Final Chapter

Winter 25, 2003

It is now Christmas day, and Choco's very first birthday. The whole village has decided to hold the party at Romana's mansion not only to celebrate the Christmas spirit, but to wish Choco a happy birthday as well. Everyone comes carrying double the amounts of gifts as they normally brought every year.

On Choco's birthday cake, 11 candles are lit to represent Choco's age. After singing the usual “Happy Birthday” theme song, Choco makes a wish, and blows out the candles. Everyone then claps their hands, and yells happy birthday to her. Everyone then moves aside to open up a path towards a table with a mountainful of gifts just for Choco.

With her eyes glowing, and a smile from ear to ear, she runs over to the pile of gifts, and begins to tear up the white and red packages. Each box has some sort of chocolate treat inside. Even though Choco has received only chocolates, she still cheers happily for each and every gift. As Choco continues to tear through the boxes, Muffy, Celia, Nami, Lumina, and Flora gather together and starts to gossiping with one another.

“Hey, isn't Choco supposed to be only one year old?” asked Muffy. “Why did Yuki decide to put eleven candles on the cake?”

“Actually, I'm curious to know if Choco will actually grow like normal people,” commented Nami.

Yuki walks over to the girls and smile. He has overheard their conversation about Choco's age and growth. He also wondered the same thing after learning about her unique situation. But he answers, “don't worry about it so much. Choco has grown several inches since she first arrived at my house, so she is growing up. And as far as her age. . . Well, it'll be easier to tell everyone else that she's eleven years old, rather than explaining how do I have a four feet tall one-year-old. Everything will work out fine, trust me.”

Choco then runs to Yuki and asks, “dad, what are you talking about?”

Yuki laughs and says, “Nothing, we're just having some grown-up talk.” Yuki or anyone else in the village has not told Choco the truth about her unique birth, nor will they ever tell her. They all want her to grow up like any other normal person in the village, and allow her a chance to live a happy life.

Choco then jumps up and down yelling, “dad! Dad! Do you remember the promise that you made me?”

“Promise?” asked the other girls.

Yuki pats Choco on the head and answers, “of course I do. In celebration of our first birthday and Christmas together, I'll get you anything you ask for. So have you decided on what you want Choco?”

“More chocolate I bet!” commented Flora. Everyone laughs at the joke. Everyone also felt that since Choco's only interest is Chocolate, they all felt that Choco is going to ask for that from Yuki.

However, Choco shakes her head no and yells, “I want a little brother!”

Yuki's eyes pop wide open out of shock. The entire villa goes dead quiet after Choco makes her announcement as to what she wants as a birthday and Christmas gift. Choco looks around at everyone's shocked faces and asks, “what's wrong? Why is everyone acting so weird?”

Yuki sweats nervously as he admits, “um, Choco. . . I don't think that's something I can get you. Would you like something else?”

Choco then grabs Yuki's shirt, and tugs on it begging, “but dad! You promised! I could have anything I wanted! I want a little brother! I promise, I'll take good care of him, I'll share my chocolates with him, we can name him Vanilla, and I'll protect him from any wild dogs!”

“Choco, I can't do that.” admitted Yuki. “Do you even have any idea where kids even come from? Where do you think I'm going to get a son from anyway?”

Suddenly, Yuki feels an unusual aura coming from behind him. He turns around to see the five girls staring a him. They then grin wickedly knowing that this may be the perfect opportunity to get Yuki to finally choose a bride.

Muffy decides to takes the first initiative. She runs to him, grabs his arm, and says, “Well, well Yuki. Looks like you need a son for Choco. If you want, I can give you the healthiest and best looking son you'll ever have.”

“Hold on a second!” yelled Nami. “I think that Muffy will only have another girl. I, on the other hand, am confident that I'll have a baby boy.”

Flora steps forward and says, “My family has a history of having the highest probability of bearing sons. I think I'll be the one to give birth to a son for you Yuki.”

Celia then steps forward and says, “I'm pretty confident that I'll bear a baby boy for you. And I am also pretty confident that I'll be the best parent for both Choco and the baby boy.”

Lumina finally says, “Actually, I read a book about tips and trick on how to guarantee a baby's gender. I feel that I have the best chance to have a son for you.”

All the girls then stare at one another, and begins to argue with one another. They all yell and scream at one another saying how they can guarantee a son for Yuki, and how great of a parent they will make. The argument gives Yuki a massive headache, he knew that this would happen. Choco on the other hand is happy that they are “discussing” about Choco's little brother. She has no idea where babies come from, but she did hear that the others know of a way that they can have a baby brother for her.

After a few minutes, the doors of the villa slam open, inviting a strong Winter chill into the mansion. A loud voice screams, “that is enough!!” Everyone then turns towards the open doors, and sees the Witch Princess standing outside.

She stares at everyone with a mean glare for a moment, then focuses her attention to Yuki and Choco. She then walks towards them saying, “If anyone is going to bear a son for Yuki, it's going to be me!”

She then stands before Yuki, and lets out a warm smile. The first smile she has shown anyone for hundreds of years. She then says, “After all, I am Choco's mother, so it would make sense if I would have your son too. Heck, I'll bear as many kids as you want. And this time, we'll have normal kids. But in exchange, I want the blue feather.”

Yuki leers at her awkwardly, and says, “You know, I never asked for a kid in the first place, why on earth do I want anymore from you. I hardly even know you.”

“Don't be that way Yuki.” said the Witch Princess. “After all, we are Choco's biological parents, so that means we should become a family, just for her sake.”

Yuki tone changes as he says, “You call yourself a parent after what you almost did to her a couple of weeks ago.”

“Oh come on Yuki! I made a mistake! I'm human too, we all make mistakes sometime in our lives!” whined the Witch Princess.

“Don't call yourself human when it's best convenient to you!” argued Yuki.

Lumina then claps her hands together stopping Yuki and Witch Princess from arguing any further. She then says, “I have an idea! Why don't we let Choco decide who gets to be the mother of Yuki's next child. After all, it is her gift.”

“Stop making decisions for me!” yelled Yuki.

However all the girls agree with the idea. After almost a year living with Yuki, they all hope that Choco has learned to like at least one of Yuki's female friends. Without Yuki's consent, everyone crowds around Choco and asks, “So tell us Choco, who do you want as your mother?”

Choco looks around at her choices. There's the oldest, yet prettiest girl Muffy. The quiet and delicate Celia. The tomboy Nami. The charming and graceful Lumina. The hard working and experienced Flora. And her true biological mother Witch Princess. Each of them are very attractive, and have their own unique skills and traits to them.

Choco cannot make up her mind as to who will become her mother. She then looks at Yuki who is waving his arms around trying to tell her not to choose anyone. She then throws her arms up in the air an announces, “I want everyone to be my mamma!”

Muffy, Celia, Nami, Lumina, and Flora's face turns blue. They look at one another seeing that Choco requested that they all share Yuki's affection and marry him all at once. However, Witch Princess thinks for a moment and says, “You know, that doesn't sound like a bad idea.”

“No, that's not a good idea!!” yelled the others, including Yuki.

“I refuse to share Yuki with anyone!” complained Muffy.

“Me neither!” yelled the other four girls.

“I am not having six more kids!” complained Yuki.

Everyone goes quiet. The other villagers in the mansion does not get involved into the argument. After the moment of silence, all the girls look at one another, and realize that they haven't decided who is going to become Choco's mother. They then huddle once again, and begin to argue over who will become Choco's mother. Yuki tries to calm everyone down, but fails at his attempt. Choco just walks over to her giant collection of Chocolates, and begins eating while watching the adults argue.

*10 years later*

Choco has now grown into a full grown mature woman. Now more than ever, she resembles Yuki's mother. She has grown to have many interests including love for animals, respect for nature, musical talent, fishing, and athletics. But even though Choco has many talents, she still decides to become a farmer. Choco never did get to have a younger brother, but she is still happy to have her father. Choco still has never learned the truth of her birth, but as long as she doesn't ask, no one will tell her.

Yuki is now 33 years old. As much as everyone pressures him into marriage, he has never gotten married. He is very content with his only daughter Choco, and has no need of a wife or anymore children. Every time someone else asks him why did he decide to remain single, he answers, “Because even though it's just me and Choco running the farm, we are still a family. That's all that I need.”

The other girls could no longer wait for Yuki, so they all got married to other men in the valley, and had children of their own. Muffy has finally noticed Griffin's feelings for her, and they got married. Marlin has confessed his feelings for Celia, and they became a couple soon afterwards. Nami fell for Gustafa's music, and they became husband and wife. Lumina married Rock from the Inn, and had a son named Toby. Flora left the valley with Carter, Yuki then received a letter from them saying that they've gotten married soon after they left.

The Witch Princess has decided to give up alchemy, and drop Witch from her name. She has also given up her cape and fur boots, and is now dressed up like a normal girl. She has even used her knowledge of alchemy, and took up a job as the village's pharmacist. When she is not working, she spends a lot of time in Yuki's farm spending time with both Yuki and Choco. Some people believe that Yuki and Princess might end up as a couple, but they are only friends.

Even though Choco loves her father very much, she still desires a romantic relationship like any other girl. After Hugh properly confessed his feelings to her, they have been dating since then. Yuki feels emotional watching Choco grow up into a fine woman, and one day will take over the farm in his place. It seems like almost yesterday that Choco has met Yuki over 10 years ago, but Yuki is glad that they are together.

As time continues to pass, Yuki continues to age, but Princess continues to remain young. It pains her that she will someday see Yuki die, and Choco die, and Choco's children die before her, and several more generations after that. Despite all this, she will be strong; not only for Choco's sake, but for the generations after her. She will eventually die herself. She has been alive for hundreds of years, but she is not immortal. But for as long as she continues living, she wants to be there for the future of her daughter, and her descendants.

The End.