Howl and Sophie have settled down and Morgan is now two, Sophie is again pregnant. Abdullah and Flower are happily married and also expecting a child. Lettie's baby daughter is called Katy. Enjoy

"SOPHIE!!!" ,came Howl's voice from the stairs.

"HOWL!!" replied Sophie equally loud.

"WHAT!!!!" they both shouted together, Howl came thundering down the stairs his suit slung casually over his arm. His white shirt was half buttoned and his boots undone, he looked frustrated and angry. But it wasn't this that surprised Sophie though, it was his hair; it was a mess, but strangest of all it was black. Sophie opened her mouth to shout something but was taken a back in surprise. Howl however folded his arms and said again impatiently but innocently, "What?"

Sophie snapped right back to herself, "What exactly have you done to Morgan's Teddy?" she was holding up a worn brown teddy which was feverishly waving its legs.

"Nothing, it was always like that" whined Howl,

"No it wasn't, look!" she replied placing the bear on the floor in front of their two year old son Morgan. The bear slowly wobbled to its worn out feet and walked away from Morgan. Morgan also stood up and started chasing it but whenever he got any closer the Teddy would just wobble faster. Morgan soon gave up and sat down crying,

"I want my Teddy!"

Howl was grinning, but promptly stopped when Sophie turned on his with a face that asked in every way for a long and good explanation.

"It's livelier like that and it doesn't squeak all the time."

"SQUEAK, it doesn't squeak at all now and poor Morgan can't play with it because every time he gets near it, it wobbles away!"

"Sorry, but I couldn't stand that awful squeaking it makes if you punch it in the stomach! It's not fair on me to have to listen to it all the time!"

Calcifer, who had been snoozing in the fireplace lifted his head and said, "Well, I don't think its fair that I have to listen to him!"

"You can leave you know" retaliated Howl.

"It's raining' said Calcifer blankly.

"Howl, just take the spell off, I can do green slime too now!" exclaimed Sophie with her and on her hips. Howl had only last week covered the entire castle for no apparent reason except that he had worn out his favorite shoes.

"All right I'll take the spell off but it only because of the baby" Howl said rather angrily and waved his hand casually and the bear fell to the floor with a sqeak.

Satisfied Sophie picked the bear up, with difficulty, and gave it to Morgan who happily squeezed it. Sophie then turned back to Howl, "Now you were going to ask me something before."

"Look at this" Howl said pointing to his hair, "It's grey, GREY!!!!"

This Sophie could not understand as far she could see it was raven black, but she knew Howl to well to expect it to make any sense.

"Howl its Black"

"NO look," he pulled one hair out from under his think wavy black hair and showed it to Sophie. It was a sort of very dark grey only just not quite black.

"You'll live" she replied.

"I shall soon have my mid life crisis, then I will shrivel up and die, Ohh the aches of an old man shall soon be upon me!" Howl cried as he sat down in a chair by the fire. Sophie snorted,

"Your twenty nine, that is not old and it's not grey." She sat down next to Howl and clutched her stomach. Howl put his arm around her,

"How does it feel to be married to an old man?" He whispered into her ear.

"I have no clue" she said

"Well maybe it isn't grey but it's not black either!"

Sophie smiled and hugged him, he kissed her. Morgan, who had been quietly playing with his teddy, walked unsteadily over and pulled at Sophie's skirt. Howl bent down, picked him up and gave him a big hug. Calcifer sighed,

"Sometimes I want to meet a nice quiet female fire demon and settle down, but there isn't really much choice and I think the fire needs another log." He said

Howl got up, "I'm going to see Ben about something the king wants"

He gave Sophie another kiss and ruffled Morgan's thick black hair, "say hello to Lettie and Katy for me. Remember that Abdullah and flower are coming to dinner tonight, so you're going to have to tidy up when you get back. Howl scowled, then left.

"Log" said Calcifer

Ok, what do you think? I know there are probably a hundred grammatical errors, just try to ignore them. Thanks for reading.