You won't Believe It!
Princess Stella of Solaria was bored. Scratch that she was beyond bored. Her best friend Bloom was staying the night over at the Cloud Tower school for witches for some reason she wouldn't tell, her boyfriend Brandon was over at the Red Fountain school for heroics and bravery asleep probably it was almost midnight on a Saturday night, but she and her three other friends couldn't sleep, they were too worried about Bloom for that.
"I'm bored!" Stella exclaimed for the fifth time in the last hour.
"Well what do you want to do? None of us can sleep for worry about Bloom and we can't seem to think of something to do that won't land us in trouble!" Musa snaps in irritation.
"How about we see what the teachers are up to?" Stella suggested absentmindly.
"Why would you wish to know what our teachers are up to?" Tecna asks curiously.
"I don't know. I just suggested the first thing that popped into my head." Stella said shrugging.
"It's something at least." Musa said sighing tiredly.
"Here I know the perfect spell. Mirror mirror on the wall. Show us our teachers. First off show us Faragonda!" (Lol I couldn't resist) Stella chanted pointing a finger at the full body mirror on the wall across from the couch all four of the girls were sitting on. The mirror glowed for a moment before showing Faragonda sitting at her desk in her office with Professor Saladin from Red Fountain standing at her side smiling.
"How are the boys doing Saladin?" Faragonda asks politely with a small smile.
"The boys are fine Faragonda. What about Bloom and the other girls?" Saladin asks just as politely while looking at Faragonda lovingly.
"Bloom and the girls are fine. Bloom is over at Cloud Tower tonight because Ediltrudes water broke a few hours ago and Ophelia is out of realm. Bloom was the only qualified healer she trusted so she screamed at Zarathrustra to call for her. Griffin will holocall me as soon as the little one is born but it's safe to assume it's a girl." Faragonda said sipping her tea calmly.
"I'd say so considering both of its parents are female." Saladin said making Stellas and the others jaws drop.
"True. How is Helia doing? I haven't seen our grandson in so long." Faragonda asks shaking her head sadly.
"Helia's fine. He's doing great over at art school. He does miss us and his aunts though." Saladin says placing his hand over Faragondas in a sign of comfort. Faragonda smiled up at Saladin in thanks. Saladin leaned over and kissed Faragondas forehead softly.
"I have to get back to Red Fountain before Cordatora knows I'm gone or worse, if Griselda learns I'm here. See you later and you'd better get some actual sleep this time hon." Saladin said smiling down at Faragonda before kissing her lips and telatransporting out, too much giggling from the white haired woman.
"Married for almost forty years and I still act like a school girl. Griffey would never stop teasing me if she found out." Faragonda said to herself making most of the girls jaws drop. A small beep came from Faragondas holophone before a small digital image of Griffin appeared a little ways away.
"I heard that big sis and you got that last part right." Griffin said smirking smugly at her older sister who groaned and banged her forehead on the desk.
"Anyways. The babies are here. It turns out Ediltrude was carrying twins, both girls of course, but they're not identical twins. Magissa, who is the oldest by twenty minutes, has blue and blacked striped hair with Ediltrudes black eyes while Oscuritla has blue and white striped hair and Zarathrustras dark green eyes. They decided that, since most of the schools staffs are related to them in one way or another, Bloom would be the godmother with Ophelia and Barbatea as honorary godmother. Palladium is godfather with Wizgiz as honorary. Both of the little ones are happy and completely healthy while Ediltrude and Zarathrustra are happy but still somewhat in shock that they are mothers." Griffin said sounding somewhat amused.
"They named their daughters 'Magic' and 'Darkness'?" Faragonda asks sounding humored at the children's names. Griffin merely shrugged as if to say 'It's those two we're talking about you know?'
"Bloom is also doing another health check on the little ones as well as Ediltrude. She wants to make sure that all three of them are alright and that there aren't any birth defects or hemorrhaging going on. She also had to show Zarathrustra the correct way to hold a new born infant without harming it. I'd like to know where she learned to do that because I spoke with Ophelia before she went out of realm. She never taught any of the students' medical magic or how to deliver a baby or even how to handle one." Griffin said shaking her head confused.
"From what I learned when I researched some of Blooms background on Earth, Bloom graduated college at age five as valedictorian with masters in several areas one of which was medicine and another was child development. She also worked as a part time nurse in the hospital before becoming a supervising nurse full time at age ten. There's even a note at the bottom of her file from the hospital. It reads; 'we're not sure what this girl is but half of us want to kill her while the other half begs her to teach them.'" Faragonda says picking up a slender manila file on her desk and reading the last line on the page that was written in red ink. Griffin merely blinked and stared at the white haired woman for a moment before laughing heartily.
"That sounds about right. Half of my students want to kill her anytime she comes over after that prank she pulled on us while the other half are begging her to tell them how she did it." Griffin said between her chuckles. Faragonda merely stared at Griffin for a minute in shock.
"Are you telling me it was Bloom who turned Cloud Tower and all those in it, including yourself and all of your staff except Ediltrude, bright pink last month?" Faragonda asks still sounding shocked.
"Yep." Was Griffins simple response making Faragonda look more shocked than anyone had ever seen her.
"I'll award her for that when she comes back tomorrow." Faragonda finally says with a slightly devious smirk.
"As long as she doesn't team up with Griselda." Griffin said making both women shudder in horror at the thought.
"Speaking of 'Relda. How is my niece handling the fact that she's going to be a mother at age twenty?" Griffin asks grinning at Faragonda.
"Far better than my niece and niece-in-law did. She's actually very thrilled and eager to meet the little one growing in her stomach. DuFour responded to the news in the normal fashion." Faragonda said chuckling slightly.
"She passed out?" Griffin asks raising an eyebrow.
"Of course." Was Faragondas prompt reply.
"I'm going to go check on my daughter, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. See ya later sis and you'd better actually sleep this time." Griffin said before the call ended.
"You heard all of that DuFour?" Faragonda questions her empty office making the red clad silver haired woman appear from the shadows.
"Of course. I'm going to go inform 'Relda in a moment. She's still awake due to concern for her cousin. You do know we'll have to tell the students about her condition sooner than expected right?" DuFour asks making the older woman look confused.
"Why? She shouldn't start showing for another few months. Is something wrong?" Faragonda asks alarmed.
"No nothing's wrong. According to Bloom, 'Reldas petite form means that she'll start showing later on this week at the latest. She'll get much bigger than most other pregnant women before she goes into labor." DuFour explained immediately.
"Oh. Thank goodness nothing is wrong. I'm worried enough about her as it is with her being bonded. Now that she's pregnant barely after her twentieth birthday?" Faragonda said shaking her head bemusedly.
"Yeah me too, especially since it's my little one she's carrying and she's my bonded. You might have to start finding a replacement for Wizgiz and Palladium though." DuFour said the last part in a growl.
"Why? What have those two morons done now?" Faragonda questions groaning in exasperation.
"If those two don't stop teasing me for passing out when 'Relda told me the news I'm going to use my dagger to castrate them before using one of Palladiums swords to behead them both with the blunt side." DuFour growled out in irritation. Faragonda winced knowing full well that the red clad woman could and would carry out that threat.
"I'll warn them and then start looking for replacements just in case. If you do follow through with that threat don't get caught and please don't do it in front of any students." Faragonda said making a smirking DuFour pout for a second before going back to smiling again.
"Eh? Bloom will probably try to help. She's getting fed up with them too." DuFour said shrugging.
"They're gonna die for sure then." Faragonda said turning pale.
"Of course. She's more sadistic than me, you, Ediltrude, Zarathrustra, 'Relda, Griffin, Daph, Mirelda, and Saladin ever were." DuFour said smirking victoriously.
"Poor morons. We better start working on an epitaph for them." Feragonda said shaking her head bemusedly.
"Already got one. 'Idiots from before birth to after death, we will miss your moronic ways forever.'" DuFour said grinning insanely while the white haired woman chuckled.
"Worst part is that we could actually use that." Faragonda said shaking her head bemusedly while DuFour snorted.
"Later. I'm going to go check on my wife." DuFour said before disappearing into the shadows.
"Show us DuFour!" Stella requested the mirror making it go blank for a minute before it showed DuFour in an elegantly decorated room with a balcony attached and a large bookshelf in the corner near a queen sized bed decorated beautifully. DuFour noticed the empty room before calmly and quietly walking out onto the balcony. Griselda was standing there by the railing looking up at the stars with a smile on her face wearing nothing but one of DuFours dresses which, due to Griseldas short stature, hung down past her knees. DuFour snuck up behind the brown haired woman and slowly wrapped her arms around Griseldas waist making the brown haired woman give a very undignified yelp of shock. DuFour smiled down at Griselda even as the brown haired woman glared at her for sneaking up behind her.
"You should be in bed asleep dear." DuFour said kissing Griseldas forehead before placing her own head on the brown haired womans shoulder.
"I couldn't sleep without you holding me." Griselda said softly while shyly adverting her eyes and blushing slightly.
"I see. I understand but you shouldn't be out here in the chilly night air only wearing one of my dresses. If you were any further along the little one might get hurt due to the cold. They need to be warm which is why she is inside of your stomach instead of outside." DuFour said smiling at the brown haired woman as she slowly rubbed her hand over Griseldas stomach which had a very small baby bump. Griselda smiled when DuFour kept rubbing her hand over the baby bump with a look of wonder on her face.