Raised By Frogs-An Amphibia AU

Chapter 18: Lost Mothers

"......Hey Anne,can I ask you something?"

"Sure,What is it?"

"......What was your mom like?"

Anne sat up,looking down at Sprig,who was looking  up at the sky,watching as the clouds flew over the sun and cast shadows upon the fields.

Anne didn't know why Sprig had just asked her this question.....or what to say to answer it. The eleven year old had no memory of her mother,considering she'd spent the first six years of her life at a foster care facility prior to being transported to Amphibia. However, She'd been told that she was a year old when she'd been left at the children's home.....Which had kind of weighed on her mind all her life.

Why keep her for a year and then abandon her?

What had she done to make her mother want to leave her?

".....No...I...I don't remember her."

"....Did she pass away?"

"...I dunno....when I was a year old she left me at a foster home...which I guess is like an orphanage.....No one ever told me why....." she sighed.

".....Why are you asking?"

Sprig looked away from her,then sighed.

".......My mom...I've been thinking about her a lot....Hop Pop told me I look a lot like her the other day and....I dunno...."

Sprig took his hat off, running a hand through his hair. It had, admittedly, taken Anne a small while for her to get used to frogs having hair....it was very....gross and weird....but now it wasn't too bad, she didn't cringe seeing Sprig mess with his hair anymore.

"What happened to her?" Anne asked softly.She hadn't been around when Anne had first come to Amphibia....

"....She and my dad both..... died.....A while ago,shortly before you came along.....wasn't long after Polly was born...Heron attack....They....they hid me and Polly in the basement....But then they  went out to help the others that were trying to run away....and unfortunately they weren't fast enough to....well.....Hop Pop was out traveling...when he came back....He....He was...."

He sighed, sitting up, hugging his knees to his chest and looking away.

".......Hop Pop rarely ever talks about them...especially mom...she was his only kid...Before we came along, she was all he had.....He doesn't have any photos of her either,he said its cuz it hurts too much to see her now....I don't remember her....I mean,I kinda do but.....I don't remember her voice that well....Or what she looked like......"

He laid back down, staring up at the sky again.

"....Is it...is it possible to miss someone you never actually knew...?"

Anne slowly  laid beside him,inhaling softly.

"........Yeah....I....I understand how you feel..."

Sprig looked at her."....You do...?"

"Yeah....I mean....Sometimes I miss my mom....I don't really remember her either....any of her...besides....well.....This one memory...."

She sighed,closing her eyes,allowing her mind to replay the faint memory that she had both held onto and tried to forget.

".....She was talking to me.....I don't...even remember the words....maybe it was a whole other language.....but she......she kept stroking my hair,I think maybe.....maybe she was crying.....and then she said one more thing and.....left....just left me.....and everything after that is the children's home...but....I miss her....I don't even know her yet I miss her.....but..."