Birthday gift to my friend, Bear 3

Happy 16th birthday! :D

Summary: Will thinks about the night Blue and Silver ran away from the Mask of Ice. Will's POV. one-sided HatefulMemoriesShipping.

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Maybe it was just pity, but what made me do that that night was something I always wondered, why did I help a traitor escape? That was not like me, it was not like me at all.

It all started when she was brought here by Ho-Oh, she had that scared look in her eyes and the sadist in me made me want to tease the little brat but the old Mask of Ice said that she should be treated with care as she was our newest ally. I scoffed at that statement, why would we need more? The 4 of us, or rather Karen and I were already enough to do all his biddings since Sham and Keane might have been older than us but they were just so incompetent.

Despite all of that, they were a lot more trustworthy than Karen and I. We were not loyal to the Mask of Ice in any way and did everything just for our own gain.

I never paid much attention to her; she was just a five-year old, what would an eight-year old want to do with a little kid? Play with her? I was not one to play with children, even when I was younger, I never mingled with those who approached me at school or at the playground, I felt as if they were mocking me for my awful life. She was my age when I ran away and joined the Mask of Ice, this was the only place where I was free to do whatever I wanted.

But I did often see her, alone that is. Her partner was a two-year old and you could not work much with that. She seemed a bit happy with the toddler though I could never really tell with that mask over her face, but her movements seemed more life-like with the kid

But I could have never sympathized with her, I was here out of my own will, I wanted to be away from my 'parents' or rather my jail keepers, I was unwanted anyway so what would it matter? All that I had with me when I left, besides the bitter memories of those scarring looks, was the determination to never look back.

But even though I kept telling myself that she would be a waste of my time, over the past few weeks, she begun developing gestures that I kept noticing. If she were upset, she would hold her right thumb tightly with her left hand, if she were nervous, she would not look like it but I was often beside her for the weekly reports and I could hear her grit her teeth before her turn came up.

I was never the one to notice these things, but something about her always piqued my interest.

Years passed and one night they started sounding the alarm, unlike Karen, who was usually asleep at such a time, I was wide awake, but the news made me more awake. She and the kid were trying to escape from the Mask of Ice, what a prosperous idea. She would never be able to pull it off, would she?

If she were against me, there was no way she would be able to escape, I knew all her weaknesses, I've watched her all this time and there was no way that I could lose. That would be ruining her dream and her chances of escaping this hell of a place that she had always hated. If I brought her back to the leader, not only would I be praised, she would stay with me, as an ally but scorn against me for the rest of her life.

If I failed, she'd escape and we might never see each other again, with those thoughts in mind, was that what I wanted? Wasn't she just some girl that I barely knew even after all these years? No, she wasn't. She barely knew me but I knew every single detail about her, I've noticed everything, but why? Why had she been so significant to me?

I headed to the courtyard, I was sure she would show up there. As expected she did, holding the red-headed five-year old's hand tightly without her masks. It was the first time I saw her striking blue eyes, they showed her determination and confidence, something I rarely saw in her, and she was also smiling. Somehow, I was irritated that the silver-eyed child was able to make her have such an expression.

I jumped in front of them.

"And where do you think you're going?"

I smiled cockily at them; naturally they had their guards up. I smirked to myself; this was the first and last time that I would actually do something not for myself.

"Password to the last gate is 'glacier', that's all I'll tell you, I'm sure you can buy enough bus fare with the money you stole."

She clutched the money tightly and hid it behind her.

"H-how did you know...? And why...?"

"When you first came here, the Mask of Ice told me to treat my allies with care; while you're still within these walls, you two are my allies, once you exit, we are no longer acquainted through any means, you cut all ties with us though if you defy the Mask of Ice again, we would be sure to annihilate you."

I looked up to see their faces shocked, it was as I expected. I walked passed them and gave them my parting words, "Go before Keane finds you, I'll distract him for now."

They left without even a thank you and it hurt my pride. Why was I doing this? I didn't know but when I ran to Keane, he swore that they passed through the courtyard and sure enough, we saw that the gate was open.

"Damn those brats, how did they get the password!"

I grinned inwardly until I saw a piece of paper by the gate, I grabbed it quickly before that boastful Keane saw it and read it in secret, in rather neat and hurried writing, it wrote "Thank you."

That was the first time anyone had thanked me, I had the urge to crumple the paper and throw it to a distance since such gratefulness was not something I deserved but I kept it neatly in my pocket and whispered to myself, "No, I should be the one thanking you..."

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