Cautiously, she crouched down and offered the white beast in front of her the vegetables from her basket. As the little lamb approached to accept the carrots, Artemia Noche gently and calmly ran her fingers through the soft white fur.
"Estas muy bonita," the young senorita cooed to the baby next to her. You are very pretty.
"Not as lovely as you," a familiar voice commented from just behind the petite female.
With wide eyes, Artemia look over her shoulder, her golden eyes locked onto the dark brown eyes of one young don. "Was that meant to be a compliment, Don Diego?" the fifteen year old asked the eighteen year old man who stood a few feet from her.
A fond smile grew on the de la Vega don's lips. "For you, Senorita Artemia, always," he answered with an exaggerated bow.
Soft giggles fell from fifteen year old's lips, her shoulders shook at Diego's words. A soft bleeting joined Artemia's laughter, with wide eyes both don and senorita looked at the lamb. The white furred baby kept bleeting as if Diego's words had been funny.
"Who is this little one?" Diego asked as he stepped closer to get a better look at the little lamb. He bent down next to Artemia, silently he met her gaze as he held a hand out.
As she read the silent request, Artemia nodded. Her eyes flicked over the lamb who's eyes widened at the sight of don Diego. Gently, he petted the soft fur of the young lamb.
A few moments passed before Artemia answered, "Her name is Osita." Golden eyes hardened as she met Diego's gaze with a defiant stare. Silently, she dared him to object to the name of her beloved pet.
"Little bear," he murmured softly as he caressed the young-ling just behind her ear. A grin broke across his lips as he looked from Osita to Artemia. "It fits her well, Artemia."
A soft smile grew on Artemia's face. "Gracias, Diego. Manolo spent an hour laughing when he heard her name. Even now, whenever he sees her with me, he will burst into peals of laughter."
Diego frowned, his brows furrowed as he heard his amor's words. Gently, he cupped her cheek, making the little senorita meet his gaze. "Te amo, Artemia," he softly whispered as he leaned close. Softly, with a feather light tough, Diego pressed a kiss to his love's pink full lips.
The little lamb, who was comfortably in front of Artemia Noche and Diego de la Vega, bahhed, in a demanding tone.
The pair broke apart to look at Osita, who stopped crying when two sets of eyes turned to look at her.
"Oh, Osita," Artemia sighed as she shook her head. Some of her dark hair fell from the bun at the nape of her neck.
-fin
Well, I did warn you all that I would be creating an OC for Zorro. Here we are, say Hola to Artemia Noche, the significant other of Diego de la Vega, before he left to Spain for school. I am excited to share these pieces with you all. Zorro has been apart of my life for a very long time, and when I recently found the episodes on YT... Well, I knew I wanted to create a character for this world. This is based on the 1957 Walt Disney Zorro, staring Guy Williams (the things that man as Diego de la Vega does to my heart), I have written a few pieces based off of episodes but they're snippits, not whole episodes.
These pieces will incorporate English and Spanish, as this was set in California in 1820. I am excited to be able to write bilingual pieces, I will translate things with italics but if I think it's simple then I won't.
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