Mother's Day was not a holiday the Branwen tribe of bandits celebrated. It was deemed unnecessary, and Raven Branwen could not agree more. 

In the short time that she was married to Taiyang, Raven had dreaded Mother's Day. Tai had always wanted to visit his parents, stopping to get his mother cards and flowers. Raven never understood the point of the holiday. Maybe it was because she never had actual parents who cared, but she hated everything about the holiday.

Then, Raven became pregnant with Taiyang's child. He was thrilled and couldn't wait for the kid to be born. Raven hated every minute of it. The morning sickness, the inability to do certain physical activities, the stifling attention everyone gave her. 

Finally, the child was born, a young healthy girl. She looked so much like her father, with blonde hair and a natural tan. The baby's bright violet eyes looked at the entire world, ready to understand everything about it. Taiyang insisted on calling her Yang, which made Raven roll her eyes in disgust. 

It didn't take a long time for Raven to grow tired of being a parent. She was raised to be a tribe leader, not a diaper-changing mother. She packed the little stuff she had and left Yang with Tai, heading back to the bandit tribe. 

As the leader of the bandit tribe, Raven flourished. She almost completely forgot about the family she left behind, as she threw herself into her work. 

One day, about twelve years after she left Tai and her daughter, the bandit tribe picked up a young girl. The girl was the same age as Raven's abandoned daughter. There was something about her that made Raven want to train her to be the next tribe leader, just as Raven had been trained.

Raven took the girl under her wing, raising her up and training her to be a strong and powerful woman. The girl, whose name was Vernal, seemed to flourish in her role the way Raven did. 

Then, about a year after Vernal had joined the tribe, Raven received a visit from the young girl.

"What is it Vernal?" Raven asked.

Vernal, who was usually a very serious child, held out a handful of flowers. "Today is Mother's Day, and you're the closest thing I have to a mom. I thought I might thank you for everything you've been doing to train me." 

Raven looked at the flowers, surprised and slightly disgusted at this show of affection.

"Vernal, I am not your mother. I am you teacher and your leader. This tribe has never and will never celebrate Mother's Day. It does not benefit the entire community and that is the priority. I hope you understand and learn from this." Raven said as stone-faced as humanly possible. 

Vernal let her hand holding the flowers fall to her side and nodded. "I understand. I'm sorry, this will not happen again." Vernal quickly left the tent and left Raven alone.

Raven sat at her table, thinking about Mother's Day. She remembered all the times she was forced to act like she was enjoying herself while at Taiyang's parents' house. Then she remembered her own child, and how she was technically a mother. 

Raven pulled out Omen, her katana. She used her semblance to open up a portal and walked though it. Suddenly, she was standing outside of her old home, the place where Taiyang was raising her child. She stood outside, wondering why she was here and what she should do.

Finally, she decided to just look inside for a second. She peered in the window and saw Tai immediately, sitting on the couch with two young girls. Raven recognized the older one as her daughter, Yang, and it didn't take long to realize that the other girl was Summer Rose's daughter. Raven had heard from her brother that Taiyang had remarried to Summer, and she couldn't help but be a little bitter. 

But she couldn't bring herself to knock and see her daughter, no matter how much part of her wanted to explain herself to Yang. She told herself that she didn't owe an explanation to anyone, she can do what she wants. 

Raven opened her portal back up and went back to the bandit camp, regretting the decision to visit her daughter. She was full of mixed emotions, and she wanted for forget it all. 

As she walked back to her tent, she passed Vernal. 

"Vernal," she whispered. "If you still have them, I can put those flowers in my tent. But this is a one time thing. Never let it happen again." Vernal looked up in shock, but nodded and ran off to get the flowers.

Raven silently cursed herself for letting her emotions control her, but she also couldn't help but wish she could celebrate Mother's Day. Seeing her old family happy made her realize how much she was missing.

When Vernal entered the tent, Raven silently took the flowers and and put them in the vase. As she was arranging them, she noticed that they were brightly colored. About half of them were yellow and the other half were a violet color. Just like Yang's hair and eyes.