Song: Ghost Town by Adam Lambert (Doesn't really relate to the chapter but I love it so xD)

I left Ianita with Mot for the day so I could work out. He was more than happy to take care of her, and she was more than happy to hang out with a new friend. If I'm gonna be the strong and protective father figure I want to be, then I have to get in shape. I brought my good weapons and armor and I went to the darkest part of the forest where all the monsters hung out. I even made strength potions just for this, and they were an absolute pain to make.

After about two hours of killing and slashing out mobs, I was covered in sweat and filled with exhaustion. I walked back to Dagrun panting and sweating like I never had before. I should take a shower before I pick up Ianita. I don't want her to see me so gross looking.

I arrived at Mots new house an hour later with clean clothes and functional lungs. I even brought some snacks in case Ianita was hungry when I came to get her.

I went to knock on the door of the house when I heard something. Music. It was coming from behind the house. Maybe they were back there. I walked around the side of it and turned the corner.

There was music, but it was some rap song playing rather than the usual music you heard around here, which were always music records. I saw Mot first, and then Ianita, both dancing hand in hand to the extremely inappropriate song playing over the record player. I would have been angry Mot put on such a mature song, but then I saw how happy Ianita was. She was giggling ninety miles an hour as she twirled around in circles and danced beside Mot. It made me happy. She was having fun and she was happy. That's all I want really.

Mot saw me and waved me over, still smiling and laughing with the little angel. He enjoyed her just as much I did.

I joined in on the dancing and Ianita squealed when she saw me. "Dance Speriols!" She giggled and took both of my hands. I smiled and lifted her up into the air, twirling her around and making her laugh even harder. Her purple hair floated in the air as I spun her around. The blue orbs she possessed shone brightly with happiness. A faint purple glow surrounded her as she laughed harder.

Wait. What?

I didn't stop spinning her though. I kept going to see what would happen. Her hair began to float higher into the air and her eyes shine even brighter. And just when I thought the purple glow would make her entire form vanish, a bright light filled my vision causing me to stop spinning her.

"What the hell?!" I heard Mot yell.

The light disappeared, and a miracle took its place.

We were completely surrounded by flowers. Not just the regular flowers I'd always see across the land, but every flower of any color. It literally covered every square inch within a five mile radius. I was amazed. Did she make this happen?

"Good god...did you do this?" Mot asked her. She still stood beside me with a smile on her face.

"Mommy wuvs it when I make pwetty frowers!" She giggled.

She did do this. She had Ianites power. Ianite left powers to her.

My daughter was freaking Harry Potter.

"Ianita...this is amazing." I whispered in awe.

I didn't know at the time that this was just one of the many things Ianita would amaze me with.
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She squealed louder as I flew faster through the air, dipping to the ground every few minutes then immediately going back up. It's been awhile since I've flown around the city, and getting back into the sky felt great. Having an overly excited little girl on your back just made the flight even better.

"Higher Speriols, higher!" She begged me. I laughed at her excitement and flew higher into the clouds. She screamed overjoyed and hugged my neck tighter. God I loved this little angel.

"Birdie!" She pointed at a tree down below us, but I didn't see any birds.

"Where do you see a birdie?" I asked confused. I flew down to where she was pointing and I still didn't see any birds.

"In the twee!" She pointed at the same tree. I flew down on the tree and allowed her to climb off of me.

"I still don't see it. You sure you saw a bird?" Maybe she thought one of the leaves were a bird or something.

But she proved me wrong when she bent down next to a branch and picked up a small bird. One of the birds wings were broken and it was chirping painfully as it wriggled in her hands. I felt bad for the poor thing.

"I fix you birdie." Ianita cooed to the bird. She closed her eyes and closed her small hand around the birds wing.
A small purple glow began to emit from her hands, identical to the glow that I saw a week ago before the meadow of flowers appeared. She opened her eyes and unfolded her hands, showing the small birds wing completely straight and unharmed.

What the heck? She could grow flowers and heal?

"Be more carefuw wittle birdie. I wuv you." She kissed the birds head and it chirped happily. It then flew out of her hands and back into the sky where it belonged.

I still had my jaw to the floor when she turned back to me.

"Mommy say always make things better!" She smiled.
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Toms been trying to call me every night for the past two weeks. I never answer. I'm either too tired to talk or I'm too busy with Ianita to answer. I don't want to talk to him anyway. He hurt me and left me. I had better things to do than listen to his sob story. I had a little angel to take care of.

But tonight he called me three times in a row, and four counting now. The black letters of his name lit up on the screen as I stared at the communicator. What if it's an emergency? What if he needs my help?

Why would he? You're useless. You'll never be helpful to anyone.

To everyone else maybe, but not to Ianita. I will protect and help her in anyway I can and you can't convince me other wise.

I face palmed myself when I realized I was arguing with my mind. I really am crazy.

I finally gave up and answered the call, stepping outside the room so I wouldn't wake up the small child. "Hello?"

"Sparklez? Sparklez! I've been trying to call you for like two weeks! Where have you been?!Why haven't you been answering my calls?!" He sounded worried.

He's not worried. He's angry at you for being stupid and careless.

"I told you I'm busy. I can't talk right now anyway. I'm tired and I want to go to sleep." I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and tried to keep them from closing.

"So busy that you couldn't call me back? Why are you even busy? Did you leave Dagrun? I told you not-"

"Shut up, okay? Just shut up. I'm busy doing things that make me happy. Talking to you isn't making me happy in the least. What do you want?"

"Jordan...I miss you. I feel so guilty about what I said and-"

"Why do you miss me? Why aren't you busy following Mianite around like you wanted? And don't think that just because you say my real name makes me feel sorry for you." I was surprised at how harsh I sounded, but I didn't back down from it. I wanted him to feel pain like I did when he called me those things.

"I didn't exactly want to trust him but I did so we could get Dianite's body back. He said he didn't do any of that stuff and that Helgrind was just a crazed worshipper of him. He said he had no part in the torture at the Inertia. He had that place shut down after he found out about that stuff. We can trust him. He gave us good reasons."

"I don't care what he said. He's still the most evil person in the realm in my eyes. I'm not trusting him just because of a few lies he baked up. And you don't miss me. You miss arguing and telling me I'm nothing."

"None of that was true! I was angry and I was talking out of my ass! Sparklez the guilt is literally eating me."

I traced a finger over the blue bruise on my chest, still lingering after Toms elbow dug into the skin. I could feel tears welling up as I touched it. He hurt me in both ways. I can't just forgive him for that. What would he do if he lost control like that again? Bruise me up some more?

"You hurt me. I have the bruises and the tears to prove it. Let the guilt eat you." I pressed the end button and sunk down the wall.

I cried.

He kept calling. He must have called over fifty times the entire night. I never answered. I want him to feel the pain I feel. I want him to feel guilt for what he did and said to me.

"Speriols?" A small voice asked. I looked up from my knees and saw Ianita sitting down in front of me. She looked so sad.

"Why are you sad Speriols? Why are you crywing?" She touched my cheek with her gentle hand. I looked at the ringing communicator and then to her.

She was more important. She needs me to be strong. She needs me to be a protective father.

I wiped away my tears and swallowed my feelings away. "I'm fine sweetie. Just a bit tired. You wanna come cuddle and go to sleep?"

She nodded and ran into my arms. I hugged her tightly and kissed her forehead. I will be strong.

For her.
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Sorry for any spelling mistakes, I had to post this quickly :3

- Lee