It's been a while since I've updated this :3 I can totally see Luzien doing this.


Oh Crap

"Five little monsters running in the shop. T-r-o-u-b-l-e..."

"We're not trouble!" three voices shrieked in response.

"Hey, you can spell trouble," Luzien laughed and ruffled his oldest daughter's hair. She immediately growled and swatted his hand away. "Be nice to your dear old dad, Fallon." The tawny haired eight year old sighed. Luzien then felt someone tap his shoulder.

The shopkeeper didn't look very pleased when the priest turned to face him. "Sir? Could you please control your kids? They're climbing on things they shouldn't and are disrupting customers. If they break or damage something, you'll have to pay for it."

"Oh fine...kids, we're leaving! Roll call!" he called to his beloved little hellions. "Fallon!"

"I'm right in front of you, Dad," she reminded him.

"Oh right. Ruya!" A green eyed seven year old with a mischievous expression skipped over and stood next to Fallon and gave her father a thumbs up. "Raine!"

"Shh! Be quiet, Daddy," she urged as she stood next to Luzien and tugged on his robe. The five year old was very muh like her mother. She was far too grown up for her age.

"Isabel is right here," he said to the one year old in his arms. The toddler giggled and tugged on her father's hair. Luzien winced and brought his free hand up to stop her from pulling. "Ooow, nooo baby." Once he had detached her from his hair, he looked at the three girls who had lined up in front of him. "One, two, three, Isa makes four...wait--there should be five. Someone's missing in action."

"Avery," Fallon informed him. The girls glanced around the shop and shrugged. Avery was nowhere in sight.

Luzien walked around the shop but saw no sign of the three year old. He received a few disapproving looks from other customers but he tried to ignore them. He never claimed to be a great baby-sitter. "Oh crap...I lost one. Girls, we need to find your brother before mommy finds out that daddy lost him."

"What'll happen to Daddy if Mommy finds out?" Ruya asked. Luzien laughed nervously but didn't give her an answer. He nudged the girls out of the shop and looked desperately around the plaza for any sign of his son. Not only would Luzien be in trouble with his wife, Avery was notorius for being in trouble. In fact, Angela dreaded the days when he was old enough to go somewhere without his parents.

The crowded plaza made Luzien even more nervous. How in all hell was he supposed to find a three year old amongst this sea of people? He wished he was in Payon about now. It was far less busy and not so big. He needed help. "Fall, hold my hand and Ruya's hand. Ruya, hold Raine's hand. We're going to go see Kaeru." He pushed his way through the noisy crowd toward the western side of the city.

Twenty minutes later they finally approached the right house. He stopped momentarily to make sure he didn't lose one of his daughters. Check, check, check and check. He bound up the steps and strode through the door. "Kae? Kaaaae?"

"In the kitchen!" he heard the wizard's voice. As he reached the kitchen, the three older girls detached from their father and pounced on Kaeru in a fit of squeals and laughter. Mira was leaning against the counter waved to the high priest. "Oof, hi girls," Kaeru grinned. "I wasn't expecting all of you for a few more hours and you're never on time."

"Where's number five?" Mira asked as she noticed the children to be one short. Luzien cleared his throat and looked to Kaeru. In that moment, both wizards knew exactly why the priest was early. "You didn't..." she trailed off in disbelief.

"Daddy lost Avery," Raine said for her dad. The other two girls nodded in agreement.

"Umm...what she said. I was over in the plaza shopping for about an hour and then we were told to leave because the shop keeper doesn't like kids with free spirits obviously, but Avery is...somewhere...that isn't here...or there. Help meeee," Luzien groaned. The two wizards looked at one another with exasperated expressions.

"Okay Luz." Kaeru took Ruya and Fallon's hands and gestured for them to follow him out. Mira took charge of Raine and left Isabel in Luzien's hands. "Mira and I can go back to the Plaza. You look down the street. Try not to lose Isa too."

Luzien saluted the high wizard and gave him a grateful grin. "Good man, Kae. Let's go Isa!" Believe it or not, Luzien was actually more worried than he let on. It wasn't just his impending punishment either. Anything could have happened to Avery and that alone made his stomach turn. He could only hope for the best and ignore the worst.

He and Isa went back into the busy street and wandered the opposite way of Mira and Kaeru. They weren't sure just how long Avery had been missing. If he wandered off, he could have gotten quite far. Then, an idea popped into his head. Maybe he should visit the west Prontera kafra. They were often the first to be alerted of such things.

She wasn't too far off at least. As he and his youngest daughter reached the kafra, he stopped suddenly. There were two contributing factors for his sudden halt. One was the death glare of his lovely Robin, the west Prontera Kafra. Two, was the three year old behind her. It was Avery. What the toddler did next both startled and amazed Luzien.

The three year old curiously trotted up to the kafra, grabbed the hem of her brown skirt. He didn't pull, he simply lifted and peered underneath. Robin's expression quickly went from angry to surprised as she whirled around to see Avery.

"That's my boy!" Luzien laughed as all worry was forgotten.

"They let you breed?" the kafra asked in a horrified voice. She couldn't imagine two of him running around Midgard.

"Yep. Come over here, kid. You almost got me in trouble." He ruffled the boys hair as he approached. At least the boy hadn't done anything worse than peep. He was so proud.

"Oh don't worry, you are in trouble."

"Oh crap." He didn't think Angela would be back so soon. He slowly turned around to see his darling and very angry wife standing before him.

"I can't believe he just did that." She had no idea what to do with Luzien and a mini Luzien. She had prayed and prayed that Avery would not be like his father but here he was, looking under a kafra's dress.

"Well, he is my son after all." Without hesitation, Angela grabbed the high priest's ear and Avery's hand and led them back through the street. "Owww, Angela! We--ouch--found him, right?" Needless to say, he was in for serious punishment.