ATTENTION: I badly, badly need all the kids for the OCs from SR! I'm doing some for people, but I can't do everyone's! I've got two to do already for someone, and have had to pass at least one over to someone to help me, and it could be I have three to do instead of two. I need the kids, please! Please! D:
[A/N: It's the 4th Generation of the legacy series, and who knows what's going to happen now? After what happened last generation, it can only get safer, right? Wrong, oh so wrong.]
Heeeeeey guys, this is the 4th generation of the legacy series, yay! Yes, I know that SR isn't over yet, and I'm still considering doing another story with them when it is, but this is another side project that I can put up when I have block with SR or DtF, and have some fun with ^^
There's a new bloodline added to the main group this time, well… not strictly new to the story, just to the main group kid wise *giggle*
Episode 1 – Pilot
"Another generation has come along for the crew of the legacy series, children have been born to the formed couples that we know and love, as well as a new addition born of our faithful authoress, Gem. But who is the father of this child? No one truly knows, and whilst most of the group has their suspicions, all of them know better than to pry by now, just going about their daily lives with their children. For now, we join them at the age where their children are not all that old at all, to introduce ourselves to the future crew before their journeys start at age ten."
A roughly nineteen year old Scarlet groaned as she tried to juggle several things at once, a young baby of no older than a year in one arm, another baby of the same age sat in a high chair, both waiting for food, which she was attempting to put into their baby bowls with one hand, a phone balanced precariously on her shoulder between the bone and her ear, trying to get an answer on the phone from someone. Breakfast was cooking on the stove for her and her fiancé as she did all this too, and she was trying to make sure it didn't burn. Typical of the elf-like man, he wasn't around to help, too busy getting their car to work so they could go off to a meeting with some contest and gym committee members, which they had to talk to due to their involvement in the competitions in the region now. The whole reason she was on the phone was to call someone to look after the kids for a while, Jaspa and Indigo were busy up at the lab, their curious one year old daughter loving to watch her father work, Nevee and TJ were already out with their son that day so she couldn't even call them, and she knew they could keep her twin daughter's occupied easily. So, all she was left with was trying to call Gem, and hoping she'd answer.
So far, she wasn't having any luck. Groaning as the phone went to messages again, she juggled to put the baby food down and redial the number, placing it back between her shoulder blade and ear, then just about managing to dish the baby food into their bowls and put it in front of the child in the highchair, feeding a couple of spoonfuls to the child in her arms, then slipping her into another highchair, cleaning it off as she placed the plate down on it, hoping the more boisterous of the near identical twins wouldn't throw her food everywhere again.
"Come on Gem… Answer… God…" Scarlet muttered, brushing some of her long, curly black hair out of her face as she held the phone in her hand instead of between her ear and shoulder now, checking on the breakfast and quickly getting it out of the various pans and things, putting it on plates before it burnt. They'd all only been off their journey for roughly two years and already she was starting to realize family life could be just as busy as being on the road. The young woman then heard a splat and clatter, and groaned as she turned to see that the baby she had just placed in her highchair had dropped her bowl on the floor again, throwing food everywhere, "Tamira! Stop that!"
With a sigh Scarlet went over and picked up the bowl, cleaning the floor up and putting more food in a bowl, sitting on the edge of the table and feeding the baby directly so that she didn't drop it everywhere again, phone balancing once more, sighing again as she heard the other twin cry, wanting attention too likely. Scarlet kissed Tamira's forehead, brushing the red fringe that was forming out of her face, ruffling her mostly short black hair too, then feeding the other child, Tamara (who's fringe was black and main hair red), from her bowl.
"Freaking hell Gemma you stupid fat mouth answer the damn ph-…"
"Thanks a bunch Scarlet, don't take into account I have a seven year old boy to make get up and get dressed," Gem's voice said from the end of the line, having picked up just before she starting insulting her down the phone, not thinking she was there. Scarlet went as red as her eyes and chuckled nervously.
"O-Oh… oops, sorry Gem…" she said in a nervous tone, "Just having a slight nervous breakdown here because this house is manic whenever Auberon and I are meant to be somewhere…" She continued, sweatdropping and then calling for Auberon to get the hell in there to eat, "And on that subject, we kind of need a twin-sitter."
A sigh came from Gem's end of the phone, and she sounded like she switched the ear she had the phone against, "What about Jaspa and Indigo? Or anyone else?" The Authoress said, sounding almost pleading, though she was trying to hide that fact.
"I tried. Everyone is busy, and I mean everyone. Anyone who is available is too far from where we're headed to give them to," Scarlet said, "I called you last, and besides, it is technically your job," She added, feeding more baby food to the two twins, "Please, Gem, we need someone to look after them, we can't take them to the committee meeting."
"…Fine… fine…" Scarlet heard her sigh, "Bring them over… how long is the meeting again?"
"It's all day, we won't be back 'til tomorrow, so you'll have 'em overnight," Scarlet said, "Sorry to drop this on you, but you're the last port of call."
Auberon walked in now, giving Scarlet a smile and a peck on the lips, taking the bowls from her so he could finish the feed, whilst also starting to eat some of his breakfast. Scarlet grinned at him, eating some of hers now she could hold the phone properly to her ear instead.
Gem sighed again on the phone, "Fine, fine… I'll set up the spare room with a couple of cots… bring enough stuff…"
"Thanks Gem… Really sorry about this," Scarlet said with a sigh, "We'll be there in about a half hour."
"See you then…" Gem's end of the line cut off right after she said this, a little click followed by a beep ringing into Scarlet's ear. She took the phone down and cut the call off on her end too, putting the phone back on its holder.
"We have a babysitter now," Scarlet said with a sigh of relief, "She's not too happy about it for some reason, but who knows why."
"Heh, I bet I do," Auberon said in a familiar tone, his ever childish teasing tone we all know from when he was ten years old in Scarlet's Road. Scarlet resisted her urge to facepalm, not wanting to teach Tamira how to splash food over her face or her sister's.
"Auberon, stop it," She said. Auberon chuckled, shrugging.
"If she keeps denying who that kid's father is, I can still keep making my very justified assumptions and teasing when she's not around to punch me," The elf-like young man said with a grin, sticking his tongue out which made little Tamira giggle, clap and copy him.
"Fu…nny!" She loved that word. Other than her other two words, which were Mommy and Daddy, the basics, she had learnt that rather quickly.
"Geez, stop wondering who Ethan's dad is, Auberon. If big mouth doesn't want to tell us, she doesn't have to. Arceus, we've pried into her personal life enough in the past few years. Besides, who cares who his dad is? Tamira and Tamara love hanging around with him, he plays with them as if he was their age, got that off his mom," Scarlet said, giving her fiancé a look, "Leave 'em alone."
"You can't say you don't have the same suspicion," Auberon said, grinning with an eyebrow raised, waiting for her answer. Scarlet tried to keep a straight face and shake her head, but couldn't, letting out a small laugh and folding her arms over her chest, shaking her head.
"You got me, I totally do. I mean come on, it's a little obvious, and she's hardly good at hiding it," The Ketchum laughed, leaning back a bit, "…Ah shit I bet that's why she was so annoyed about having to have the kids there… I bet he's there…"
"…Ah damn."
"She is so not going to be happy now, oooh boy…" Scarlet said, sweatdropping, then letting out a groan as Tamira managed to get hold of her bowl again and throw the remains over the all, making them all give deadpanned expressions… before Tamara burst out crying, "Oh how I love family life…" Scarlet sighed, picking up the normally calmer twin and hugging her to calm her down.
~X~X~X~
(Ashmore Residence – Pallet Town – Outskirts, 8:06)
Inside the small home a very familiar woman we all know as our authoress sighed, putting her phone back on its holder and chewing her lip for a moment, before heading back upstairs to her room, someone waiting on the edge of the bed for her. She walked into the room, and leant on the doorframe with a sigh.
"I have to go, hm?" The man asked with a sigh, his appearance and voice familiar to us, though not as familiar as the authoress. Gem sighed, walking over to him as he stood up from the edge of the bed, pulling on the jacket he had discarded only minutes beforehand, "Well, this was a short visit," He said with a small chuckle. Gem sighed, looking up at him from at least a foot height difference, maybe a couple of inches more. He leant down and kissed her forehead.
"You have about half an hour… and as much as I'd love to hog you for myself for that time, I think Ethan wants to see his dad whilst you're here," Gem sighed, reaching a hand up to touch his cheek, "One kiss though?"
"Gladly…" The man smiled, lifting her up with a hand on either side of her waist, bringing her up to the right height to connect in a kiss. Gem kissed back immediately as their lips connected, arms wrapping around his neck to help keep her in place. The pair stayed connected softly for a long minute, Gem's fingers tangling into his hair, before they pulled back and nudged noses.
"Ethan'll wanna see you now…" Gem murmured, stealing a small kiss again and then letting him set her down on her feet. The man nodded and kissed her forehead, whispering into her ear.
"I love you…"
"I love you too…" The man gave a smile and then walked out of the room to go and find his young son, who he hadn't had chance to see other than over a video phone for a long time. Gem sighed as he walked out, sitting on the bed and fiddling with two rings around her finger which she only ever wore around the house so that no one saw them. It was hard trying to pull off an ultimate long distance relationship like this, even if getting between the two places was relatively easy, getting time was not. They rarely got more than two days together in either place, and most of that time was dedicated to letting Ethan see the missing part of his family.
"Mama come on, come play with us before Papa has to go!" A small boy's voice called for her, a head popping around the door to the room, grinning widely with little dimples in his freckled cheeks. His wavy curls fell in front of his face, the majority of them sandy, but the ones that fell over his face being a dark blue, like the hair of the man who was obviously his father. Gemma smiled, standing and going to the blue eyed child, picking him up, making him beam.
"Alright kiddo, let's go have some fun with Papa," She said, kissing his forehead, pushing his glasses up his nose, and walking to find the man again, "Uff, you're getting too big for me to carry you. I think you definitely got your dad's height for when you're older, not mine."
"Hee-hee, but you have to carry me Mama!" Ethan whined, kissing her cheek. Gem's face lit up, and she held her son closer, "Love ya mama."
"I love you too kiddo," Gemma smiled, bringing him into the room the man was in. Said man smiled, taking his son from Gemma and holding him close.
"Love me too Ethan?" He asked the seven year old, who gave a huge smile and hugged him tightly.
"'Course I do Papa! Love you!"
"Love you too Kid," The man replied with a smile, kissing his forehead. Ethan grinned, and then scrambled around to his back, holding on tight.
"Piggy Back!"
"Oh he so got that off you," The man laughed, arms under his son's knees. Gem giggled.
"What can I say? I'm a bad influence," She grinned, stealing a quick kiss and trying not to laugh as Ethan made a face. She ruffled his hair, "C'mon, play time."
"Yay!" Ethan giggled, cheering. Gemma and the man both smiled widely at their son and then exchanged a happy look with each other. The boy meant near everything to them, and they were happy to have any time with him they could as a family, even if it was a little as a half hour.
~X~X~X~
(Oak Laboratories – Starter Check up Room – Ranch)
"You ready to watch daddy check over the cute baby Pokémon, Karyn?" Another familiar face asked a roughly year old baby in her arms. The little girl giggled and nodded, clapping together her small hands to show her approval, and then grabbing at her mother's nose. Indigo giggled, brushing some of the baby's growing ginger hair into her face, making her scrunch up her nose as it tickled it, then trying to blow it away, giving up with that approach rather quickly as she soon just pushed it away from her face with her hand, sneezing cutely, making Indigo laughed as she pushed her still dyed light blonde hair out of her own face.
"Here they are, we'll start with the Kanto starters," Jaspa said with a smile as he walked into the room, kissing both of them on the forehead, which caused the baby girl to clap again. Jaspa let out a proper laugh, something we are not currently too familiar with from the point SR is at. He grabbed the three needed Poké Balls, placing them on a metal table and then getting out three bowls filled with type specific Pokémon food to give to them. After doing so, he grabbed the Poké Balls and released the three Pokémon one by one. Bulbasaur popped out first, followed by Charmander and then Squirtle. Karyn's little hands clapped again once the water type came out.
"Heh, she likes Squirtle!" Another young girl's voice said, a child of no older than three walking in with a huge grin on her face, her hair ginger like the young baby's, eyes golden like Jaspa's. Indigo smiled.
"Yep, she sure does Annette. You wanna sit up on the table whilst Daddy checks the baby Pokémon?" She asked the elder of the two children, Annette. Annette grinned with a nod, looking to her dad and holding her arms up. Jaspa chuckled, picking her up and sitting her on the edge of the table, her legs swinging. "There you go Nettie."
"Uh! Uh! Si…ssy!" Karyn said, holding her arms out for her older sister.
"Can I hold her?" Annette asked, looking up with puppy dog eyes and a pout. Indigo smiled, carefully handing the one year old over to her, knowing that she'd manage whilst sitting, "Yay!"
"Yay!" Karyn mimicked, giggling, hugging her sister around her torso. Annette giggled and held her close, kissing her forehead with a big smile.
"Squirt? Tle?" The baby Squirtle said, confused. Karyn beamed, looking over at the Pokémon. The turtle's head was tilted, confused look on face.
"Cu…te!" Karyn giggled, clapping more and gently patting the Pokémon's head. Annette smiled, playing with her little sister's hair, humming happily to herself and grinning more as Karyn bopped to the humming.
Indigo smiled softly and leant against Jaspa's side as the two girls happily watched and played with the Pokémon, smiling as Jaspa gave her a kiss on the cheek, one on the neck and a playful nip with his fangs, something she had gotten plenty accustomed to by now. He was able to resist her blood unless he was really thirsty now, after nine years of practice. Indigo slightly leant closer so his fangs dug slightly deeper, drawing some blood which he chuckled and licked off.
"I can't wait to be ten years old!" Annette grinned. Jaspa and Indigo continued to smile as she said this, knowing how much she wanted to be a Pokémon trainer, but inside they weren't so eagerly awaiting her tenth. They were not sure whether she and Karyn would have the same troubles that Jaspa and Nevee had, after all… so far it was unknown for someone like them to have children, especially with someone who is not also a half-vampire. Nevee, who had worried the same thing about her son, had asked their parents to try and research it via some mysterious Volturi records they had delivered to them (well, not so mysterious when everyone easily figured out whom had given them to them, it's not hard to guess). For now, they could only wait.
~X~X~X~
(Pallet Town Park – Centre of Town – Play Park)
A small child's giggling was heard along with lots of little clapping sounds from the children's play area in the Pallet Town Park, as well as the creaking of metal as a swing moved back and forth. Over at the aforementioned swing, we can see a familiar young woman sitting on one of the older children's swings with a baby held on her lap, one strong arm around the little boy and the other easily keeping them balanced on the swing by holding the chain. The woman looked more mature than we have probably ever seen her, despite the childish look on her face, wearing surprisingly simple clothes and with a simple hair cut, but the light in her eyes and huge grin on her freckled face gave away who it was.
Behind her a familiar man was pushing the swing whenever it came back to him, smiling as his wife and son giggled, his son especially. The little baby's own green eyes were shining brightly and happily, his messy dark brunette hair flying into new arrangements with every swing up or back.
"Yay high!" He beamed, gesturing toward the sky. TJ laughed lightly and pushed them higher, knowing that Nevee could easily hold on no matter how high he sent them. Nevee was still childish and was enjoying the ride just as much as her young son, also no older than a year old.
"You like being on the swing Jayden?" She asked him as they went up, receiving a huge grin with dimples as an answer. He didn't speak a lot, not directly anyway, when he was playing he's spurt out all sorts of random strings of unrelated words, but when communicating directly he liked to use expressions and gestures more than he did words. Nevee found it cute.
"You two wanna go even higher?" TJ asked from behind them, smiling and giving a small blush – a habit that somehow even after all this time he'd not gotten out of – as Nevee's quick reflexes allowed her to give him a peck on the lips, upside down, on the swing back toward him.
"I'd say he does, yep!" Nevee giggled. The quirky man smiled.
"Do you want to? You don't like heights that much, remember," He reminded her. Nevee shrugged.
"It's not like I'll really be hurt if I fell, and that's what I hate about heights, so it's okay!" The half-vampire said, trademark grin never leaving her face. TJ smiled, nodding and pushing the swing higher. Jayden let out happy squeals and clapped more; eyes lit up.
"I love you two," TJ said, brushing some of his still floppy hair from his eyes, continuing to push the swing.
"I love you toooooo TJ!" Nevee replied with a light giggle, smiling cutely at him which made him go pink yet again, "Aw~"
"Yay Mama wuv Papa!" Jayden giggled cutely, clapping clumsily again, squirming happily on his mother's lap. Slowly TJ allowed the swing to come to a stop, then lifting Nevee up a bit he sat down on it with both of them, Nevee on his lap, smiling, "Yay!"
"And we both love you too Jay," He said, kissing Nevee's cheek then leaning down past her to kiss his young son's forehead. Jayden grinned more, giggling. Nevee stood off the swing and lead him to a bench, sitting on it with TJ next to her. She passed their one year old son to him, smiling as they began to play, and rested her head against his shoulder; lips against his neck. TJ knew the signal and gave a small nod, continuing to play with Jayden as he was plenty used to the feeling that was to come and could act normal when it happened. Nevee sighed, she didn't like feeding off him or her other friends, but when her needs called…
Slowly she pierced his neck with her fangs, slowly taking in just enough of his blood to satisfy her thirst, she always took the bare minimum, and then licked the wounds caused by the bite, cleaning them and then slowly healing them up so there was no trace of the bite left. TJ smiled softly at her, his way of always assuring her it hadn't hurt a bit, and then continued to play games with Jayden. Nevee smiled softly, his reassuring always helped, and slowly she relaxed again and began to join in with the game.
~X~X~X~
(Ashmore Residence – 8:29am)
Gem sighed, standing in front of the man, knowing Scarlet and Auberon would be there any minute with the kids to look after them, and one of the few days she got around him would be ended abruptly. He sighed too, and tilted her head so she was looking at him, kissing her nose, making her give a light giggle.
"Come on, we'll get more time together soon, I promise. I'll try and come over some time when Ethan's asleep, give us some time alone…" He said, looking her in the eye, blue eyes meeting red. Gem smiled and pecked his lips, putting a hand against his cheek.
"That'd be nice… Make sure you manage that Nathen… surprise me maybe," Gemma said, giggling and wrapping her other arm around his neck, allowing him to lift her slightly off the floor again, pressing his lips to hers in a soft kiss, chuckling into it. Gem kissed back with a smile, stroking his cheek, then pulling back after a long moment, "I love you."
Nathen smiled, holding her close as she wrapped her arms tightly around his torso, head against his chest, "I love you too… I'll be back soon…"
"You better be…" She leant up and stole one more kiss, before Nathen placed her down on her feet, kissed her forehead, then disappeared in an instant. Gemma sighed, walking back down to the main room and smiling seeing that her son was playing happily with his young Embolf pup, who she and Nathen had given him on his fifth birthday, just like she herself had received her own Embolf. It didn't hurt so much to think about that now, she was just glad that her son was happy.
Leaving him to play with his beloved Pokémon she went to her authoress room, upgraded and moved all to one place now she spent hardly any time out of the Pokémon world. It was her home again now, especially as it was here she had once again started a family, no matter how difficult it was to maintain that family with so much time apart. A good five years on the road with a child, and looking after immature teenagers, hadn't been easy either. Oh, or explaining to her two daughters she had already. Life was mad here.
Sighing she sat down in front of one of her monitors, clicking a few things and deciding she may as well check up on the others, see what they were up to considering they must be rather busy if Scarlet called her. She clicked on Nevee and TJ first, zooming in just as Nevee was biting her husband. The authoress was annoyed to see that they weren't really that busy at all and knowing they would gladly look after the two baby girls that Scarlet and Auberon needed looking after. Trying to ignore that, she switched to check on the other pair, Indigo and Jaspa, annoyance growing as she saw they were equally unoccupied, easily able to look after a couple more babies for a day. Growling lightly she shut the monitor down and stood up, clenching fists. She knew it was her job, but god damnit it was just the wrong day for this!
Her growl grew a bit louder as she heard the doorbell ring, and the door open as her son opened it, knowing that it would be Scarlet, Auberon and the 'T twins' as they were known. Gemma walked to the door, struggling to keep her flames from flaring up, and glared at the two young adults as she walked over, a smile on her lips, making the glare creepier. Auberon and Scarlet held back gulps seeing the look on her face.
"You two… you… You could easily have given her to the others; they're not doing anything important!" She barked at them as she reached the door, "I had to cancel important plans after you hung up because I thought I was actually the only one available!"
"Sorry Gem… uh… we just figured they had their hands full and… uh… well we didn't think you'd have anything on and uh… The girls like playing with Ethan! Look!" Scarlet said, panicking a bit and trying to come up with as many excuses as she could, before seeing that Ethan had taken Tamara from Auberon carefully, managing to easily hold the one year old but being cautious, and was playing with her happily as she grabbed at his nose. Tamira was trying to reach for him too. Gem sighed when she saw this, one fist unclenching, "Uh… if your plans were really important, I guess we can ask one of the others…"
"I've cancelled them now, no point in calling to get them back on…" The authoress sighed, fists unclenching fully, "I'll… just have to reschedule… Go; go get the meeting done with… Just call if you'll be delayed… But god damnit, do not ever do this again, got it?"
"Got it…" Auberon said with a small gulp as Scarlet handed Tamira over to Gem, who couldn't suppress a sigh as she again realized she even had to look up to her charges now. They thanked her hastily one more time then walked off quickly to their car again. Gemma sighed one more time then kicked the door shut and locked it with one hand, then leading through to the main room, put Tamira down on the floor where she immediately attempted a backward roll, and Ethan sat down, placing Tamara on his lap as she giggled and clapped, then glanced at her sister and clapped her as she managed half a backward roll.
"You have fun here, okay? I'm just gonna go fix up their room for tonight, and get you some toys to play with, okay?" Gemma said, walking over to the main room's door. Ethan nodded.
"Alright Mommy, come play after though?" Ethan asked. Gemma smiled and nodded, walking out of the room to go and get the required things set up in her spare room. She sighed lightly as she did so, humming to herself. Most of it was done with a simple click of her fingers, spare laying out the two twin's stuff she had also been handed. Then, she just grabbed some of their toys, smiling lightly and walking back toward the room.
~X~X~X~
(Pallet Town Park – Town Centre – Play Park)
Indigo walked into the park with her two kids, Jaspa still at the lab finishing off some things, she just taking the girls out so they didn't get in his hair for the more scientific stuff. She saw Nevee and TJ playing with little Jayden, and as they looked up she waved at them, letting Annette run off to play with some of the other children on the swings, slides and other equipment. Karyn held her arms out to play with her cousin as Indigo carried her closer to them.
"Hey you two," Indigo greeted.
"Hi Indigo!" Nevee grinned, giggling and putting Jayden down on the floor so that he and Karyn could play. Indigo did the same, knowing the area was well fenced in and they wouldn't be able to wander far anyway, and smiled as Jayden happily hugged her, "Whatcha doing here then?"
"Jas needed a bit of time without the kids in his hair, he has some more important work to do as well, so I decided I may as well bring the girls out to play," Indigo said, "You guys just having a fun day out?"
"Yep, we've been here all morning so far since breakfast, Jay loves playing here," TJ said, arm around Nevee's waist, smiling down at his son as he kept playing with his cousin, "Think Scarlet will magically appear too now?"
"Nah, she and Auberon are at a conference for the League and Contest committee… Ah, speaking of that, I was gonna call and offer to look after the twins… but I bet they'll be gone now… she must've gotten Gem to look after them if we're not and you two aren't," Indigo said, hand on hip, "I would of gladly looked after the two…"
"Well, maybe they just thought we had our hands full, we all have young kids already, Gem's is older," TJ said with a shrug. Karyn was now attempting to wander around, pulling Jayden up to his feet too. They pottered around in a circle a few times, giggling and clapping each other. Karyn plopped back down onto her rear after a moment, Jayden pottering around her once then dropping down too, giggling.
"True, true… well, it's her job to, anyway," Indigo said with a shrug. She scooped up Karyn again, "Wanna sit on the swings kiddo?"
"Yay yes!" Karyn giggled, clapping her hands again. Indigo giggled, then sitting on the swing she sat Karyn on her lap, and making sure she was secure and holding tight, she began to swing a little, nothing too high. Karyn still enjoyed it greatly, letting out sounds of approval and a few happy words.
"If she wants to go higher, I can hold her whilst on there," Nevee offered, "I can hold her easier without falling off the swing."
"If you would, she likes going higher than this," Indigo said with a smile, standing up and giving her little girl over to Nevee, who grinned and sat on the swing, holding Karyn like she had her son, one hand on the chain and one arm around the child. Indigo stood back, then grinned as Annette ran over and asked to be pushed on the 'big girl swing', which Indigo quickly obliged with this, pushing her as she sat on it. Nevee was swinging again, Karyn cheering at how high they were going.
Indigo watched them with a smile, but also couldn't stop the irrational fear she always felt when Nevee held one of the girls. Nevee had always had less control than Jaspa, she had plenty enough still, but she had been known to go crazier quicker without blood, which she rarely accepted unless they could get it from the blood bank from someone she didn't know, and even then it often took her an hour or more to take it. This didn't do wonders for her control.
TJ had seen her concern, and whispered to her, "Don't worry, she fed off me less than a half hour ago."
Indigo let out a small sigh of relief and smiled, giving him a nod to show she had acknowledged what he had told her. She kept pushing her eldest daughter on the swing, and watching happily as her youngest had fun on the swing with Nevee, Jayden sitting in his father's arms and clapping both of his cousins with a huge grin on his face, that could only come from the mixture of two such crazy parents.
~X~X~X~
(3 Years Later – Ashmore Residence – Outskirts)
"Oh this is madness kiddo, you're already an inch taller than me, you better not grow to your dad's height," Gem said, standing with her son on his tenth birthday, fiddling with the collar of his jacket. He chuckled and pushed her hands off the collar, shaking his head.
"Well, if I do I do, mom. It'd be fun to be taller than you," Ethan said, grinning. Gem pouted.
"So not fair, I don't want to be the smallest one in the family," She whined lightly, "And its shows how fast you're growing up, I can't help but be all stupidly motherly over that. You're ten already, its madness!" The authoress said, throwing her arms up. Ethan laughed a little, and hugged his mother, her hugging him back tightly, "You be bloody careful out there, okay? Monoko… it's not safe…"
"I'll be fine, don't worry… You'll probably check up on me every other hour anyway, knowing you, mom," The boy said, teasing tone in his voice. Gem smiled a bit, ruffling his hair.
"I worry… Monoko is not a good place for you to go, but I can't stop you from seeing your grandparents and going on a journey there…" The authoress sighed, "Just be careful."
"I will be, don't worry. I've got Embolf to protect me, and I've got a decent control over my own fire now… I'll be okay," He assured his overprotective mother, ruffling her hair back, making her pout, and in turn him to laugh, "I… do kinda wish dad was here to see me off on my first journey though…" Ethan then sighed, grabbing his bag off the floor and slinging it onto his back. Gemma let out a silent giggle at this, "Guess it can't be helped… he's busy and stuff…"
"Oh come on son, give me some credit! I'm hardly going to miss my son's 10th birthday am I?" A voice said from behind him. Ethan turned around, and his face lit up when he saw his dad standing behind him, "Heya Ethan."
"Dad! You did come!" Ethan said happily, hugging Nathen tightly. Nathen chuckled, hugging him back, smiling.
"Of course I did Ethan; I wasn't going to miss this kiddo. Alicia couldn't come though, she's too busy with her journey, sorry," The Author said, looking down at Ethan. Ethan just gave a wide smile.
"It's okay… I'm just glad that you're here at least," He said, now letting out a small giggle. Gemma smiled softly, blowing Nathen a kiss, which he smiled and returned; Ethan sweatdropping, "Can't you save that for when I'm gone? Geez, I don't get how you can be so lovey-dovey," He said, sticking his tongue out. Nathen chuckled.
"We don't get to see each other much, you know that. You'll understand when you fall for someone," The author told his son.
"Bleh, I won't fall for anyone. Girls are just friends to me," Ethan protested, sticking his tongue out again and making a face. Both his parents laughed, Gemma walking over to hug him as well as Nathen.
"Whatever you say Ethan," She said, kissing his forehead. The doorbell then rang, and Gem sighed, looking to Nathen.
"I'll go hide upstairs," Nathen said, sighing as well, and then quickly going up the house's staircase to hide in one of the upstairs rooms. Authoress checked he was out of sight, then went to the door and answered it, immediately being shoved out of the way by two four year olds who both ran and hug-attacked Ethan's leg.
"Ethan!" They both exclaimed, giggling. Ethan smiled and ruffled the two's hair. Tamara and Tamira both beamed up at him, Tamira's face covered in mud – no doubt from some mini adventure she'd had on the way there.
"You're going on a huge adventure now aren'tcha?" Tamira asked with a grin.
"Yep," Ethan replied with a grin that was just as large. By the door, Scarlet and Auberon sweatdropped and chuckled at their daughters, Scarlet having a pronounced bump starting to form around her abdomen area.
"Sorry about the suddenness of this, those two insisted on seeing him before he set off today, even after having nearly all day here with him yesterday," Scarlet said, giggling, one arm wrapping around her stomach. Gem waved a hand and smiled.
"It's okay; they're close to him so it's nice they want to see him off. He seems plenty happy too by the looks of it," she said, looking at her son as he knelt to their level and hugged both properly with a smile.
"You sure about where you're sending him?" Auberon asked. Gemma sighed, shaking her head, "Then why still let him go?"
"It's his first journey… and it's a rare chance for him to see his grandparents… I'll check up on him as often as I can too… I can't deny him a journey there, so it may as well be his first one so I don't worry about it coming up in later years when his aura and fire may have awakened more…" The authoress explained.
"I see… well, that does make sense…" Scarlet said.
"Who's ya starter gonna be Ethan?" Tamara asked, making Ethan's smile grow as he whistled for a familiar Pokémon. Bounding from upstairs, Embolf ran, tackling Ethan's back and making him laugh. Upstairs Nathen chuckled silently as he saw the Pokémon running down.
"Who else would it be?" Ethan asked, petting Embolf as he came around to stand between the twins and the ten year old, "I couldn't start with any other starter, Embolf's just the best."
"Yay, hi Embolf!" Tamira grinned, petting the Pokémon. Embolf let out a happy bark and wagged his fiery tail, "He won't be in his Poké Ball, right?"
"'Course he won't be, he's gonna be right by me the whole way," The boy chuckled, petting his Pokémon too; "It'd be lonely without him by me too."
"We could come!" Tamara said, "We could keep you company!"
"I don't think your parents would be happy about that. Don't worry; you can journey with me when you guys are ten, along with our other friends. Okay?" Ethan told them with a chuckle, "Pinkie Promise it?" He then added, holding out both pinkies. The two beamed and both wrapped a pinkie around one of his, "There we go."
"Yay!" The twins chorused.
Scarlet let out a laugh, "Alright you two, I think Ethan needs to finish getting his stuff together now, we should go. You can call him tomorrow to see how he is, okay?" She then said. Tamira whined and Tamara pouted, but the two nodded, and hugging Ethan tightly one more time, before running back to their parents. Auberon scooped up one and Scarlet the other, "Good luck on your journey, Ethan."
"Thanks, Scarlet," Ethan said politely, standing back up straight with Embolf hopping to laze over his shoulder.
"Byyyyye Ethan!" Tamira said with a wave, "Has fun!"
"I will," Ethan smiled, waving back as Tamara joined in. Scarlet and Auberon chuckled before walking out of the house, Gem closing the door behind them after waving, then checking they were gone, she called up to Nathen that he could come back down.
"Those two sure like you," Nathen commented as he walked down.
"Heh, yep, they're sweet," Ethan chuckled, scratching Embolf's ear, "Sooooooo… guess I should be heading out now?"
"Yeah, you better. The boat for Monoko leaves soon, and the next one isn't for a week," Gemma said, kissing his forehead, "Be careful, and do well."
"I'll do my best mom," He said, and then looking at his dad, "One day, I want to be able to match you, dad. I don't even need to beat you, I just want to be strong enough to be equal to you," The boy continued, smiling with a determined look, Embolf letting out a yap of agreement, sounding equally determined.
"High goal, but a good one to keep you striving," Nathen chuckled, "Good luck, son. I'll call you whenever I can too, need any help and you can call me or your mother, okay?"
"Okay, I'll remember that," The new trainer smiled, hugging both of his parents tightly, "I love you both!"
"We love you too Ethan…" Gem smiled, kissing his hair and smiling, doing his jacket up properly with a wink and sticking out her tongue, teasing. Ethan sweatdropped, "Its cold out there," His sweatdrop grew, but so did his smile.
"Oh you…" Nathen said, arm around her as Ethan let them go, and adjusted his bag, then headed for the door.
"To the lab first, right?" He asked them. Both nodded, and then Ethan gave another smile, a nod and a wave, and then ran out of the house and toward the lab atop the hill.
"I can't believe he's ten already…" Gemma sighed, leaning against Nathen's side, "And Alicia's already twelve… Man… I feel old… all my kids are growing up… Hope and Destiny have kids of their own already, and Alicia and Ethan are both on their journeys… I should actually be older than I am now!"
Nathen chuckled, kissing her forehead, "When we've both got more time, when we don't have mere days together over a number a months, we can always expand our little family…"
"We won't have time like that for a long time, you know that?" Gem sighed, nuzzling into his chest, "I'd love to, Nathen… but I can't handle a pregnancy with you only being here twice a month at the most, on top of checking on my charges and Ethan…" Nathen gave a small sigh, but smiled softly, kissing her cheek.
"You're worried about the other risks too, aren't you? Just like with Ethan and Alicia," He said, stroking the other cheek. Gemma sighed, looking down, "I told you before, Existence will not get them, and whatever power they may have we can help them control it, okay?"
"Okay…"
"Good… now come on, let's make the most of the time we've got together, hey?" The taller said, chuckling and pressing a soft kiss to her lips. Gemma smiled into it and wrapped her arms around his neck, allowing him to lift her off the floor again, and kissing back.
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(Six Years Later – Baker-Ketchum Residence – Twins' Room)
Asleep all around the room that normally housed just the two people, were all five of the children of the generation we have just seen. Two boys and three girls, the twins lay in their bunk bed; Tamira sprawled everywhere on the top bunk, whilst Tamara was curled up in a neat ball on her side. On the floor around their bed were their three other friends, Karyn, Jayden and Ethan. Tamara, Tamira, Karyn and Jayden were all now ten, as of this very day on which they are soon to wake up to, whilst Ethan was sixteen. Karyn was laid on her back with her arms above her head, ginger hair sprawled above her, the fringe and two strands by the side of her face now dyed the same blonde as her mother's. Jayden's hair was still a mess, and reached the bottom of his ears, changing arrangement with nearly every movement. Ethan's hair was in a small ponytail whilst he slept, to keep it neat, and he still had his chain – a skull on the end of it – around his neck.
They all lay peacefully sleeping for a long time, before the Poké ball shaped alarm clock in the room let out a loud series of annoying beeps. First to stir was Karyn, who groaned lightly in her sleep and opened her eyes, sitting up slowly and sighing, looking for the culprit releasing the annoying noise. Soon after her, Ethan grunted and woke up, sitting and shaking his hair out of the ponytail, catching the tie he used to hold it up, then looking around too, groaning seeing the alarm was out of reach, up on the edge of the top bunk, and began to stand up so he could get it. But before he could, Tamira had knocked it off the bunk's edge, it smashing on the floor, and jumped up, hitting her head on the ceiling but not appearing to care, whole face alight with a huge grin, Ethan sweatdropped.
"Whoop! It's finally our tenth birthday!" She cheered, jumping down from her bunk and landing on the floor with a thump, but on her feet. This quickly woke the remaining two up, Tamara stirring with a sigh, plenty used to her behaviour, letting out a tired giggle as she sat up and rubbed her eyes, brushing her black fringe back, bringing her mostly dark red hair to one side of her head, though it quickly began falling back again. Jayden woke up, and was immediately fully awake and hyper, just as you'd expect from him.
"The day we finally go on our journey…" Tamara said with a softer smile than her twin, but still just as happy.
"For you guys maybe," Ethan chuckled, leaning against the side of the bunk bed. "Though I get how you're feeling… but one thing, Tamira,"
"What?" Tamira asked, looking to Ethan, tilting her head. Ethan gestured to the analogue clock on the wall, raising an eyebrow.
"Did you really have to wake us up at four in the morning when the lab doesn't even open until seven, and our boat to Unova isn't until eight?" He asked with an eyebrow raised, giving a light glare. The others glanced at the clock, and all but Jayden immediately gave Tamira a glare. Tamira laughed nervously.
"Hehe… heh… eh… ooh boy…" She said with a gulp.
This should be fun.
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Yay! It's done! Well guys, these are the 4th generation members! Tamira, Tamara, Karyn, Jayden and Ethan! You have no idea how many times this line up has changed, to start with there was a single male child for Auberon and Scarlet, though Jayden has been pretty much the same the whole way through the process, how couldn't he be? *grin* Ethan was the most recent change, heh. Plus ya know what? He's already 5'10" now he's sixteen, Gem/Me? 5' still. My own/her son is that much taller than me… D: Having twins in the main group is also a first, so that'll be interesting to do. Also, there is only going to be one pair within the main group this time! It's too hard to work around the relations now, so more characters are going to be brought in for them.
ATTENTION: I badly, badly need all the kids for the OCs from SR! I'm doing some for people, but I can't do everyone's! I've got two to do already for someone, and have had to pass at least one over to someone to help me, and it could be I have three to do instead of two. I need the kids, please! Please! D: So far I have:
Crystal x Kite
Nathen x Kathryn
Christian x Hope (One I had to do myself)
Bonnie x Lance (Another I have to do myself)
I need the others!