Chapter 1: New Age
Shawn's POV
The best part of my life is…well, there are more now than when I started off. When one adventure ends, another begins; or so I've been told. I've had my share of excitement and I was finally ready to settle. And come on, if you've been brought into a secret organization that disappeared out of the blue, were then kidnapped to a world that wasn't your own and defeated a powerful enemy bent on destroying everything, wouldn't you want a little break?
Well, Natasha begs to differ with my opinion on this. If you don't know who she is, she was my partner at the organization I mentioned, she also was brought into the world I mentioned and now she and I have a new adventure a married couple…with children. This is one adventure she takes the blame for.
Don't worry; we waited until we finished college before we got too serious. Star and Nova, being animals in the literal sense, were ready to take on the responsibility of life together right after high school. And just like that, we were back to dealing with weirdness. And believe me our life got weirder from this point.
The cause of it was Clockwork, the keeper of time and Star and my honorary uncle. When he reset time from our last adventure, he erased everyone's memories; except for mine, Star's, Natasha's and Nova's. I forgot to mention one thing that might've been important, Star is a dog, Nova's a cat, and both of them have a strange power to become humans. Not sure how it works, but I digress.
That's important because we humans know that two different species can mate but can't have babies. Well, the myth has been busted by my voluntary sister and brother-in-law. So when Star went into labor, there was only one person we trusted to keep our secret: Dr. Beatrice Summers. Back in our original timeline, she was understanding and even got me out of a few jams. This time, she may have fainted, but she and her apprentice still helped us.
Her apprentice was thankfully Malaya, who I've adopted as another surrogate sister after her and her mother Lacey moved to town. Malaya and the doc didn't remember last time but they still did what they could. Malaya even gave the new species the title of PupKits. To keep our secret, Star had to give birth to her litter of six in her human form. And when we left the hospital that day, we left with seven babies.
That was also the day Natasha gave birth to our daughter, Natalia Note we named her. Another nine months later, our son Shane Lance was brought into the world; again Natasha's fault. Even having two kids, she still wanted more adventure. I on the other hand wanted to relax a bit. We set our career paths both for what we wanted and so we could still have time with our children.
In my last adventure, the events caught up to us and we ended up in court. That's where I met my judge and mentor, Sally Baker. She of course didn't remember me, but we formed a partnership before she passed her position to me upon her…passing. Police Chief Hawke became Natasha's mentor when she impressed him by solving a case they'd been trying to crack for years. The Glorriors became her team after they all passed the police academy. They went on to protect our town while I kept order.
And for the children, Nova and Star's children were the smartest bunch of babies I've ever seen. The PupKits all had the same figure, dog body, forepaws and face with a cat tail, ears and hind legs. There personalities made them each a force to be reckoned with.
Luna Adhara was their eldest child. She was white-ish grey with black spots on her paws, ear tips and tail. She had one blue eye like Star's normal form and the other green like Nova's normal form. Luna was curious about everything just like her mother, and knew when not to do something bad like her father. In our family, she was the intelligent one.
Izar Zaniah, nicknamed "Ziz", was the second-born. He was black with a white on his head and a spot on his back. He also sported his father's green eyes. Ziz was the main cause of destruction in the house. 75% of the time, if it was broken, it was Ziz. He was always up and about, even in his dreams he would move and howl. And trying to catch him, you'd have an easier time racing a Cheetah with Peregrine Falcon wings and a Sailfish dorsal fin. In short, he was the hyperactive one.
Vega Mira and Maia Venus were the twin, female middle children. Vega was metallic grey with white ears and tail tip, also having her father's green eyes. Venus had a reverse coloration, having white fur and metallic grey ears and tail tip with her mother's blue eyes. These girls were always up to something mischievous. Whether it was hiding Natasha's shoes before work or making objects "disappear" until they could be turned into something to trip over, they were the pranksters of the house.
Bellatrix Chara, who answered to "Bella" or "Trixy" and even "Char", was their fifth child. She was black like Ziz with white on her paws and had her mother's blue eyes. Bella inherited her mother's gift for making people do things they don't want to do. When her eyes opened wide, no one was safe from whatever she wanted. She's actually so good at persuasion that she became a walking ball. And because of these reasons, we've dubbed her the persuasive one.
Cosmos Atlas was the youngest PupKit. He was fully grey with white spots on his paws, ear tips and tail, while also having his sister Luna's heterochromatin coloration. He was the closest one the eldest of the siblings too. Cosmos was and introvert and was often peer-pressured by his siblings and cousins to do things he didn't want to. He was the innocent one, seeing as the mishaps didn't originate with him.
Now about my kids. Natalia was born with my eyes and straight hair, the rest was Natasha's. Natalia was fierce and determined which made her hard to give orders to. Unless she had an objection, she was cooperative. When she had and objection, run. Natalia gained my personal trait of thinking on her feet, which kept her out of trouble a lot of the time.
Shane was unique. He was very smart and saw the world for the wonder it is, which lead to him spacing out a lot as he got older. He had his mother's curly hair and eyes but was a chip of the old block. He seemed to really like animals, always looking at zoo books with me and making the sounds of animals. He was also a little rebellious against authority, which made him the challenger.
The night we brought Shane home, the dreams restarted. Slowly but surely, Nova, Natasha and Star began having them too. This sent us into parent-protection-and-pretension mode, with the worry growing that something was coming. Our children never stopped making it a challenge to keep us on our toes everyday since.
They were quiet, sneaking and trouble waiting to happen. And when Natalia and Shane learned to walk, nothing was safe. In fact, the higher we placed something, the more of them it took to reach and enjoy their new treasures. Hide and Seek with our positions was no better. They thought of it as a game, often times actually helping us find what we hid a while back. The main rule of the house was if it exists, the baby would want it. And if it was in the baby's hands, it was in teething qualifications.
One thing that made me laugh was that my children were more animalistic than my nieces and nephews. Shane for instance would carry his cousins like a horse while being a little too close to the stairs, until Star or I would grab them. Natalia would play-fight with her cousins and soon took her spot as the alpha of the house. Her cousins respected this, giving her special privileges that she graciously.
Sad thing is, my bright baby girl regressed to becoming feral to keep her title whenever a problem struck. One rough fight with her brother later, Natasha wasn't happy with our children acting like animals. The four of us, as their parents, had to discuss how we were going to keep raising them.
The dream was like a wake up call for us, and we took it as a sign that we had to stay out of this one 'less have a repeat of our Ooaa/Earth adventures. We all thought it best to have our children act like their species. It also meant keeping the secret of Ooaa, Vöróurs, Power Stones and just all abnormalities altogether. To protect them, it meant we had to lie to them. So from then, Nova and Star never talked in front of our kids and we never told the children about any of that. Not a day went by that I don't wonder if we did the right thing.
Parenting was harder than I gave it credit for, and I raised a group of teenagers before hand.
No One's POV
"Another day down," the entity smiled wickedly.
"Why are you smiling," the Ice Spirit of the Crown asked. "As far as I'm concerned, you're not getting loose again."
"Even you're magic has its limits. My time in Ooaa will come again very soon."
"You will never be free again. I will do everything in my power to prevent it from happening, Ice Lord."
"Good luck," the imprisoned spirit's eyes flashed blue.
A/N:
Clockwork: Remember the part from Into the Wormhole when the Ice Spirits mentioned the Ice Lord?
Teller17-djb: Well look who finally joins the party.
Brenda: You two are like Bunnymund and Pixar with your Easter Egg usage.
Teller17-djb: Funny thing is, no one but Father Time plans them.
Clockwork: Because I have to keep timeline order here.
Teller17-djb: Whatever. Off with you now readers! Go to the movies and watch Big Hero 6! Who knows, we might even see you there.
Teller17-djb, Clockwork & Brenda: Sien ya rondom!
Teller17-djb: That was Afrikaans too.
