I hade this story in my head for a long time and been meaning to type it up for a while. Now I've teamed up with Autobot00001 after offering his OC and help to get this story off the ground. I do not own The Swan Princess nor Orion, they belong to Nest entertainment and Autobot00001. Hope you enjoy the first chapter
Swan and the Fox
Ch1. Orion and Luminar
The sun rose above the kingdom of Swanire, the Kingdom that Derek and Odette ruled and all the snow leftover from winter all melted, many plants and trees began growing and blooming again, and all the birds begin chirping in the tree's once again, signalling the first day of spring. This spring morning however instead of birds sing a baby's cry filled the hallways of the castle. Today Odette had just given birth to her's and Derek's first child after 10 and a half hours of long laber.
" You did great, Odette," Derek said happily before kissing his wife's sweaty forehead.
"Thanks, Derek" Odette smiled back at her husband, the poor princess, now queen was exhausted and sore from that agonizing labour she'd gone through, but happy for now her child was finally born. "But what about the baby?" she hen asked concerned.
"The baby's doing fine your majesty," the midwife said as she carried the little newborn swaddled up in blankets towards the new parents. "You have a very healthy boy" she then informed the royal couple.
"A boy?" both Derek and Odette asked in unions upon hearing that.
"That's right, it's a boy" the midwife confirmed.
"May I see him?" Odette then asked, tearing up a bit out of joy.
"Of course" the midwife happily obliged as she carefully handed the boy to the young queen, who took the child and cradle her close to her with Derek right next to her staring in awe at his son. The baby had a thin layer of bright blond hair and dark violet eyes just like his mother. In fact, he looked exactly like Odette.
"He looks just like you" Derek complimented his wife.
"Yes he does" Odette agreed as she clasped her child's tiny hands in her finger. "Hello little one, I'm your mother, and this is your father" she then introduced herself and Derek. Derek meanwhile was gently rubbing his son's head, he was just as happy if not more that there son was now hear with them.
"You think we should name him after your father?" he then asked his wife.
She looked at her husband and smiled at that idea, "That would be a sweet gesture, Derek, but I want our son's name to be more unique. I think my father would understand," she then said.
"What name do you have in mind, dear?" Derek then asked.
"I was thinking…Orion" Odette said looking at her child lovingly.
"I like that. Prince Orion. That actually sounds kinda catchy" Derek replied, really liking that name. Odette smiled upon her husband's approval. However, there little tender moment was interrupted when the doors burst wide opened and in came a familiar eccentric old former Queen looking like a child on Christmas day.
"Mother?!" Derek panicked upon seeing her, with Rodgers right behind her
"Alright! Where's my new grandchild?!" she asked as she excitedly entered the room.
"I'm so sorry, Derek, I couldn't stop her!" Rodgers apologized, sounding out of breath from chasing Uberta.
"It's alright, Rogers, I know my mother wanted to be here for this" Derek said letting Rogers know that she kind of has a right since she's family. Uberta meanwhile took a peek into Odette's arms and saw the little prince sleeping peacefully in her arms.
"Is that?" Uberta asked trying to hold her excitement all in.
"Yes it is, mother. Come meet your new grandson, Orion" Derek said smiling at his mother.
Uberta squealed with excitement and sprinted towards the bed. "Oh, he's adorable!" she squealed upon seeing her grandson.
"Would you like to hold him?" Odette asked, giggling a little at her mother-in-law's excitement. She could tell she was waiting for this since Derek came of age.
"Yes, of course!" Uberta said without hesitation and snatched the baby from Odette. "Hello, darling. Oh, you are the most precious thing I've ever seen!" Uberta said smiling at her grandson sleeping.
"Well... that went better than I thought it would," Derek said placing a hand on his wife's shoulder, a little surprised that she's not going overboard as she always done. Infact when she first found out Odette was pregnant she began she locked her up in our quarters and forced her to 'lying in' until the baby was born, not even allowing Derek to see her. Luckily Rodgers managed to talk some sense into her about all the superstitions surrounding pregnant women.
"I'm just going to take him back to the castle to raise and spoil him" Uberta then proclaimed.
"And she's back," Derek said dead pun.
"Uberta, come on. He is our son, you know" Odette remained the former queen. Uberta smiled nervously as she returned their son to them.
"Sorry, dear" she laughed nervously. "You can't blame a queen mother for trying"
"Don't worry, mother. You'll have plenty of chances to spoil him, but leave the raising to us" Derek then told his mother.
"Alright, Derek," Uberta said happy and looking forward to that.
"I'll leave you two alone now. Let's go, Rogers" she then ordered.
"What?! Why do I have to leave?!" Rodgers asked confused.
"Let's go!" she repeated, this time grabbing the old man by his cape and dragged him out of the room.
"Some things never change" Derek then sighed, feeling sorry for Rodgers. Odette meanwhile was giggling at the whole thing.
Once the little giggle fest was over, Derek looked back at his son who had just yawned so adorable and snuggled into his mother's arms. This made his heart melt. Odette kissed his little forehead and whispered into his ear "We'll always love you, Orion, and we'll always protect you."
Derek then sat by Odette once again and held his wife and child, enjoying this little moment.
8 years later…
In a large mansion nestled by the woods in the kingdom of Swanire, two maids were dressing a little girl with long black hair, bright blue eyes, and cream coloured skin in a lavender and yellow long puffy sleeved dress. But the little girl kept moving lot, making it hard for the maids to get her dressed properly.
"Hold still, little lady," one of the maids said, slightly stressed.
"I don't see why I have to be all dressed up for my new family. They're gonna see me in my normal clothes eventually" the little girl asked impatiently.
"Your father wants you presentable for them, Luminar" the other maid replied while brushing her long black hair.
"It will be so nice to have a new Baroness in the house again. And you get to have two new sisters too" the first maid then said after finally finishing her bow on her dress.
"I can't wait to meet them!" Luminar excited.
"There, you're all nice and pretty," the second maid said putting the finishing touch to Luminara's hair, a pretty small bow. "We'd better go see if everything is ready. Your father should be home soon" the second maid continued before standing up. "Now no funny business young lady, understand. Be the good little lady I know is in there" the first maid then told the little lady.
"I promise" Luminar replied before the maids left her room.
Once gone, Luminar ran to her window and sit by it, eagerly watched for her father's carriage to arrive with her new mother and sisters riding inside. She'd imagined her new mother to be a beautiful, kind and loving woman that would give her hugs everyday, and her new sisters would be just as loving towards her and love to play and have fun like her. Her dream bubble, however, was popped when she heard something hitting her window, startling her in the process.
She looked down below and saw a boy her age throwing pebbles at her window. He had short slightly brown hair and brown eyes and had dirt on his face. And was wearing a plane light tan tunic shirt with a brown vest, pants and shoes. Annoyed, Luminar opened the window.
"What do you want, Timothy?" she asked the boy down below.
"We've still got some time until your dad gets back, you wanna play?" the boy named Timothy asked his friend.
"I have to stay clean until then, I don't have time to play! Buzz off!" Luminar said still annoyed, but slightly bummed cuz she does want to play.
"Really? Well it sounds to me like you're too girly to play with the boys "Timothy said playfully mocking her. This caught Luminar's attention.
"Are you challenging me?!" she asked sounding cocky.
"Why don't we find out?" Timothy said encouraging her to get down hear.
"Alright! You're on!" Luminar yelled before running out of her room and downstairs.
"Put your backs into it! Everything needs to be perfect!" Uberta barked at her servants to get the decorations up.
"This is going to be a long day" one of the servants muttered under his breath carrying a box of streamers.
"Tell me about it!" another one commented while blowing up a bunch of balloons.
"Uh, mother, why don't you give the guys a break? They've been at it all day" Derek asked his mother concerned about the well-being of his servants.
"Certainly not! My grandson is turning eight tomorrow, and I want him to have the time of his life!" Uberta replied.
"Fair enough", Derek said agreeing with his mother a little, but it didn't give her the right to work the servants to death. "Break time, everybody! Fifteen minutes!" he then said in a raised voice so all the servants cold hear him. Everybody immediately dropped what they're doing and all groaned in exhaustion and relief, some even thanked the young king.
"Why did you do that?" Uberta asked surprised.
"Mother, I know you have a knack for planning parties, but Orion's only turning eight. It's not like you he's getting engaged!" he then told his mother, while shuttering from the memories of the Princesses On Parade.
"What's wrong, Derek?" Uberta asked a little concerned.
"Nothing, I was just having a flashback" Derek reassured his mother before continuing. "But my point is, mother, you can't overwork the servants for a child's birthday party, even if he is the prince. Besides, Orion shouldn't be the only child who enjoys it. There will be other children too"
"Oh, I suppose you're right, Derek", Uberta said releasing her son was right. "Chamberlain!" she then called for her short assistants. Chamberlain rush's overs as quick as he could.
"Y-yes, Your Highness", he asked nervously.
"Tell the clown he's unfired" she ordered the poor short man.
"Wait, why'd you fire the clown?" Derek asked his mother.
"Because the last clown I ever saw kidnapped me and held me ransom for a fishbowl on MY birthday!" Uberta replied.
"Oh yeah…" Derek sighs, remembering the Clavius incident.
"So where is Orion anyways?" Uberta then asked her son.
"He's in the village with Odette. They're trying to find children who'd want to come to the party" he explained.
Odette and her son were in front of an orphanage talking to a Nun about inviting the children over for Orion's birthday party.
"Bless your heart, Your Highness. I'm sure the children would love to come to the party" the Nun said grateful for the young Queen's invitation.
"I'm glad to hear it", Odette said happily. "And tell them they don't have to worry about bringing Orion any presents" she then informed the Nun.
"Really? Why is that?" the Nun asked.
"My grandma's taking care of that" Orion replied, hiding from behind his mother.
"That would be putting it mildly, sweetie", Odette said giggling a little.
The Nun herself even laughed a little, agreeing that Uberta can be over the top when it comes to parties and events. "Yes, well thank you both for everything. I'll let the children know about the party and we'll all be there tomorrow" the nun then informed the two.
"Thank you, Sister", Odette said before she and her son left for home. Just then Odette's friend Puffin swooped down in front of her and her son.
"So, how did it go, Odette", the loyal bird asked.
"It went very well, Puffin. All the children at the orphanage are coming" Odette happily reported.
"Excellent! I know the wee ones will have a wonderful time!" Puffin excitedly replied. Their little conversation was interrupted when Orion tugged on the young queen's dress and said "Mom, I'm hungry"
"Well then, let's get you home", Odette said smiling at her boy. "I'm sure dinner's almost ready, which means your father's waiting for us."
Orion smiled upon hearing that, he really loves it when the entire family is together, that was the best fun.
All the servants gathered around as a carriage approached the mansion. Once the carriage stopped the carriage door opens and out came Baron Henry Bernard. He was fine looking man with clean brown hair cut, a small goatee on his chin, and bright blue eyes. He wore a fine dark red doublet with gold trimmings and a long white colored tunic shirt with a dark green noble's cloak over him, dark brown 15th century pants and black gothic lace up button boots.
The second passenger to emerge from the carriage was a little girl around 8 years old in a red fleur de lys dress with gold patterns, with a white long sleeved chemise underneath it, long red hair in two braids on each side of her face, a red headband with a light red vel in the back ending at her hips, and ruby red eyes looking around her new home acting sort of timid as she stepped onto the stone pathway.
The third passenger to emerge was another little girl. She was in a blue fleur de lys dress with pink patterns, also with a white long sleeved chemise underneath it. She also has long red hair only it was half up in a low ponytail with a blue headband with a light blue veal also to her hips, and hazel green eyes looking around excited about her new surroundings.
The fourth and final passenger to emerge was a beautiful woman with piercing ruby eyes dressed in a black and gold courtly renaissance dress black and gold renaissance attifet, french hood tudor headpiece with pearls along the gold trims ending with a ruby gem on her forehead with a tear drop pearl hanging down from it and her long red hair all up in a low loose looking bun. Henry took the woman's hand as she emerged from the carriage and tenderly kissed it causing her to smile at him.
"Welcome to your new home, my wife", Henry said happily to his new wife.
"It's good to have you home, Baron" one man greeted Henry. His name was Adam Cobham, Henry's steward and best friend. He had short blond hair, bluish green eyes and wore a simple yellow tunic long sleeve shirts with a nice green vest on, light brown pants and brown boots on.
"Thank you, Adam, it's good to be home" Henry greeted his stewart/best friend with a firm handshake. "And it's good to see all of you again" the Baron then greeted all his servants. "But I can't help but notice that someone's missing" he then said noticing his daughter is missing.
"Daddy!" a familiar little voice cried out in happiness. Henry turns to see Luminar running towards him, her dress all covered in mud, but smiling like a child on Christmas day.
"Luminar!" Henry greeted as she ran into his arms and he picked her up and gave her a big and long bear hug. "It's so good the see you, darling!" he said happily.
"You two, daddy!" Luminar said happily as well.
"Although, it is a shame I'm not able to present a lady to her new family" Henry then joked, noticing her muddy dress as he put her down.
"We are so sorry, Baron! We don't know how this happened!" One of the maids from earlier said as she ran up to the Bron, out of breath from chasing the young lady around.
"It's alright. If there's one thing I know about my daughter, it's that she likes to play rough" Henry replied as he rubbed his daughter's head, smiling at her. Luminar couldn't help but giggle.
"Now then, Luminar, allow me to introduce you to your new family. This is my new wife, Rosetta" he then said introducing the new Baroness. "and her two daughters, Arella and Catherine" he then pointed to the two girls right next to Rosetta (Arella is the one in the red dress, and Catherine is the one in blue).
"It's a pleasure to meet you" Luminar greeted while curtseying at them.
"The pleasure is mine, my dear" Rosetta greeted walking up to the little girl with a smirk on her face. "I'm sure we're going to be such good friends."
Luminar feelt bit unnerved by her stepmother's face expression as if something inside her was telling her not to trust this woman.
"It's great to meet you" Arella spoke up nervously, saying hello to Luminar.
"Yeah, your dad told us a lot about you, and we couldn't wait to be here!" Catherine also spoke up, greeting Luminar as well. Only she sounded a little more excited, but still slightly nervous.
"Thanks!" Luminar said happily as she was about to hug her step sisters, but stopped herself upon remembering her muddy dress. "Sorry, I don't want to ruin your pretty dresses."
"It's okay", Arella said, with a small smile on her face.
"Well, now that we're all settled in, Adam, have my daughter cleaned up before dinner" Henry then ordered his Steward.
"Of course, Baron. And dinner will be ready in an hour" the Steward then informed the Baron.
"Very well then" Henry replied before turning to Rosetta and his step daughters and asked. "Shall we enter?"
"Of course, I would love to see the rest of the mansion" she replied eager to look around, as well as her daughters. As everybody moved inside Luminar kept staring at her new mother and had a bad feeling about her, but quickly brushed it off as the maids led her upstairs to get cleaned off.
Derek, Odette, and Orion were in the dining room finishing up their dinner.
"How was the roast duck, Derek?" Odette asked her husband.
"Excellent as usual. It is my favorite, after all" he replied, smiling at his wife. She couldn't help but giggle at the way Derek looked at her lovingly.
"So how'd the party planning go today?" she then asked Derek.
"Well…mother hasn't lost her touch, but she almost went overboard again" Derek replied.
"Some things never change" Odette commented.
"Yeah… So are you excited about tomorrow, birthday boy?" Derek then asked his son.
"I guess", the little prince asked rather quietly.
"Is something on your mind, sweetie?" Odette asked concerned.
"Mom…can we just have a small party?" Orion asked his mother.
"A small party? What do you mean?" she asked once again.
"It's just…I know the kids we invited will be happy, but you know how I get nervous with trying to make new friends" Orion explained.
"Oh, I see", she said, understanding what he's talking about.
Derek then got up from his chair, walked right up to his son, and kneel right next to him. "Listen, Orion, I know you get shy around other kids, but you shouldn't let that spoil the fun all of you will have tomorrow. Besides, Matthew will be there too, so you'll have at least one friend there." he then explained.
"I guess you're right. Thanks dad," Orion replied smiling, his father always had a way of making him feel better.
"Hey, that's what I'm here for," Derek said before he gave his son a big hug. Odette to joined in the hug as well.
"Come on, Orion. Let's get you some hot chocolate before bed. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow" she then said as she got up, along with her husband.
"Okay mom" Orion smiled as he got up from his chair and began following his parents out of the dining room.
Henry was carrying his tired daughter up to her room and placed her onto her bed.
"So how are you and Rosetta getting along, darling?" he then asked luminar.
"She's very pretty, daddy, but I don't think she really likes me" she replied tiredly and uneasy.
"What makes you say that?" Henry asked a little concerned.
"She gave me a funny look when she first arrived. It made me feel a little uncomfortable" she explained.
Henry simply smiled and said, "Don't worry, Luminar. Everything will be fine"
"How do you know?" Luminar then asked.
"Because you just met her" he explained. "They say first impressions are often wrong, so I think you should give Rosetta a chance and get to know her better. Then she'll come to love you as I do"
"Thanks daddy" Luminar smiled, feeling a little better. She then hugged her father and he lovingly hugged her back.
"You're welcome, sweetheart" he simply said, smiling. Once the hug fest was over Henry tucked his daughter in bed and kissed her forehead before whispering "I'll always love you, Luminar, my little fox girl, and I'll always be your father"
"I love you too, daddy" she replied smiling back at her loving and caring father. Henry then got up and left the room quietly as his daughter, Luminar fell asleep peacefully.
Well, that's the first chapter, next time Orion and Luminar meat for the first time. Also Thankyou Autobot00001 for helping me with the script and editing, looking forward to doing the next chapter with you. buy!