"She's beautiful, you two." Sadie said happily, cradling her new niece.

It was a few weeks after Carter and Zia had brought Alexandria home. The Stones and the Kanes were enjoying breakfast on the dining alcove, throwing scraps to the pure white crocodile in the waters below.

Zia and Carter flushed with pride and happiness.

As Sadie admired the baby, Julius, who was sharing pancakes on his father's lap, scowled.

He jumped down and pushed his mother's arm as forcefully as he could.

"No, mama! Hold me!" he insisted "Not Alex!"

"Julius!" Walt shouted "Let your mother hold your cousin! Get back here and eat your pancake. Now."

Julius began to bawl.

"Here, I'll take her" Carter murmured, but before he could, the sugar bowl exploded. That made Alexandria cry, and then the salt and pepper soared out the window.

As the two continued to cry, more things spontaneously combusted or flew away,untill they calmed down.

Carter and Sadie gave each other nervous looks. Carter went pale, thrust Alexandria into his wife's hands and left without a word.

Zia rose but Sadie put a hand on her shoulder.

"I'll get him. I've been dealing with his bad moods for years." she winked "Usually directed at me."

She went in search for her brother.

She found him hunched up on his bed, like he was a brooding teenager again.

She approached him and sat next to him on the bed.

"Hey."

"Hey."

"You know it'll be alright, right?"

Carter's eyes flashed. "Alright? Sadie, it's just like when we were kids. Their powers are too strong, too developing to be near each other. We-"

His voice broke. "Our family will have to break up again."

"No" Sadie said firmly "We won't. They'll learn to control it. Didn't we?"

"Yeah, when we were older. When we could understand it." Carter said. "You know what it was like when we were small."

Sadie's expression turned grim. Of course she remembered. They had been separated at such a young age. It had taken years for their relationship to fully recover from that.

"No" Sadie said again "We aren't putting them through that. Maybe our parents gave up. They took the easy way out. But we won't. We're Kanes. We don't back down from challenges. "

Carter smiled weakly. "I think you're a Stone, now."

Sadie huffed but she grinned. "Stones, too. Now will you please come down, you are acting like you are about fourteen years old."

Carter rolled his eyes and threw a pillow at her but he went downstairs with her anyway.

In the living room, Walt and Zia were keeping Julius and Alexandria occupied. Julius had a small blanket and they were teaching him how to play peek-a-boo. He laughed every time he got his cousin to react.

Sadie smiled at her brother. "You see what I mean?"

Carter grinned back. "I guess if we can do it..." he said tentatively "so can they."

A/N: I thought this was an important aspect to cover since it's directly said in the books it's hard to raise two powerful magicians together. Hope you liked it and thank you for reading/reviewing/ect.!