For almost a year, Cossette has been in a coma... But lately, there has been good news... sometimes she moved... or coughed... or groaned in pain sometimes... or from exhaustion... but what happens next?
Sophie: "Hmm."
Lina: "Hahhh."
Fiona: "mmm.."
Siegfried: "Uhm.."
Meliodas sat there and simply stared into the air... which confused them all. (Meanwhile)
Zantanel: "Hmmm.."
Child: "Hehe… Mom... Look… I would like this one."
Mother: "Ohh... so you want a sweet apple?... A honey apple... sure… hehe."
Zantanel: "Hmmm?….."
Ruslana: "Huh... Boss ...what is it.."
Zantanel: "Stop calling me Boss…. I don't like that….. Just call me Zantanel, that's my name."
Ruslana: "Zantanel…...What are you planning?"
Zantanel: "Aren't humans strange?…"
Ruslana: "Huh?"
Zantanel: "Look…. Sometimes they do things... that make children happy, like that child over there….. but… meanwhile."
She looked at a destroyed house.
Zantanel: "At the same time they destroy the lives of many others… In that house lived a family of five…. Nobody even asked if there were any survivors… The bodies were only taken away a few days ago… it's possible some of them were still alive and could have been saved….."
Ruslana: "Hmm.. do you pity them?"
Zantanel: "No.... I'm more… disgusted….. There will never be peace with these people… They have no curse powers…. no magic… they are not Arcane… and yet… they destroy more than any of us... and then they think they can call us monsters... Funny enough, during the war they used Arcanes and mages… Suddenly they wanted us… but as soon as the war ended… it became the same again....."
Child: "Hehehe.."
Mother: "Hehehe.."
Zantanel: "Those two over there.. laughing…. while eating and standing next to a ruined house…. They probably think as long as it doesn't happen to them, they don't care... they're selfish... but look now."
She stretched out her hand.
Mother: "Hehe."
Child: "mmm.. huh…...Mom.. your eyes…"
Mother: "ughh."
Blood came out of her eyes...
Child: "Mom?"
Mother: "ughh.. hhhhhh...…. ughh…..Help…"
Child: "Mom."
Zantanel: "Hmmph...."
She stopped.
Ruslana: "You didn't kill her... why…"
Zantanel: "I just watched a movie… I don't want anything ruining my mood right now…"
She walked away and Ruslana followed her... the woman lay unconscious on the ground.
Ruslana: "Hmm…. Why did you do that just now."
Zantanel: "mmmm….. Nothing....(…..I hate… seeing them smile... disgusting… bastards….)"
(memory)
Zantanel: "I'm sorry.. I was hungry."
Vendor: "Now the flowers are ruined, you little slut!"
Zantanel: "I... didn't mean to... I just wanted to try it."
Vendor: "Shut up… I may not be allowed to hit you… but I can still hurt you.."
He threw the rotten apples onto her mother's grave.
Zantanel: "No... no... no... no... stop it.. leave mom alone… let her rest in peace….. I just wanted to place them on her grave."
Vendor: "Tsss...."
He threw the flowers away… Zantanel put the flowers back onto her mother's grave….. when she walked away and got a bit further... the vendor came back...
Zantanel: "Huh?…. What is he doing…"
Vendor: "Ohhh... alright everyone... you can come now."
Unknown person: "Oh... yeah.. a good place to pee."
Zantanel: "Huh!!!!!!"
(Sploppp!)
Vendor: "ughh... yeah....."
Zantanel: "Ughhh....."
Suddenly Zantanel became truly furious….. She touched a tree… the tree quickly rotted... and fell down….. toward the people peeing on her mother's grave.
Vendor: "Hey….. ugh!"
(Crash!)
They were trapped underneath.
Vendor: "Ghhh.. help…"
Zantanel: "Hmmm…. Is everything alright sir?"
Vendor: "Huh."
Zantanel: "Should I help you sir... you wanted me to help you.. sir.."
Vendor: "No.. stop.. what are you doing... don't touch me!"
She touched his hand….. immediately he started screaming... and his hand began turning pale and rotting.
Vendor: "aaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhh…"
Zantanel: "Hmm.."
Unknown person: "No... No…"
Zantanel: "ghhh….. I may not be able to touch living things."
She carried a huge stone.
Zantanel: "But... this.."
And dropped it on the person's head.
(Splach!)
Zantanel: "Hahhh... hahhh... hahhh….. hahhh….. hahhh..."
She looked at herself... but then… she saw it too.
Zantanel: "Huh?:…."
Zantanel's Shadow: "Hehehehehe... do you see that….. hehehehe... look how they lie there dead.... Isn't it beautiful… look at their blood..."
Zantanel: "ugh…."
She looked at her hand covered in blood.
Zantanel: "hmmm….. it's such a beautiful red… humans have something like this inside them?…. That's beautiful...…"
Zantanel's Shadow: "Aren't you tired… of eating and drinking rotten things… this here… is fresh...."
Zantanel: "But.. that's blood."
Zantanel's Shadow: "So what.. You're half human and half undead….. so….. why not?…... drink it.... come on ... doesn't it smell good!!"
Zantanel: "ughh….."
(Pump!)...(pump!)
Zantanel: "Hahh... no…. no….. Mom would be angry….. I won't do it…. but.. how am I supposed to clean her grave now…...(Sob)….. I guess I have to clean it…. remove the dirt and replace it with new soil."
She did that…. But it took hours….. so long that Zantanel became exhausted and laid herself next to her mother's grave..
Zantanel: "...mmm...…. mmm...."
Ms Kafka: "You naughty child."
Zantanel: "Huh!... Mom.. mom is that you?…"
Suddenly a figure rose from the grave and grabbed Zantanel by the throat.
Zantanel: "Mom….. Mom stop... you're hurting me.."
Ms Kafka: "Because of you…. I'm dead... you naughty child!!!…. You should never have been born….. brat... I will destroy you once and for all."
Zantanel: "hahhh….. aaaaaaarghh."
Then she opened her eyes.
Zantanel: "hahh.. hahhh…."
She immediately stood up and hid... behind a tree without touching it.
Zantanel: "...Mom?….. hahhhh.... I saw mom in my dream.. as an undead?…... but….. if you meet a person in a dream... and they want to kill you... that means… they hate you... right?.. that's what I was told..... hahhh... does that... mean... even mom….. hated me…... hahhhh.... hahhhh....."
She looked at her hands.
Zantanel: "Why... why does nobody want to talk to me... why can't I play with anyone!…. Why can't I sleep peacefully... why was I born with this curse!!!…... hahhh..... ghhhhhh….."
She touched the tree and it died instantly.
Zantanel: "Stop it!... stop treating me like a monster.. why do you die when I touch you... am I that disgusting!?.. am I that ugly!... am I that revolting to you!!…... am I a monster!?…. just wait until you see the real monster... you'll all regret this….. curse yourselves!... you hate me even though I'm just a child... I'll never forgive you.. whether human or animal!!!... nobody!...…... Stop it!"
She touched one thing after another..
Zantanel: "Stop.. please.. stop…. hh...(Sob)….. hhhhh.... stop."
Flowers… animals... no matter what... they died instantly..
Zantanel: ":..hahh...(Sob)...(Sob)…...hahh….. that's mean…. that's so mean…. you're all too cruel to me….. hahh…. I ...want…. I want warmth... I'm cold.. I'm cold."
It actually wasn't even winter... but for Zantanel it was cold…. Because it wasn't her body that was cold.. but her heart.
Zantanel: "Hahhh…... hahhhh...…...mmmm."
She trembled and trembled.
Zantanel: "I'm.. cold... I'm.. cold... I'm cold..... I'm cold...…. I'm.. I'm…. cold…..."
She looked at the blood from the animals…... she lightly touched it….. then…. took a sip….. or rather …. licked it off her fingers…... it was... warm.
Zantanel: "Warm... it's.. warm…. hahh…."
She picked up a stone.. and tore the animal apart... so the blood came out.
Zantanel: "Hehehehe.. warm.. warm.. warm.."
She began covering her face and body with the blood.
Zantanel: "Warm.. warm.. warm.. warm!!.. hehehehe…. hehehehe... warm... warm….."
(End of memory)
Zantanel: "Ugh.."
Ruslana: "Huh?... everything alright Zantanel?"
Zantanel: "mmmhh…. yeah…. Guess I fell asleep…. on the train….."
Ruslana: "Yeah…."
She sat all the way in the back…. actually she wasn't sitting, she was leaning against the wall…
Ruslana: "Why don't you sit down.."
Zantanel: "I like standing."
Ruslana: "Hmmm….."
(Meanwhile)
Meliodas: "Hahhh…. As you can see I've been staring the whole time….. And well…. It's because….. Yesterday... I saw ...Cossette….. and she moved her hand."
Sophie: "ugh.. really?!"
Fiona: "ughh.."
Meliodas: "Yeah….. I still don't know why she was in a coma…. but it seems like her body is finally slowly waking up…... It's just that I don't know when she'll wake up.."
Siegfried: "hmm."
They heard footsteps..
Cossette: "Excuse me where's the bathroom?"
Meliodas: "Oh... down there on the left."
Cossette: "Thanks."
Meliodas: "Sure...."
(Silence)
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Wait a second...."
Siegfried: "That girl just now."
Meliodas: "ughh... is that... Cossette…"
They quickly ran toward the door... right then Cossette came back out.
Cossette: "Huh?"
Sophie: "ughh.."
Fiona: "Huh…... Cossette…."
Cossette: "Yeah?..... Say… why are we somewhere else? Did I miss one day?"
Suddenly Fiona hugged her.
Cossette: "Hey…. what's wrong Fiona."
Sophie: "ugh."
Fiona: "I'm so glad... you're awake again.. my little Cossette..... ghhhh.."
Cossette: "Uhm... did I miss something?"
Siegfried: "(Sweating)... seems.. like she can't really speak fluently yet.."
They explained everything to her.
Cossette: "I... slept... for a whole year!"
Sophie: "Yeah... and we still don't even know why…. Meanwhile you even grew a little…. as you can see….."
Cossette: "Huh... my hair got longer.."
Fiona: "Yeah….. but we always cut it when it got too long.."
Sophie: "Ohh…... yeah.. exactly... I... did it.. Fiona too sometimes …"
Cossette: "...Uhm... and who are those two over there…."
Lina: "I'm Lina Adelheid... I'm new….. here."
Siegfried: "Siegfried."
Sophie: "There's also Violet.. but she's on a mission.. hehe…. but she's really sweet.."
Cossette: "mmm…."
Fiona: "Are you okay... do you need anything?"
Cossette: "ugh.. no…. You must've been worried about me, right Fiona?.. I'm really sorry."
Fiona: "It's alright.."
She stroked her cheek.
Fiona: "As long as.. you're back.."
Cossette: "Hmm... for me it only felt like I slept for one day…. I don't know why…"
Sophie: "Hmmm... did you dream anything?"
Cossette: "No….. it was just dark... Though…. I heard crying at night several times…. sounded like Fiona's."
Fiona: "Ugh...(Blushes)…... Uhm….."
Sophie: "Uhm... Fiona….. you visited her at night."
Fiona: "mmmm....(cough)…. Yeah.. I did... but I wasn't crying.. obviously."
Cossette: "Actually you were even sobbing... 'Cossette... I'm so sorry…... Please don't leave me'... you kept saying."
Fiona: "Ughh…. so you could hear us."
Cossette: "Yeah….. Meliodas once farted really loudly while working."
Meliodas: "(Sweating)….. Next time I'd rather not work where someone's sleeping.."
Sophie: "(Sweating)... so you really did it?!"
Fiona: "mmm….."
Cossette: "The Sophie... that's your name right.. hehe we barely met."
Sophie: "Yeah... hehe.. glad you remember me…"
Cossette: "Hehe….. I'm also really hungry."
Sophie: "Oh little one I'll quickly make you something to eat.."
Cossette: "...Fiona…. please let me go ... stop hugging me."
Fiona: "No….. you'll have to endure this for a while... I haven't truly seen you in so long."
Cossette: "mmm…... I miss the emotionless Fiona more..."
Lina: "Ohh…. Was she emotionless before?…."
Cossette: "Hahh... she barely smiled... but now she does more….. and shows her feelings more often….. That's good.. but... now stop…. mmm..(Pouting)…. Now she shows them even more than I expected…."
Lina: "Well... she really missed you..... you know."
Cossette: "ughhh... mmm... yeah…. me too…."
She kissed her on the cheek.
Cossette: "Hehe."
Fiona: "ughh... what was that supposed to mean….. not... in front of the others...(Blushes )…."
Steam came out of her head..
Fiona: "mmmm.."
Cossette: "Oh.. hehehe…. When it comes to blushing you're still the same.."
Fiona: "mmm.."
Cossette: "Hehe…."
She started rubbing her cheeks against Fiona's.
Cossette: "Mmmm….. you've become even warmer….."
Lina: "Hmm... tell me…. is Cossette Fiona's sister?"
Meliodas: "What? No…. You could say…. she was adopted by Fiona….. you could rather see Fiona as her mother…. even though Fiona is only 21 years old... and Cossette is now 9…."
Lina: "I see….. Strange….. because... I wouldn't have thought she was that important to Fiona."
Meliodas: "Oh she is…. the only reason Fiona rejoined us was because she wanted to protect Cossette…. Without Cossette….. who knows.. maybe Fiona would've actually ended up in a state where nobody could help her anymore…. that's why I was worried... that Cossette wouldn't wake up...."
Lina: "Hmm?"
Meliodas: "I noticed Fiona becoming more and more impatient... about it…. and distracting herself ...with missions….."
Cossette: "Oh man…. you've become even skinnier you need to eat more….. And why are your eye bags so dark... someone's barely in a coma for a year and this happens... geez!…. Fiona…."
Fiona: "I was just worried about you:"
Cossette: "Okay….. but today you're seriously eating…... four plates."
Fiona: "Four... are you serious? you can't do that."
Cossette: "Too much? Is that too much?"
Fiona: "No…. rather the opposite.... I need at least... eight."
Meliodas: "Ugh.what!?"
Lina: "Can she manage that?"
Meliodas: "Yeah…. she can….. but don't forget, by eight plates she also means smaller plates like sweets and stuff.."
Cossette: "Where's Melina?"
Fiona: "Ohh…. she's fine…. she just went shopping she'll definitely be happy."
Cossette: "Hehe... I missed her."
Fiona: "She missed you too.."
Lina: "Hmm... I'll help Miss Sophie with the cooking."
She went to the kitchen.
Cossette: "And where are Sternlicht, Hosenträger or Chloe?"
Fiona: "Oh.. they're taking a test."
(Meanwhile)
Chloe: "ghh."
Sternlicht: "mmmmm…"
Hosenträger: "I can't do this anymore.. hahh.. help... I can't breathe anymore."
Teacher: "Quiet... or I'll take away the test!"
Hosenträger: "hhhhahhhh…"
(Meanwhile)
Zantanel: "Hmmm... Remy... what is it."
Remy: "Huh?….. Oh…. I was just waiting for you... I heard today is your birthday?"
Zantanel: "I don't celebrate birthdays, Remy….. why should I be happy about getting older?... or even being born... hmph.."
Remy: "Don't say that... look I made this for you.."
Zantanel: "Huh."
It was a church…. made only from sewing materials..
Zantanel: "You made this for me?"
Remy: "Yeah…. don't you like it."
Zantanel: "Uhm."
She took it.
Zantanel: "Thank you very much…... Uhm.... Was that the gift?"
Remy: "Hmm.. oh... no…."
Zantanel: "Hmm."
He kissed her on the forehead.
Zantanel: "ugh..."
Remy: "Happy Birthday…. Zantanel..."
Zantanel: "ughh…... thank you... very much... Remy….."
Remy: "(..everyone wants to get rid of you... but I'm sure…. I can help you change when it comes to your sadness….. Instead of getting rid of you….. I want to help you…. That was my plan from the very beginning since my return….. Only I can do it... because she likes me).."
Zantanel: "Hmm….."
Remy: "And... what are you planning now?"
Zantanel: "Hmm?…. Right now, nothing….."
Remy: "Then... how about we go for a walk tomorrow?"
Zantanel: "Huh?... is that what other humans call a date?.."
Remy: "Something like that…. more like meeting up.."
Zantanel: "Ohh…... okay…. fine by me."