Master Ilya

"...a!....ma..?..ama?.."

Ilya's eye felt heavy. A far-away voice seemed to be calling out, but she couldn't make out what it said. It sounded like a little girl.

As she decided to ignore it though, she suudenly heard it yell right next to her. "Mama!! Can you hear me?" Ilya whined, shaking her head and opening her eyes to...nothing. Nothing at all. Whiteness as far as the eye could see. "Nnn..huh? Am I...in heaven?"

She hears a little giggle from near her. "No, silly mama! I called you here while you were sleeping." Turning around to the cute sounding high-pitched voice, she saw a little girl with long blond hair wearing some sort of white sweater with big white cat ears on the hood. It looked almost comically too big on her, making Ilya giggle. "Who are you calling mama? And...where is here?" Although everything seemed weird, she strangely felt at ease here. The little girl answers, while suddenly hugging Ilya, though hardly as tall as to Ilya's waist. "Mama is mama! And here is my home in your heart! We can do all sorts of things here!" She seemed to be brimming with energy, to the point that her big smile was almost infectious. "Hey, kiddo, I'm not your mama, I don't remember ever having a child..." "Teehee~ Silly mama, of course you don't, I'm not human you know? I'm your spirit familiar! I exist because mama Eli and mama Alice love mama! And I love mama!" The things she kept saying were kinda weird, but Ilya decided it was probably a dream, and figured why not enjoy it? "Alright alright I get it, I'm your mama. What's your name, though?" "Eeehhh? You're not any more suspicious of me than that? I had a biiiig big big box of reasons and stuff to try to convince you...oh well, guess it's all for the better! About my name, well..." She looks down shyly, blushing slightly. "Mama didn't give me a name yet, so I was hoping you could give me one when I invited you here..." 

Ilya couldn't take her eyes off the little girl. She looked so adorably cute with her oversized cat-ear hoodie, the sleeves about a third of her arm too long. She couldn't even tell if the kid was wearing shorts or not. "You brought me here so I could give you a name? Well I guess I'll have to pick a good one, then!" Ilya ruffles the kid's hair, making her smile. She sits on her knees to get a good look at her. "Hrmm, now what kind of cute name should I give to a cute girl like you?" She blushes a bit at being called cute. "How a bout...Bob?" "Hah..? Nooooooo!! I don't want a dumb naaammmee!!" She yelled desperately, eyes about to well up in tears. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding! Come on, don't cry over a little joke like that.." "I wasn't cryin'!" Ilya tickles the girl's tummy, effectively changing her mood for the better. "s-stawp t-teehee-ticklesss!" "Oh! I know! How about...Amelia? Do you like it?"

Her face beamed, then she jump-hugged Ilya "I love it mama! I love it I love it I love it!" The newly-named Amelia nuzzled into Ilya's neck, giggling happily. "I'm so happy! Okay, I'll see you soon then, mama!" "Huh? Going already..?" Ilya's vision started blurring away. "Teehee~, you always were a heavy sleeper mama...~" 

"Nnn..?" Waking up, seemingly for the second time, Ilya cracks her eyes open to Emma, for some reason sitting on her and leaning down to her face. "Just a single kiss and the sleeping beauty wa...oops...hehe~ I see you're already awake!" She waits a few seconds. "Do you, uhh...wanna go back to sleep so i can--" Emma gets carried away by a passing Anna, freeing Ilya.

"That was just a dream, right?"