the young Arcosian child.

When Celmaru mentioned the Arcosian’s tears, he would smile and shake his head quickly. ‘’ I don’t know why those are coming out… I am happy… happier than ever! But I think my body is biologically broken at this point…’’ Core would simply say with a chuckle, going in his mother’s embrace without saying anything else, the warmth of his mother’s arms were all he could ask more right now, at this point, he couldn’t be more happy, or at least he had no idea how he would, this was exceeding the peak of happiness he could have imagined a few months ago and it was kind of mind blowing to him, Earth’s color just kept going brighter and shinier every day.

Core’s cheek would turn all bright red when he got a kiss from his mother on the cheek, he felt like a light tickling feeling when she did, which was different from when she was doing it on his bio-gem, which was more like diffusing the feeling in his whole body, this one was more focused and quite surprising, but Core’s attention was drifted to Celmaru’s answer about what those trees were, he would listen carefully and giggled. ‘’ Eh eh~ Well, I love those trees! They have… petal-like leaves and it makes for a pretty landscape… we should have more of them around on Earth!’’ Core would say as one of the ‘petals’ landed on his nose, making him sneeze cutely as it tickled his nose. Phae’s answer to his other question was just as interesting as the previous answer, something that he had harder time understanding but would help him further his Earth’s knowledge. The arcosian touched his lips once more and smiled a bit. ‘’ Lovers only… got it!’’ Core would say, nodding to himself a bit. ‘’ Beautiful thing to experience…’’ He would then repeat to himself lowly.

When he was carried up by his father, Core would react by a high pitch noise as something totally new just happened to him, someone caught him off guard totally. ‘’W-what… how… when… what?’’ Core would say, looking around, it was his first time he was really caught off guard and never saw something coming, it was rather surprising for him but kind of felt good, like he could totally throw his guard out of the window for a couple of time, maybe it was a result to his first good sleep in a while. When his father asked Core to open the door, he reached for the handle and pushed the door. When he opened the door, Core’s sense told him something was wrong; there was a couple of aggressive ki-signature, very low though, around here. When his father putted the Arcosian down to go and probably seek for then, Core pecked his mother on the forehead and went on the other side.

The Arcosian quickly fell on one of the assailants, who instantly widened his eyes as Core pulled out a bright smile. ‘’ Mister, I think you mistook this house for another, we’re actually ho…’’ Core had the time to say before the assassin swing his sword in Core’s direction, the blade would hit the child’s bio-gem, the man probably though it was a weak spot, and instantly his sword broke. Core would then sigh to himself. ‘’ You can’t say I didn’t tried to warn you…’’ He would say as he carefully opened the kitchen’s window and threw the guy away, the man landing far away on a tree.

Core returned quickly to the cough were he heard his father and mother were already having another conversation, he stepped in and landed on his mother’s laps slowly, laying himself gently against her in a warm and nice embrace. ‘’ Do Liam really thing those guys are competent enough to kill us… I mean… they used sword…’’ The Arcosian told then when he brought the sword in the room that was used against him, all the pieces holding themselves together to form the squatter blade again along to Core’s own sword for comparison. ‘’ And they aren’t even good swords… he might had a chance if he actually came prepared… why would one kill for money though… there is like… all the chance that you’ll end up against someone stronger…’’ The child said, boringly throwing the pieces of the sword on a table, perfectly assembled like a done puzzle.

When his father held a piece of Paper in his hand, Core would approach and look at what was written into it, he would widen his eyes wider than ever and looked at Phae and Celmaru a bit concerned. ‘’ Twenty millions for those assassins? Wait, how much the actually competent ones cost!? And how rich is Liam again? I mean… twenty millions we could buy… like… a skyscraper with that amount! And he used it to send assassin that couldn’t kill a kitten if they wanted to really hard and the kitten was sleeping… how much of a waste is that ?’’ Core would say, massaging the side of his head a bit. ‘’ Celmaru… your cousin is so dumb… I might want to beat his ass down… yay to the tournament …’’ Core would admit to Celmaru and Phae, though it wasn’t really shocking seeing what he previously did last time he saw Liam.

When Celmaru picked up Phae and began to walk toward another location, the young Arcosian child would hover next to them; floating about the ground and making him go forward, a technique he liked more and more as he just felt right not to walk and just to hover above the ground, and plus it looked really cool on Core’s mind so he wasn’t going to stop doing so anything soon for sure. When he entered the room that had to be their bedroom, Core would smile a bit and went to look around and smiled a bit. ‘’ You really have a nice bedroom~ ‘’ The young Changeling would say as he shifted his look to face Celmaru, who asked them a question. ‘’ Of course it is Celmaru… I’ve never had a home that was that welcoming, I mean, back on Arcose, I lived on a lab so it was all cold colors and machines… and on Earth, I sleep on Beryl’s ship, I do have my own room, and it feels like home, but it’s still a ship you know… but this place… it’s just perfect…’’ Core would tell his adoptive father, agreeing with his adoptive mother and then went on the bed, sitting on the front of it, waiting for them.

As the Arcosian would imitate his father and rested on the bed, however, he was using the blankets to warm it up a bit and putted a hat on his head, a sleeping hat of his that was made to protect the pillows from his horns, whom could really do some damages should they be left without any protection. The young Arcosian would curl up on himself in his suppressed form, a form which he felt he wouldn’t be able to return sooner than later and was not really going to miss, of course this form felt nice to be in, but there was just something about his horns that he was a bit annoyed about, they were just too present and big, but his with hat, they even looked a bit smaller, and couldn’t hurt anybody.

When they were all three laying on the bed, Core would cover up Celmaru and Phae in the blanket he was also using, he didn’t wanted them to miss a bit of supplement comfort that a blanket could bring. Then he would gently bring them together in one big embrace as Celmaru spoke about the floor that would be able to survive Core transforming. ‘’ Hey that’s right… I could sleep in my true form… that way I wouldn’t have the horns…’’ Core would say as he slowly slipped away from the bed, leaving both of them probably still embracing as he quickly changed to his true form, changing his height, his bio-armor mostly removed for bio-gems and his horns not there, but he still kept the sleeping hat, and at his surprise, the wood under his feet didn’t even flinched. ‘’ Wow that’s… quite surprising…’’ Core would tell himself before slipping back into the familial embrace.


The young Arcosian would simply chuckle at his adoptive parent’s conversation, as it was really more playful than anything else, and he would slowly close his eyes, slowly but surely, the proximity with those he loved, the comfort of the bed and the embrace he was holding on Phae was more than enough for him to find a peaceful sleep, the closer he was from sleep was slowly lowering up the light from his bio-gems, and when he was asleep, it was totally dark, even if it kept it’s red color like always. The young Arcosian’s dream would be kind of weird.

When Core’s consciousness entered his dreaming state, Core would be on a place he recognize, on Earth, or at least he could see Earth as he was in some sort of ship, looking at the planet from above, someone spoke to him from behind. ‘’ Twenty-seven, you cannot escape this place, if you do, you’ll never be over! You’ll stay in that form forever!’’ A metallic voice would yell at him as Core shifted his look, and one thing he realized, his skin was coated him metal, and his bio-gems were blue, but he didn’t seemed to be affected by it. ‘’ You stupid creators! You think you could keep my spirit asleep forever? My family calls for me, my sibling… Red is down here… and you won’t be able to keep me away from him!’’ The voice that was sounding similar to him yelled as he jumped through the glass of the front ship and down to Earth.

Core woke up, his eyes widening as he began to look for his breath, trying to make the less sound he could as he heard his parents were still awoken, they were even speaking, in fact, Core only heard his adoptive father’s words to him and Phae. The Arcosian would tighten up his embrace on Phae. ‘’ M-mommy… daddy…’’ Core would say in a sad voice, holding gently unto hiss adoptive mother’s body, looking for warmth, a feeling of both excitement and terror in his eyes could be seen. ‘’ I dreamed… I think…. I think Blue is close to Earth…’’ Core would whisper, his voice was shaking lightly.