9 congratulations
1178 Words
Storms eyes widened and became more cat like. "MINE" she quickened her pace so we had to sprint to keep up with her. Alex and i exchanging looks as we dodge small trees to keep up with her.
"Storm wait up"
"ITS MARCO ... I CAN SMELL HIM"
Alex looked at me and we reached the house. Storm didn't wait she just opened the door "Gran where is he?"
a chuckle could be heard in the house with baby babble. from the door way emerged an old crone looking woman long frizzy hair, a dress that was loose on her fragile looking frame with a shawl. she looked like what you imagine when you hear the name gran. her eyes seemed to glow bright green in the dim cottage as she smiled. "be patient my dear he is not well but he is alive. Marco came straight to me because he knew i am safe."
"safe from what?" i asked as Storm tried to calm herself.
" corruption" she looked at me pointedly.
Storm sat and asked just above a whisper "what hurt him?"
Grans eyes twinkled "dragon consorts ... its about time they start waking back up again any way... i knew it was a matter of time when you were born."
Alex looked over at me, my face screwed up in a flat of pure confusion.
"but your eyes were wrong so i waited"
my face screwed up even more.
"what do you mean my eyes are wrong? are they not supposed to be red?"
she shook her head and thrust her chin toward Alex. my hand wondered toward my belly just as i became dizzy again and sat down. the velvet couches were extremely comfortable. the old croan then walked over and set her palm on my head "you are with child i see ... a bit early though ... you should conceal her and trust no one."
i shook my head with vigor." i am not hiding my baby."
she pursed her lips and looked around, when her eyes settled back on me she smiled. "then please allow me to be your doctor for the pregnancy and her future."
i looked at Storm, Then to Alex .. both nodded so i sighed. "alright i will trust you... my baby will be nothing but a face."
this made her smile "awe little one ... she is due february first."
Alex cleared his throat "Ma'am... no offense ... how do you know that?"
she chuckled "lots of practice .... i am one hundred and thirty years old... i have picked up a few tricks along the way ... i was this circles main healer for nearly eighty years ... it seems my sister couldn't hack the long life."
Alex was stunned after he heard her age ... his healer was much younger than her and supposedly died of old age.
A voice came from the back room and Storms cat ears popped out like in the cartoons."marco" she whispered.
Gran waved her through the door. "he is awake".
Storm rushed through the door dissapearing as i looked at Gran "where are the kids?"
she chuckled once more "the babes rest ... it has been a full day of learning to crawl and walk they are but 5 and 9 months old .. it is a lot of work to learn."
we followed storm to see that marco was indeed there. missing part of his ear and nose with a patch over his eye as if he was clawed accross his face. his left arm was in a sling and his right ankle was swollen ... he looked rough. his tanned skin had many newer silver scars and a large scar ran through his shaggy dark auburn hair giving him a perminant side part. "woah."
we sat and talked for an hour or so ... Marco refused to tell us how he got like this... but as soon as the babies woke up he was more than happy to cuddle Rayne.
"my Storm cloud made a perfect little Rayne puddle ... why is she partially shifted?" Storm just laughed and shrugged.
"we don't know ... she fear shifter at two months and never went back"
we all laughed about that, gran agreed to teach Alex and i some magic she thinks we will need and slowly Marco healed. over the next few months my stomach started to grow and i became extreemly mistrustful of people in the circle. the dissapearances stopped over night with no leads. Shinra kept asking who i was going to if her and Eloise could be in on my pregnancy ... just in case i went into labor early. No offense to Eloise but, I was happy going to the doctors i was going to.
"Alex come on we have to go... we get to see what the baby is on the sonogram today." i snapped excitedly hobbling around trying to get my purse together.
He rolled his eyes. "we already know its a girl ... Gran Gran is very adamant about it."
"But I wanna SEEEEEE ITTTTT"
that made him chuckle. "ok well we have to go before we miss our ride."
as we left Storms ears perked and we shared a knowing look... we were being watched ... followed even.
"what are you naming her?" Storm suddenly asked.
i looked at her and shot out a fake name to theow off whoever was listening. "Mary Catherine Frost-Fyre"
Alex shot his head toward me then realization crossed his face.
we met the car and went off to the city.
"that felt weird to you guys too right?" i asked the two of them. Both of them nodded.
at the doctors office.
the technician squirted the jelly on my stomach. thank god they warmed it first ... i hate cold gel. as he swiped the gel over the screen blipped and the babies face was clear as day and smiling.
"Oh kay Mrs.Fyre ... here is the heart beat ... and the eyes." every few seconds you heard him click or type. "heres the cord .. good blood flow strong heart ...lots of hair .... Whoop." and he lifted the wand looking at us. "you did want to know the gender right?" we both nodded. "good ... well here" the screen lit up again and he highlighted an area with 3 lines."ITS A GIRL congratulations. you have yourself a little princess." i smiled and looked at Alex.
"Nofi Undermoon Frost-Fyre " and the tech smiled at us and finished the exam, printing us a few stills to keep. "please dont print the gender" he nodded and kept the last picture.
We left the office and told Storm about the visit "good .. a strong queen... are you going to be ok in a couple months for Raynes birthday?"
I shrugged "not sure ... ... im not due till February so a late november early december party shouldnt be too hard ... her birthdats december first right?"
Storm nodded... we had the driver drop us off at another spot just in case the last spot was being watched.
"well ... we also have the Samhain festival later this month " storm reminded me.
- Writer
