Naga and the Shadow Mirror Clones

Chapter 4
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As they went back into the house a cheerful voice sang out behind them "Mommy! Lina! I'm back!!!"

I turn on my heels, and hug my daughter.

Gracia gave Naga really big hug back, then went to Lina and kissed her a long time. "I've missed you both!" she said. Lina led them in. The first thing Gracia saw was the picture. "Why, what is this?" she asked, looking at it.

“It’s a family portrait of our little family Gracia.” I reply.

Gracia smiled. "Well, what can I say? It's so pretty! And are we a family? Are you going to stay with us?" she asked, letting Lina settle her down and give her some tea, before bustling off to start serving the food. Whatever real Lina liked, it was plain Shadow Lina loved the domestic role.

“Yes we are a family, and yes I will stay with you two, if you want me to stay as your mother...” Just then, the willow bark tea stops working and the headache returns. I put my hand to my head with a pained look on my face, lightly touching the place on my forehead, and wincing every time.

Gracia looked at Naga and saw her pain. She looked closer and saw the mark from the cut. “Oh my! Mommy, what happened?”

I give a weak smile and try to explain. “I tripped and hit a rock...”

"A rock? Oh my. Were you badly hurt? What happened?" she asked, very concerned. Lina piped up "Oh dear, I was going to tell you, I just wanted to do this at a better time. It was my fault, I frightened her and she ran off, and then tripped. And I didn't go after her right away, and she was knocked out. I'm sorry Gracie, I haven't taken good care of your mommy today...". She gave Gracia a guilty look.

“No, it was nobody’s fault, we both overreacted to something trivial, and I ran and tripped is all...” I said.

“Oh. What could be so trivial you would trip over it?” Gracia asked, perplexed. Lina looked a bit fearful, and had that "about to confess all" look on her face.

“Let me tell her Lina, it was my fault.” I say.

“No, no, it was my fault. I shouldn't have screamed, you were asleep...”

Huh?" said Gracia now totally confused...

I tell Gracia the truth. “Well, we lay down to take a nap under the shade tree. Uh, the truth is, well, I started to have a dream about making out with my Lina and I, uh, kind of acted it out on your Lina in my sleep. She woke up before me and screamed, and I woke up flipping out and ran off afraid and disgusted with myself. Please, forgive me Gracia.”

Gracia looked confused even more.

"It's okay." said Lina. "We were asleep, she and I snuggled, I don't know why, but at first, I didn't wake up and I thought it was you. You two really are so alike. Anyway, when I realized my mistake I panicked, and instead of laughing it off, I screamed and frightened her...".
Gracia shook her head. "I don't understand, but... well, whatever, if it was an accident..." she said quietly.

I look to Gracia with pleading eyes. “Please don't get sad my daughter, it really was an accident.”

"I'm hungry." said Gracia with a rumble in her tummy...

My tummy matches Gracia's rumble for rumble I look to Lina with a pleading look on my face like “feed me” please...

Gracia laughed and all was sunny again. She sat down and Lina began serving.

I once again eat like a Princess would eat, with sparkles in my eyes trying everything on the menu tonight. “So Gracia darling, how was work today?” I ask my daughter.

"Oh, it was good. The seamstress I work for just got a big order for a wedding! Lots of fluffy, frilly, lacy things to sew!” She replied, enthusiastically.

“That is good to hear. I think I have a job for you later Gracie, if you don't mind.” I reply.

"Oh? Do tell. What can I sew for you, mommy?" Gracia asked.

“Goes and get mommies dancing outfit and you see where the chickens did a number on it.”

"Oh, I can fix that, no problem." she smiled.

“Thank you, baby.” I say as I hug you tightly and kiss you on the forehead.

"Is it okay if I do it tomorrow though? I'm a bit tired. Anyway, this is so good Lina! You've out done yourself as usual" Gracia cooed.

Lina smiled a big, almost sappy, smile. "Thank you my darling! I do love making you happy!"

The girls set in to eat the food.

I eat my fair share while being civil, till it comes to the last piece of food, which we all wanted. I get my fork ready to snare it.

There was a slight "clink" as the forks met, and then Gracia and Lina broke out laughing. "After you" they said together, though who they meant wasn't so clear...

I come in with another fork to snare it from you. I found it reminiscent of the good old days with my Lina.

"Mom wins!" smiled Gracia as Naga snagged the food and popped it into her mouth. Lina just laughed.

I crow in mock triumph. “The winner, and still champion, Naga the Serpent!” Then I giggle and say “That was delicious, girls.”

There was a general round of applause. Then Lina said "Gracia, we should talk about that deed she gave us. She wants us to run a spa for her."

"Well, I don't know... this is sudden." said Gracia.
I add “And don't worry I will help you run it. I will not be the owner but I will help you so that you two make it and live like you two have always wanted to.”

"But, uh, aren't we happy here?" she asked, confused again.

I look a little crushed. “But...” I start to say as tears start to build in my eyes.

"Please don't cry..." said Gracia, softly. “Hey we're just talking here." said Lina.

“I know it’s just that I spent all the money I had to buy it.” I moan, despite the fact I know I didn't check how they felt.

"Well, but, that was just silly! Mother. We love that you've done this, we just were taken by surprise." said Gracia.

“I just thought of doing it on a whim.” I explain, with a snivel.

"Heck of a whim..." said Lina, giving Naga a hug.

“Well I have always taken and never given so I thought now was the time to give and make up for all the taking.” I explain.

Lina and Gracia looked at each other. "Well, that's a good idea mother" said Gracia. "Of course we will help, is that okay, Lina?" "Sure it is!" beamed Lina in reply.

I hug both of you at the same time in joy!

Group hug!!!

Yes group hug! I hug you to so tight that I pick you two up off the ground.

The girls giggled at Naga's enthusiasm. "Err, are we going to fly there tonight?" asked Lina. "Oh my, I can't possibly leave before the wedding order is complete, I promised." said Gracia.

“No we can wait for Gracie is done because I could never dream of making her break a promise.” I smile.

"Okay. Well, that gives us time to talk then?" asked Lina. Gracia nodded yes, sipping her tea.

And Lina and I can start moving stuff there while you are at work right Lina? Or I can start on the repairs.” I suggest.

"Uh, I guess so..." said Gracia.

“Well what will it be?” I ask

"Uh, I don't know..." Gracia replied. "Let's decide tomorrow." said Lina.

“Ok sounds good.” I say. Then I ask “Ummmm, maybe this is a dumb question but do you have any Liquor of any kind?”

"Oh! Yeah! Sure!" said Lina as she got up and went to a pantry. "Dandelion wine okay?" she asked.

I look curious. “Sure let me try some.” I lick my lips in anticipation.

Lina opened the bottle and soon there were three mugs on the table with the home brew in them...

I pick up the glass and roll it around in the bottom of the glass and smell it then I take a sip, and with a look of delight I finish with an “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”.

"Yep. It IS good." smirked Gracia. "My Lina makes the best!" she boasted.

I cock an eyebrow. “Really?”

"Oh, you always say that, you know it isn't THAT good..." said Lina modestly, but blushing with pride at the complement.

“No, she is telling the truth. I totally agree with her on this batch. It is very good, and as Gracie can tell you, I know my booze...”

"Well, alright then, I am honored" said a quiet Lina.

“It is very good. So, moving on to other things, where do I sleep tonight?” I ask knowing that you two would want your bed back tonight.

"Oh no. Mommy!" said Lina. "No, you should keep the bed. It’s okay." said Gracia.

“No, I insist, it is your bed, and I will find a place to sleep so you can have back your room, ok?”

“Well, I suppose there is the floor then. It's all we have..." said a doubtful Lina. "But I feel bad making you take it..."

I look at Lina like I am her mother. “I will take the floor, whether you like it or not, so that my daughters can have their bed.” I firmly insist.

Gracia shrugged. "Well, I guess it's the bed for us then. Or all three on the floor...Well, we can get another bed tomorrow, yes..." laughed Gracia.

“Well that sounds like a plan to me.” I say. With the girls help I get some stuff together and make a mat on the floor furthest from your room to give you some privacy.

"Thank You!" said Lina. She seemed secretly happy that she'd be back in her own bed with her Gracia.

I finish my glass and go and lie down and sing a lullaby mommy used to sing to me to lull myself to sleep loud enough for you two to hear.

"That was nice, mommy." said one of the girls, as they said goodnight and closed the door.
Perhaps it was the wine, but I quickly slides off to a light slumber.

The girls snuggled down in their bed, glad enough to have it back, though not without worrying if their guest would be okay. After a bit, well, they fell asleep...

I start to snore, lightly at first...

Lina gave a happy sigh in her sleep as she nestled with her Gracia this time.

I start snoring louder as I dream about some of my past adventures with Lina.

The girls slept on, blissfully unaware. Unlike Naga there were NOT dreaming about past adventures with Lina. Nor had the new spa entered into their reality enough to generate dreams yet. Their dreams were much more mundane, one was in her garden picking herbs for her love, and the other was making her beloved the most wonderful dress in the world...

My dreams shift to, of all things, a world of oddities. Up was down then it was up again. Someone called “Escher” had scrawled his signature all over the place...

People were Mazoku and the Mazoku were flowers that were nice and could talk.

Xellos and Filia was in love.

Who the hell were they???

The girls slept on, kicking the covers off when they were hot, snuggling closer for warmth when they got cold again.

Then it got even odder. People started their lives out as old people and reached death by reverse aging to babies, then to eggs, then into a poof. Swords where made of wood and there was peace, until one dark day when a child was born as a baby and grew old to die. The world was thrown into chaos, and candy rained from the sky as the world reverberated and exploded like a piñata. The candy turned to rain and everything turned to normal, and with that,I wake up confused. I settle after a minute, then I laugh. Then I realise I am hungry, so I walk into town to look for a tavern, acting politely, and hiding who I am to get me some meat in my belly...

The girls slept on in peaceful sleep...

I come back hammered, and giggling a little too loudly, although I am trying to be quiet, when my trademark laugh, at full volume, of course, springs forth "Oooooh hoo hoo hoo hoo Oooooh hoo hoo hoo...!"

That brought the girls awake... "Wh-what was that?" asked Gracia. "I don't know but I'm scared, hold me!" pleaded Lina...Eventually they built up their courage and peeped out the door...

Can't stop laughing as I am so drunk and full and had a blast drinking people under the table...

The girls looked at each other, uncertain of what to do. "Well... she does like to drink..." said Gracia.”

“I thought she gave that up for us?” pouted a hurt Lina.

Gracia gave her a strange look. “Then why did you give her the Dandelion wine?”

Lina blushed deeply. “Uh, I forgot?” she sweat dropped, holding her hand behind her neck and blushing bright red.

I finally stop laughing as I start to hurt, and I look to you two with tears in my eyes. “Gracia, do you not remember today’s date? It is a day that has haunted me for years. I had to drink, so I must apologize.”

Gracia gave Naga a puzzled look. "Okay, but you might have told us something. Maybe we could have helped you, or at least comforted you." she said.

“It is now the anniversary of mommy’s death as of today...”

"I get it." Gracia said quietly. "But wouldn't it have been better to have a good weep while Lina and I comforted you? Too much drink and I'll have an anniversary date of my own you know..."

"Yeah..." added Lina, not knowing what to say.

I cast DeClery and walk to you two, crying sober as a priest. “I know but you two were sleeping and I didn't want to disturb you, plus I got some food while I was out. I had some steak and such with the last of some money I had left from buying the Spa.”

Lina sighed. "You ate meat? Is that why you really went out? Look, mom, we don't eat meat, but if you want it, we can get you some..."

Gracia intervened. "But Lina, remember, we eat vegetables in part because our moms like meat so much."

Lina nodded. “If mommy wants meat to eat, I'll cook it, I just don't have the taste for it, unlike real Lina who could eat a whole herd of cows and not have enough...”

“That is not the only reason I went out sweetie.” I explain. “I needed the fresh air, and the drink just for this one day because of what day it is, and don't worry about it ok? I got my fill today of meat so I will be good for a while on that, so just please hold me I need the comfort...”

Gracia hugged Naga to her. But Lina was more suspicious. "Yeah, but you used to make promises to Lina and not keep them either." she said. "I remember..."

I starts to cry heavily at this remark as pain shoots my very heart enveloping me with even more sadness.

Gracia was hurt. "Lina, how cruel can you be? Please, you don't know what this night really means to her. How can you be so cruel?"

Lina was stunned. "C-cruel? I'm just stating a fact I didn't mean to be cruel..."

I can't even look at Lina right now. I cry into Gracia's shoulder as I hug her tight. I cry great racking sobs of pain at my two great losses. Weeping, I explain “It was this very night that I lost my Lina forever, as well as my mommy.”

Gracia started to tear up too.

"L-look, I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking..." said a very humble Lina.

“It's ok Lina, you didn't know because I didn't tell you.” I pull Lina to me as well, and hug you both as I cry harder and harder till I reach the point of there being no tears, yet I still cry on.

After a while Lina excused herself to make them some tea. She didn't quite know what to make of all this, Naga was almost too emotional, but, how to even ask Gracia about all this, especially as she was now crying right along with Naga...

By the time the tea was done I had settled down enough to talk about what was going on, and as I do I also mention I have a certain visitor this week so that is why I am an emotional wreck...

“Ah, there, it's proven. Bad things come in threes!” beamed Gracia, in a ”Mystery solved” sort of way.

Lina sighed. She certainly knew about THAT one... "Okay, I wasn’t meaning to be harsh. But we got to stop having these little crises in the middle of the night..."

“Ok Lina, I will try.”

She hugged her "mommy" again and said "So, will you be alright then? And I don't mind cooking meat for you if you want it, its fine with me. Just don't ask me to eat it myself, okay?"

"Gracia giggled. “I know one kind of meat you like..." she said softly. Lina blushed bright red and got all twittery. "Oh, you and your double entendres..." But she had a little smile on her face...

“It’s pink and oh so wet and sweet...” I say, licking my lips dreamily...

"Mommy!" said a shocked Gracia, blushing as well...

“What?” I ask, looking confused. “I had real Lina, remember, and I still remember that taste all too well.” I say with a sly smile.

"Oh, it sounds so, um, smutty when you say it. But, you're right..." muttered Gracia.

“Hey?” Said Lina. "W-where are we going here???"

“Oh I am just playing you like a fiddle Lina.” I smile.

Gracia gave smutty smirk. "Well, she is a fine instrument to play on, once you get her tuned up, of course." she said.

"What?" said Lina trying to sound indignant but laughing as she did so. "Okay, okay, you got me back, he, he, he..."

I sigh. “Darn, talking like this has got me feeling all hot and bothered and wanting some...”

"Huh?" asked both the girls, looking a bit shocked.

*Blushes bright red* “I AM VERY H-O-R-N-Y!!!”

"Mommy, uh, we didn't mean to upset you." said Lina softly.

Gracia nodded. "I know there are some girls in the village who give me a funny look when they see me, maybe there's someone there who you can find who will come to love and comfort you? We certainly wouldn't mind if you had a lover here too..."

*Moans pitifully knowing that I wouldn't get anybody this week*

The girls looked at each other and shrugged helplessly. They were aware of what she was feeling, but, what to do? "P-please mommy, we can look for someone tomorrow? Is that okay?" asked Gracia, not knowing what else to say...

I nod helplessly as I go to clean up for bed.

The girls retired to bed to finish out the night. "Gee, is she ever your opposite..." said Lina. “Huh?” asked Gracia.

"Well, you always need a bit of a prod to turn you on, she's just non stop. Uh, I'm not complaining, just making an observation, you know, you are her opposite in so many ways, and here's another one..."

Gracia cocked an eye at Lina, not sure how to take that. She settled for pulling Lina into a big hug and drifting off... Gracia drifted off almost at once, but Lina found herself lying awake for awhile...

I try to go to sleep but can't because I am so turned on so I decide to relieve some pressure. I get up and get a towel, something that won't matter if it gets ruined. I put it under me, and I start to masturbate loudly, moaning and crying out for my Lina by name, saying “Oh gods, yes, Lina, right there, oh you really know how to lick me just right my love...” after a few minuets of that I finally cum and pass out as I lay there uncovered and in mid finger...

In the room, Lina couldn't help but overhear. She blushed furiously, even though she realized it wasn't actually her that Naga was calling for. Ceiphied, didn't that woman have any discretion? And yet... her Gracia was always so quiet and mild... Naga sounded down right wild in comparison... wait, what was she even thinking? With a little frown she snuggled in closer to Gracia and by sheer will, made herself go to sleep...