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One day, in a realm that wasn’t theirs, a family was spending their well deserved vacations together.
It was the final day of their trip to a Water Park, ran by an Anna, who also acted as a life-saver.
It was time to eat, and the family was around a table, in their swimsuits. Lucina gave everyone their sandwiches, that she made in the morning, while everyone was still sleeping.
“Ha ha ha! I can’t believe it’s already almost over! Why does time always go so quickly when we’re having fun?” Morgan exclaimed, thinking back on the week that was soon coming to an end.
After she had said that, the smile on the face of her ‘little sister’ disappeared, and was replaced by a pout. “I don’t want to go… Mother, Father, we’re having so much fun, why can’t we stay here?” Little Morgan asked, a sad tone in her voice.
Robin chuckled. “Morgan, a vacation is only a temporary break, after that, you need to go back to school, while your sister, mother and I need to go back to work.”
“But I don’t want to!” She objected.
“Come on, Momo, we can’t always do what we want in life.” Morgan said, referring at her younger self by the nickname she gave her.
“But you and Father are so smart! You can come up with something to stay here!” She wasn’t giving up.
“Now now, dear. If we stay here, don’t you think that Lucina, Cynthia and Owain will worry and miss you? And you, won’t you miss them? Or what about Grandfather and Grandmother? I’m sure they’ll be waiting for our return with your favorite pie.” Lucina said, giving her daughter a headpat.
When she mentioned Lucina, Cynthia and Owain, she was referring to the ones born in this time, and who were around the same age as Little Morgan, as well as the people she got along with the most.
“… You’re right, it’s fun here, but I would miss them if I couldn’t see them again… And Grandmother’s pies are the best!” She said, smiling while thinking of the pies.
“And don’t forget, after eating, we still have two hours left! So, come with me, to do one more time all the best slides!” Morgan added.
“Really? Can we, Father, Mother?” Little Morgan asked, her eyes sparkling.
Both Robin and Lucina were weak against both of their daughters when they looked at them with sparkling or pleading eyes.
Robin smiled. “Of course, as long as you’re back in time.”
“Yay! Thank you! Morgan, let’s not waste any time!” Little Morgan said, starting to take the biggest bites she could of her sandwich.
“Hmpfshure!” Morgan answered.
“Dear, please do not speak with your mouth full. You’ll give a bad example to you sister.” Lucina asked her daughter, with a smile.
“Showwy.” She said, her mouth full with the bite she took while her mother asked her to not speak with her mouth full.
“Djon’t fwowwy, I djon’t shink youw a bash exchomple, you’w ze coolesht shish!” Little Morgan exclaimed, spitting a lot of food out of her mouth, and directly on Robin.
“You two…” Robin said, with a scolding tone. But before he could continue, both of his daughters finished their sandwich.
“See you later, Father! Momo, let’s race, we start running in 3… 2… 1… Go!” Morgan exclaimed, as she started running, slowly enough for the child to follow her.
Little Morgan swallowed her last bite. “Wait for me!” She shouted, running after her older self.
Robin stayed silent for a moment. “… How many times have we told them to not run here?”
Lucina smiled. “I believe we stopped counting after the tenth time.”
“Still, there is a lot of water everywhere, what if they slip and injure themselves?” He said, worrying, and taking Little Morgan’s sandwich's crumbs off him.
“Well… I guess we will make sure they’re okay, fix their injuries if there are some, and finally, let them know that we warned them, and that we hope they learned their lesson.” She said with a smile.
Robin looked at her, surprised by her lack of concern.
“Of course, I don’t want them to get hurt… It’s just that… I like this life where our main worry are our children possibly scraping their knees…” She said, looking at the sky.
Robin guessed that she was comparing her daughters with the children that she met in the future, those who took risks far more dangerous, and who rarely could eat enough… And those who lost their lives. “Yeah, you’re right… This is a sign of a peaceful life…” He finished his own sandwich, got up, and waited for Lucina to finish hers.
“Do you want to take a last swim together, my love?” She asked, looking up to her husband.
“I would love to, Lucina.” He answered.
Robin was waiting outside of the women’s changing rooms. He was the first to finish his shower and to put on his clothes, as he expected.
He thought back at the week that just passed. It wasn’t his first vacation, but, as an amnesiac, he understood how the memories he makes are precious, and how he wants to never forget them.
He thought about the preparations they made before leaving their home to come here. How excited his daughters were. About how worried Sumia was, before deciding to pick the swimsuits for everyone, including him. He had no idea what were the swimsuits his wife originally picked, but considering Sumia’s nervousness, her who did saw Lucina’s choices, he made sure to thank her discretely.
He thought about the day they got here, how Anna explained in details that park’s plan, the different slides and pools that were there. About how his wife was completely lost and decided that the best course of actions would be to let him and Morgan listen, and let them guide her.
He thought about how cute he found his youngest daughter to be, with her water wings on her arms. About how pretty his wife was in her swimsuit. About how worried he was that boys would hit on Morgan.
Which did happen, but it let her indifferent, she only wanted to have moments with her family. She even made everyone laugh when she said “Sheesh, and I thought Inigo was bad at that.”
Robin thought about how they taught Little Morgan to swim with her water wings. He thought about how Morgan always wanted to do the scariest slides, and that Lucina and him always made sure that one went with her, because they didn’t want her to feel alone.
Robin thought about how Little Morgan challenged Morgan to a swim race, and how Morgan lost on purpose to make her younger self happy. He thought of the moments where both of his daughters were together, and his wife and himself were watching them from afar.
Robin thought of everytime he saw one of the three most important girls in his life smiling.
But suddenly, he saw Morgan coming out of the changing rooms. Her hair were not dried properly, and still a bit wet.
“Hey, Father, I hope we aren’t taking too long. Mother was rinsing Momo’s hair when I left.” She said.
“Not at all, it allowed me to think of everything that had happened this week.” He said.
“Ha ha, yes! I think I’m the one who understand the most what you mean! Thanks for the new memories!” She said, really grateful.
“You’re welcome… And also, know that you will always be welcome to come with us during family vacations, even when you’ll eventually leave the house, you know.” He said, remembering that Morgan seemed surprised when she was invited.
“Ha ha, yeah, sorry, I suppose it wasn’t clever of me to think that you would care less about me now that my past self is around… Well, at least, she had a great first vacation! And I’ll be sure to stick around for the next ones, ha ha!” She said.
Of course, she loved her past self, and really saw her as a sister, but, due to Little Morgan being very young, her parents needed to give her most of their attentions, and before she realized it, Morgan became jealous.
Robin smiled, relieved that Morgan understood that she was as important to Lucina and him as her younger self.
“Oh! I just had an idea for a prank!” She exclaimed. “You know how Owain went in another realm, and came back with Ophelia… How about, me, trying to make Grandfather think that he will be a great-grandfather?”
Robin laughed, imagining his friend’s face if Morgan was successful in her plan. “I’ll do as if I didn’t hear anything.” He said, not supposed to support her when she was being sly, but curious about what will happen.
Morgan did interpret this as her Father allowing her to do the prank.
Soon after that, Lucina and Little Morgan came out of the changing rooms. The latter yawned.
“Well well well, don’t we have a tired little girl who will soon sleep?” Robin said, with a smile.
“I’m not tired!” She exclaimed, just before yawning again.
“Hey Momo, do you want me to give you a piggyback ride?” Morgan asked, knowing that she loves that, and that it would allow everyone to go at a faster pace.
“Yes! Of course!” Little Morgan exclaimed, as she gave her arms to her older sister.
Morgan then carefully placed her sister on her back, while her parents silently thanked her.
They took the exit, after half a minute of walking, Little Morgan looked back at the Water Park.
“Will we come again?” She asked the three adults.
“It’s for sure that I’ll go again, so, when that day will come, you can come with me!” Morgan answered.
“Will Lucina, Cynthia and Owain come, too?” Little Morgan asked, wanting to have fun with other members of her family close to her age.
“Maybe, maybe not. We can’t know what will happen in the future, dear.” Lucina said.
Both Robin and Morgan raised an eyebrow, due to Lucina, of all people, saying that.
“But I’m sure they’ll want to go with you.” Lucina finished.
“I can’t…wait…” Little Morgan said, yawning before falling asleep on her sister’s back.
Robin and Lucina asked Morgan to wait here with her sister, while they went back to their inn rooms to get their luggage, and came back quickly after that.
With that, the three adults smiled, and entered the carriage. Morgan delicately put her sister down, without waking her up, and sat next to her. It wasn’t long before Little Morgan’s head fell on Morgan’s shoulder.
The carriage started to move. Morgan decided to close her book, and to sleep along her sister. Robin and Lucina took a good look at the scene in front of them, smiled, and finally closed their eyes, joining their dear daughters in the world of dreams.