Μάγκνους
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Ama lays Alannah down on the bed, Gabe prepares the warm towels and lays them under Alannah's back and next to her sides. Majika brings in a lukewarm water bucket and places it on the bedside table. She was about to leave when I grabbed her arm. She looks at me shocked, I lean my head on her shoulder,
"please stay." She pats my shoulder, I remove my head from her shoulder and stand next to Alannah. Gabe grabs one of his bags that are filled with his utensils. Ama and Gabe wash there hands in the bathroom and return, both of them taking a deep breath. I focus my attention on Alannah and Alannah only, she places her right hand on my face and smiles,
"Don't be sad Desmond, true bloods can't die, remember?" I smile and kiss her hand, I'm going to miss her touch, her smell and god will I miss her smile. Ama looks at Alannah,
"You ready?" Alannah looks so strong and calm, she nods her head. I'm going to miss you, I kiss her forehead, selfishly- I don't want to raise this kid by myself. Ama positions the knife and takes a deep breath then piercing the skin. Alannah screams and squeezes my hand, the blood oozing and falling off the sides of her body. Her sweet sent fills the room, I remember it like yesterday- each of us drinking from each other showing our love- her eyes are glowing that bright blue, I'm sure it's because of the pain. I can hear Ama cutting through her skin- trying to get to it before it heals. Gabe grabs something keeping the stomach open- Ama fishes through trying to find the baby but the blood is too much, I can hear it in her head. Alannah has been bleeding in her stomach for awhile and I had no idea.
"Gabe, grab me the water hose." When she says hose I'm thinking a garden hose not the hose dentists use. Gabe hands her the hose and the sound the water makes hitting against the organs makes me feel sick.
"Dammit." Ama says quietly. I panic but Majika places her hand on my back- I haven't realized that Alannah passed out from the pain of the cut- she is still breathing.
"What's happening?" I ask.
"The kid is already to far up, I don't know where it went." She shakes her head, she removes her hands and cleans them off in the tub.
"I have to go higher." She says walking over to the right side- where I am. She cuts a large sliver about 3 inches below her breast, she sticks her hand inside the sliver and fishes around,
"Got the head! Quick Gabriel, grab me a wet towel and prepare to sow her back up." She grabs another utensil to expand the cut. Alannah's hand begins to go limp, I look at her face going from a slight pink to a yellow,
"No, no, Alannah, hold on for just a bit longer please!" I look at Ama, her looking at me, she then focuses her attention on getting the baby out. When I see that little foot come out of that tiny sliver, that's when I stop hearing her. Alannah's heartbeat stops, I felt sick, and sad.
"Alannah! No!" I grab her face opening her eyelids to check her pupils but they're not moving, no. I'm not ready to loose you, I can feel the tears falling as I lean my head against her chest, but nothing.
"Majika get him out of here!" Ama yells. She pulls the baby from Alannah and it isn't crying or moving- I- can't loose both of them.
"Gabe, get me the blood." i can hear as majika drags me out of the house. My heart is racing and the voices in my head keep repeating that I'm all alone, I'm loosing my child and my... Fiance. She sets me down outside on the pavement. I can't loose them both, I don't want to live without her or my baby.
"The baby-" Majika started,
"Had felt that Alannah was to weak- so it started drinking her blood in order to, get nutrients.... Desmond, that baby ate through it's umbilical cord." She says. I look at majika- that's what made her loose the connection, that's why she said somethings wrong. I stare down at my hands, will I ever be able to hold her again?
...**...
Ama opens the front door and I stand up immediately expecting the answer I so desperately want. The baby in her hands wrapped in warm towels.
"Good news. You have a healthy baby boy." She smiles. She asks me if I want to hold him, I was debating if I want to hold the baby but I didn't need to debate that long.She places the baby into my arms, he looks like Alannah with those big green eyes but he's got my face. I smile, he's a handsome boy.
"What's his name?" I remember Alannah whispering the name to me on the plane, the way she said it fit it so perfectly it was so...unique.
"Μάγκνους."Majika walks over and looks at the baby boy. Laughing with a tear running down her face, I pass the baby to Majika, she'll take good care of him for right now. I cross my arms and look at Ama. She shakes her head telling me Alannah didn't make it, I drop to my knees, my face in my hands, weeping.
"NO!" I cry. Dammit, dammit, dammit, DAMMIT! This wasn't how it was supposed to be, it wasn't supposed to happen right now- not so soon. I need her, I need Alannah! The tears keep falling, I can't hold them back anymore. I lift my head up and scream- scream loudly letting myself know I did this.It's because of me she's dead. It's my fault.
When I'm done being a f*****g cry baby I walk inside- I need to see her.
I open the door to see her lying on the bed, peacefully. I grab the chair that was sitting against the wall and pull it up to the bed grabbing her hand, her skin is a yellowish white.
"oh Alannah, " I could feel myself becoming weak again, but I want to be strong.
"I'm sorry that I didn't propose sooner, and I'm sorry that we didn't get married and- I'm sorry I got you pregnant, if only I would have known." I close my eyes, and try to enter the void and became successful. I get up from the Void floor,
"Alannah?" This is what she meant- True bloods can't die- unless it's from decapitation.
"Desmond!" She laughed, when I turn around a smile emits from my face as she runs up to me- she looks perfect as always. I embrace her and kiss her,
"So if you're here that means I'm..." She says. I nod my head, and hug her again. I start to shed a few tears,
"Alannah, I can't do this without you!" I say, squeezing her, smelling her. She consoles me, rubbing my back in circular motions.
"Yes you can Desmond, I promise you. You did it without me before but this time you're going to have a partner," She smiles, I brush her hair behind her ear with my fingers.
"That's my Alannah, always thinking about the positive."
...**...
The little guy requires lots of blood- I mean lots of blood. I feel much better about this parenting thing since I chatted with Alannah. I hold Μάγκνους (Magnus) In my arms feeding him a bottle of Alannah's blood. Ama told me that baby vampires need the mothers blood for three days after there born- so that's what we're going to try and do. This little guy is so cute, he burps- which Alannah wouldn't care for too much but I think it's normal. I bounce him, feed him... and thank god I don't have to change his diapers. Majika helps a lot, when I go to the void and chat with Alannah, she takes care of him besides- it's still a waiting game, we're down to the last three days before Jeremy is supposed to show up and now that Magnus is born, I have to keep him away from Jeremy- that's what Alannah would want and what I would want to. If I couldn't get in touch with Alannah in the void I would be absolutely crushed about her being dead- but I can.
I stepped outside to catch some fresh air. There are moments that I wish she were actually with me, where I could touch her whenever I wanted, but with this fight going on I don't have to worry about Jeremy starting the whole blood moon fiasco. He needs the blood of a daughter, not a son.
"Hey Desmond?" Majika pops her head out the door with a smile wiped across her face, I raise my eyebrow.
"Yeah?"
....
"You tried cooking?!" I laugh so hard; majika hasn't cooked a single food Item in her life- I mean she cooks ingredients for spells and what not but not food. She crosses her arms and taps her foot on the kitchen floor as I am just bellowing in laughter.
"not funny okay?" She pouts. I wipe the tear from my eye,
"oh boy, I'm sorry. So why were you cooking in the first place?"
"For Magnus" I try and keep a serious face but I can't.
"He's a vampire, he doesn't eat food!" I smile. Majika begins to playfully punch my arm and hit me with a wooden spoon on the top of my head. The ground under us begins to shake,
"Earthquake?" I said. The house grows quite, I look next to me and see Majika's face turning blue-
"Whoa! Majika what's wrong?? I try and help her to breath when I heard Magnus crying behind us in his play thing- I notice his eyes glowing- one red and one blue. I pick him up and look at Majika who collapses in front of me and then look back at him when I realized- it's him. I look at him,
"Stop it! Stop, she was joking Magnus, stop hurting her!" His eyes stop glowing and slowly majika's color returns and the ground stops shaking.
"What was that?" Gabe and Ama enter the living room,
"I think it was Μάγκνους." I say as he starts laughing...
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