A/N: This Chapter is because Lady Kato gave me the idea to make Mathayus a father. I hope you like it!

"Calm down Cassandra. I'm fine. Everything is going to be fine!" said Alani. "My aunt had seven children and she was perfectly fine."

"I just have a bad feeling about this," she said.

Alani rolled her eyes as she stood up from her bed. She was close to delivering her first child. She and Mathayus couldn't have been happier, but Cassandra had been on pins and needles for the last month. Alani touched her friends arm in reassurance. Cassandra smiled before her eyes went unfocused.

"Cassandra?" said Alani. "What is it? What did you see?"

Cassandra looked at her friend before she ran from the room. She had to find Mathayus and quickly. Cassandra found him in the throne room talking to one of his generals. Mathayus looked up at her immediately and saw the distress on her face. He immediately dismissed the general.

"What's wrong?! Is it Alani? Is it the baby?!" he asked her.

"I have very bad news," she said. "Alani and the baby are fine, for now."

"What do you mean, for now?" asked Mathayus.

"I had a vision of her and the child," said Cassandra. "IF she has this baby she will not make it, Mathayus."

Mathayus took a deep breath. "She will be fine, Cassandra.

"I've seen it Mathayus! Alani will die if she has that baby!" shouted Cassandra trying to get him to see her side of things.

"You also said you saw Memnon kill me," said Mathayus. "And Memnon is dead and I am still here. Alani will be fine."

Cassandra sighed. She wasn't going to be able to convince him otherwise. She was fixing to leave when a woman came running into the throne room.

"It's time!" she shouted before running out.

Mathayus and Cassandra ran from the room to Alani's room. Mathayus went to enter and was shooed away from the door. Cassandra slipped in behind one of the midwives and over to Alani's side.

Alani looked up when she felt a hand on her head. It was Cassandra. She smiled at her friend but didn't have the energy to do anything else. The midwives were running around trying to get everything they needed. Cassandra tried to keep and indifferent look on her face during the whole process, but that didn't happen. Not long after that things started to go south. Mathayus was pushed farther away from the room so he didn't over hear anything.

"What's wrong?" asked Alani weakly.

"N-nothing dear," said one of the women. "You just relax."

"Where is my baby?" she asked.

"She is being cleaned. You will see her in a minute," said the woman.

"Her? It's a girl?" she said with a smile.

"Yes, it is."

Cassandra smiled at her friend but couldn't help the tear that slid down her face. She knew the outcome of this happy story and it doesn't have a happy ending.

"What's wrong, Cass?" asked Alani. "Aren't you happy?"

"I'm very happy for you," she said.

"Why did you run out of here so quickly earlier?" asked Alani.

"It's nothing I want to worry you about," said Cassandra.

"You had a vision. I know the looks you get on your face when you have them," said Alani. "And this one wasn't a good one. Now tell me what it was."

"I don't think…" said Cassandra.

"Tell me!" said Alani. "If it has to do with the kingdom, I deserve to know," she said. "I'm Mathayus' wife which means I'm a queen."

"Are you ordering me, your highness?" asked Cassandra with a bit of bite to her words.

Alani sighed. "I would never do that to you Cass, you're my friends. But whatever you can tell Mathayus you can tell me. Please?"

Cassandra sighed. "I saw this."

"You knew it was a girl and you didn't tell me!?"

"No, I didn't. What I saw was not a happy moment," said Cassandra.

"Wh-what did you see?"

"You, in bed, and Mathayus crying next to you," she said.

"He could've been crying because he was happy," said Alani.

"No, he wasn't," said Cassandra.

Before Cassandra could say anymore one of the women told her she had to leave. She was escorted from the room. She saw Mathayus standing at the far end of the hallway. When he saw Cassandra he practically ran to her.

"What is it? Is it a boy?" he asked.

"It's a girl," she said.

"Can I go see her?" he asked.

"I don't think so. They pushed me out of the room.

Mathayus looked back at the doors. He let go of Cassandra's shoulders and walked to the doors. He banged on them until someone opened it. The girl standing in front of Mathayus was a petite thing. She was probably a midwife in training and she looked terrified. Mathayus softened his demeanor before he spoke.

'I want to see my wife," he said.

"Marinda said no one is allowed in," said the girl. "Not even you sire," she added quietly.

"Step aside," he said.

The girl did as she was told and opened the door with her. The old woman who had dismissed Cassandra was blocking Mathayus' view of his wife. It only took a few moments before she turned around to face him.

"You're a stubborn one, you are," she said with her hands on her hips. "Couldn't wait until we came and got you. I suppose you know it's a girl as well,"

Mathayus nodded.

"If you had waited another minute or two I would've sent Marla out to fetch you," said Marinda.

"Then why did you have Cassandra leave?" he asked.

"There were slight complications that could've gone really bad," she said. "But your wife is perfectly fine now."

The old woman stepped away from the bed so he could see Alani. She was pale but it seemed her color was coming back, slowly. He walked over to her and looked at the bundle in her arms. Staring back at him were his eyes. He smiled and kissed Alani's forehead.

"What did you name her?" he asked.

"Layla," she said smiling.

Mathayus smiled at the meaning behind the name.

"I know you wanted a boy," started Alani

"This is much better," he said with a smile.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed this. I'm currently working on a Criss Angel/Carrot Top story...I promise that i will start working on my unfinished stories again, the plot bunnies just have to get moving with those. Until then! ~Kat