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Judith ran up to Ares, Hamnet close behind her.
"Father, hurry up! I want to go see Aunt Maggie and Uncle Hazard!" Hamnet called behind his back. Gregor walked up, laughing.
"Right, right." He said.
"You only need to say it once, Father!" Judith said cheerfully, jumping onto Ares.
"Yeah. Right." He amended, mounting Ares. The bat laughed.
"Listen to your daughter, Gregor. You can learn some grammar from her," he said. Gregor huffed, but didn't say anything.
Luxa walked out. Or rather, a stately waddle. She was very, very close to having a child.
"Take your time," she said, giving her children a kiss, then turning to Gregor. "Don't die."
"Ouch," he muttered. "No respect. No love. Nothing." Luxa laughed and gave her husband a kiss.
"Better?" She asked. Gregor thought about it for a second, then kissed her again.
"Now I am," he said cheerfully.
"Get a room, you two," a voice called from behind them. The family turned and saw Howard walking up. Both kids leapt from Ares back, and ran over to their uncle.
"Uncle Howard!" They both tackled the man, who collapsed.
"Gah! Get off, you little monsters!" He laughed, waving his arms and legs, one child clamped onto his right arm, the other clamped on his leg.
Gregor laughed. "Come on, you two. Get off the man, before I leave you two behind." Both kids jumped off of Howard and ran back to Ares and Gregor. "Howard, you stop distracting my children."
Howard chuckled, and said, "Give everyone my best." Gregor nodded, and Ares finally lifted off, flying towards the Colony, which was now called "Amestria".
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Ares coasted into Central Square, and both children jumped off and ran into their teenage aunt's arms. "Aunt Maggie!"
The young woman laughed, and her fiancée, Hazard, walked up from the Palace. "What? No hugs for me?" He said, grinning.
The children pounced on Hazard with a screech. "Uncle Hazard!" The man tumbled over.
"Wow! You are all getting very grown-up! And heavy!" He laughed. Apollo fluttered up.
"Greetings all," he said. They all greeted back cheerfully, and Lyra and Noah walked up, carrying a huge basket of…
"Apples!" Judith said happily. She grabbed one with a "thank you" and crunched down into it. Hamnet followed suit.
Henry and Chloe landed, also carrying a large woven basket. "These are for Regalia," said Henry. "Do not give any to Solovet. She'll taste them and probably start a war over them." Gregor laughed. "Any why are these delicious apples here, Queen Margaret?" Henry asked, looking slyly at Boots, who blushed.
"Because…" she muttered. Henry watched, his eyebrow raised questioningly. "Because of your plan…" Henry grinned. Boots sighed reluctantly and said, "You were right, Henry."
"You were right Henry." Henry said, beaming. "That means so, so much, coming from you." Boots hissed.
Judith ran up and asked, "Is there any way we can help, Miss Lyra?" The Halflander smiled.
"We need help with the harvest. Would you like to help with that?" She asked pleasantly.
"Ye-es!" Judith said happily, and jumped on Ares' back. "Onward, my friend! To the harvest place!" Gregor laughed, picked up his son, and jumped on behind Judith. Ares flew to a huge plain filled with uniformly spaced trees, which were littered with golden apples.
As they landed, they heard a girl yell, "No! Apollo, stop!" They all looked, and saw a little girl standing in front of a huge basket filled with apples. Apollo was trying to get past her.
"Oh, come one, Ena! There are so many! Just one?" Apollo whined.
"You have already had 'just one'! Now get back!" Ena snapped. Apollo, with a wounded look, snaked his wing around the little girl and snagged a particularly ripe, yummy looking apple.
"OH!" Shrieked Judith. She leapt off of Ares back, ran over to Apollo, and yanked the apple from his claw. "NO! Bad! Wrong! Badong!" She babbled. Gregor walked over to her, and pulled the apple out of the little girl's hand.
"Sorry about that…" he muttered, holding back his six year old, who was practically frothing at the mouth.
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As Judith, who eventually calmed down, Hamnet, and Ares flew around, collecting apples, Gregor, Henry, Boots and Lyra all sat underneath a tree and talked.
"So," started Gregor. "What's happening with the Gnawers?"
"Sliverclaw was elected to be Queen." Boots replied, helping herself to an apple. Gregor looked confused.
"I didn't know you could use 'elected' and 'Queen' in the same sentence," he said.
"But that is not all," Lyra said excitedly. "She and Ripred are together now! He is king! And they have a pup!" This whole sentence caused Gregor's jaw to drop.
"Silverclaw? And Ripred? A PUP?!" He stammered. Lyra laughed.
"Yes, hard to believe, eh? The pup is called "Slivershard." She said. "No doubt Judith and Hamnet will meet her soon."
Boots cut in. "So, how is Luxa and Aurora?" Gregor blushed.
"Luxa's pregnant again," he said. "She's pretty far along. And Aurora is with child too. With Ares." The girls all had a chorus of "Awww." Henry looked rather embarrassed.
Chloe, who was sitting close by, said softly, "I think we have all turned out okay, you know. I think everything's going to be okay."
Gregor blinked, then turned and looked at his twins. "Yeah," he said with a smile. "Everything turned out okay."
And, by the words for David Eddings...
"And so, my children, this tale is over. There will be others, but for this on, it is the end."
If any of you have any questions, about me or the plotholes, or what happened to the other characters, ask. I shall reply!
Thank you all, again. My next story will be "Judith the Halflander". Tune in!