「不可視の深淵」

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"When Castor was killed, Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality with his twin to keep them together."

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The humans that told the tale of Castor and Pollux didn't quite manage to get it all.

It wasn't quite their fault, because their story just didn't pick up off right there. It took several more centuries, and another childhood--diapers and all. 

They had been born to an odd pair. A wizard woman by the name of Gwen was their mother, and their father, Artem, was an Order member. Their father hadn't been there but a few weeks of them growing up; so the main parent figure had been their mother growing up. Castor; or, now, Yoshi, as his mother had named them, seemed to enjoy hating their father when he was there, and trying not to make their mother angry.

Because he was nothing if not a people-pleasing person that did whatever was asked of him. At the age of ten, he had a gentle curl at the end of his red hair and muddy brown eyes that were from their mother. Yoshi' hand was constantly at his mouth, biting at his nails, and he had the look of a kitten left in a box by the curb look to him 24/7. 

That look was amplified by twenty as their mother eyed his spelling test; a big red fifteen on the top. Gwen was mostly accepting of what her children did, but grades and not practicing magic were something she couldn't, and wouldn't, overlook. 

"Yoshi... I though you told me you studied for this last night..." She slowly said, watching as he hiccuped and looked up at the ceiling, hoping for an escape. 

"I-I did... the paper, I just... tests..." his teeth latched down on his bottom lip, and Gwen slowly turned to her other child. 

"Nathaniel, how did you do on the test?" she asked, diverting the topic; because she could never do more than that. 

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The other brother gave a slow, satisfied, cocky little smirk and held out his paper.
"Very well, mother. I did an impressionable job."

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Gwen takes the paper from him and gives an approving smile. "Good job," she said with a nod of her head, "Why don't you do mother a favor, and help Yoshi correct his mistakes? Dinner needs to be started,"

Yoshi had let out a slow breath after that--danger averted. For the most part.

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He snapped a furious amber gaze to Yoshi's face but simply gave a nod, "Come here. Let me see."

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Yoshi lets his shoulders slump, and his head bob in agreement. Holding out the paper, he gives one last look at the 'katt' and 'bou'; along with several other words that were scribbled onto the small lines.

Gwen stepped into the kitchen, laughing softly under her breath. Sometimes Nathaniel seemed too much like an adult that she forgot he was a child.

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He slicked a hand through his dark hair, tousling the thick waves away from his face. "Did you sound out the words?"

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"I did," Yoshi insisted vehemently, "I really did, I swear. I just couldn't 'ember any of it,"

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"Remember," Nathaniel corrected, "It's 'remember' any of it."

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"I ain't ever gonna remember any of this," he whimpered, "Why... why can't we just spell with numbers an stuff? Makes my stomach hurt,"

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"Use your mouth," He grunted and sat down heavily, "You really need to learn these things."

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"But Nat," Yoshi rocked back on his heels before plopping backwards, following his brother down. "It's so hard,"

"Maybe for the next test, if you both pass, I'll take you shopping for toys," Gwen calls from the kitchen, catching the redheads attention.

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"Nathaniel," The other instructed firmly, "My name is Nathaniel, not 'Nat'."

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"I like Nat better though," Yoshi said with a pout, "Nath... Na-tha-kneel?"

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"Na-than-eel - like the weird fishy thing."