Author's note: I do not own Pumpkin Scissors or its characters.
This is set after the end of the anime.  Sisters Three  Solice
sees it, and it makes her wonder what else they've missed about
her youngest sister. She and Elis didn't grow up with Alice like
they grew up together. And because of that, they didn't know
each other so well. Alice had been sent off to their grandfather
at age six when she had developed the symptoms of Rubella. Their
mother had been in the early stages of a pregnancy, and everyone
had feared she would get the illness as well. Unfortunately, she
had, and they had lost both the baby and their mother. Alice had
not returned home until she was nearly fifteen.  It hadn't been
long after that that Alice had entered the military academy.
Solice had already been married by that time, and Elis had
married soon after, and the three of them had never really had a
chance to bond as sisters. The family had always seen Alice's
dedication both to the military and to Section III as an odd
quirk. But