THE HOMECOMING

Author's Notes: …Moo. Oh gosh, I feel sorry bad about that suspense. Good thing I decided to group this chapter with "The Night", am I right? :) Anywho, sorry if this sounded weird...you tell me.

When Wander slipped out of the Mirror with a white, purified Noir, they gasped. His fur was spikier and darker, his eyes were inverted black with white pupils, and he had sharp nails.

Lenia approached him slowly. "Wander? Are you okay?"

Wander opened his mouth to talk but Lenia gasped and that annoyed him.

"What?"

"Your teeth! They're so sharp now!" Lenia said sadly.

Testing them out with his finger, Wander concluded that they were in fact sharp.

"Hmm, imagine that. Now, can we go?" He asked impatiently. He turned away, making his way back down across the canyon-like valley, completely ignoring his Hat and Hammer.

Lenia immediately burst into tears, Windy soon following her example, and Wood was soon comforting both of them.

Sylvia glared after Wander before turning to her friend.

"Lenia," She said simply. "Go hug your fiancé."

Lenia shook her head, one hand at her eye, the other hand at her stomach, on her bump.

"I don't want to. He's not my fiancé anymore." She sniffed.

Sylvia sighed and patted her back. "Sure he is. He's just been tainted by Noir's aura. But you can fix that with your aura. Bring him back and here and bring him to the Mirror."

Lenia only nodded, not sure what her friend meant and ran after her former lover.

"I don't want to!" Wander complain, the white pupils in his eyes turning red.

"I don't florping care anymore, Wander! Sylvia wants to show us something!" She said as she half-pulled, half-dragged him over to the Mirror again.

"Now," Sylvia said. "Try having Wander just touch it first while it's pure."

Unfortunately, that did nothing because the Mirror did not seem to be pure enough.

"Add your hand first, Lenia. That should balance it for Wander."

Lenia did that and once the light was as white as could be, Wander placed his hand reluctantly on the Mirror. However, when his hand met with the glass, he was pulled in.

"AHH!" He cried out as his whole body went through.

The other Stellarians gasped while Sylvian smiled.

"Wait for it." She said. "Three. Two. One."

Wander climbed out, good as new, back to normal.

"Me oh my, that was a wild ride! I never wanna do that again!" He smiled as Lenia hugged him.

"You're back to normal! You sacrificed yourself to save the galaxy, no, the universe from Noir, and ended up changing too! But you're okay now!" Tears once again leaked down her cheeks.

"Aww, Lenia, ya gotta stop cryin' so much! It hurts my heart when ya do that!"

Lenia screamed with joy before kissing him.

"So, you still his fiancé?" Sylvia asked.

Lenia nodded against the kiss.

Wander and the gang returned with all ten of the artifacts within the next week. Before that, they were able to contact Elder Lester and tell him the news. And Lenia was able to inform him that she had found her parents after all.

"I'm so glad. Please tell them I say hello and I wish them well."

Lenia nodded, but in reality, her parents were not too happy to hear that Lester was an elder after what had happened before.

Wander also informed Elder Morgan that he would marry Lenia shortly after they returned, but they would have to wait for reasons he did not want to tell the elder. Unfortunately, the elder guessed anyways but made a promise not to tell Wander's parents. He would let Wander do that. Good thing.

When they arrived, they were forced to land in a public area so they got applause. Unfortunately, by this time, Lenia's lower stomach had expanded some. Fortunately, she found a white cloak, which she used to cover her growing bump as she cross the path through the village to meet the elders and Wander's parents.

Barker was the first one to reach Wander as they reached Town Hall and he knelt down and hugged his son.

"Wander! Have you grown? I swear you've grown a few feet since you were last here! Why is she wearing that cloak?"

Wander shrugged. "I'll explain later, Pops."

Thankfully, Barker's attention was already elsewhere. "Windy! Wood!"

"Daddy!" Windy jumped into her father's arms while Wood walked into it. "Hey, Dad."

"Why is she wearing a cloak?"

Wood looked at Wander who shook his head fiercely.

"I'll let Wander explain later so you don't ruin the occasion."

Barker inhaled sharply and eyed his second son who had face-palmed.

But thankfully before Barker could start yelling, Elder Morgan appeared and began a speech.

"My Star People…it has been many eons since the Star Artifacts have been among us. Thanks to the heroic efforts of Wander and Lenia, and their families and friend, we can safely say they are with us again. We have also another pleasant surprise for you. After much consideration and possibly a little push from yours truly, I am proud to announce that Wander and Lenia are getting married soon."

There was an eruption of cheers as the crowd screamed, clapped, and whistled. Wander simply took off his Hat and pulled Lenia gently close to him.

Morgan continued, "I left the Stellarian Chosen One Rings in his possession and we shall see them on their fingers soon enough. Now, I bid you all goodnight."

Wander didn't want Lenia to go to her parents' old home, so after a little convincing from Lenia's parents that it was fine and that Wander would explain why it was fine, they exited the house, leaving Wander to take on the big sharks.

"Explain now, Wander. Why is she still wearin' that weird white cloak?" Barker demanded.

Wander took a deep breath and sighed. "She's…pregnant."

"Knew-it." Barker said so quickly it almost didn't register to Wander.

Wander twiddled his thumbs while he waited for the shouting to begin.

"Well, considering that announcement Morgan made taday, I assume yer waitin' till after the tyke's born ta get married."

Wander nodded.

There was a long pause.

"Yer not…mad, are ya?"

Barker sighed. "I just wish ya had waited a bit before doin' that. I mean, what were ya thinkin'?"

Wander shrugged. "That's just it…I wasn't thinkin'…straight, at least. She's just…so unbelievable…to me. She's helped me through a lot and I've saved her a bit too. I think I'm makin' the right choice by marryin' her. And the kid won't be too much of a hassle."

Barker raised a furry brow. "What if there's two?"

Wander looked up, startled. "Huh?!"

"What if she's havin' twins?" Barker asked slowly, leaning in.

Wander sighed, bit his lip, and then said. "Then I'll haveta be even better. And I will be! I'm sure of it."

There was a soft giggle from up the stairs. "Good, because I'm growing faster than even I thought I would be." Lenia said as she walked down.

She was right. Her stomach had definitely grown more and faster than Wander had expected.

Sitting next to her fiancé, she grabbed his hand, and placed it on her growing abdomen.

After about thirty to forty seconds, Wander jumped.

"I felt 'em. Two things, movin' around in…oh wow!"

Lenia smiled. "I think your dad is right. There are two in here. Call it a mother's intuition, but I think it'll be one like you, and one like me."

Wander smiled goofily as he envisioned it. "I hope one turns out as beautiful as you are."

Lenia blushed and giggled. "And hopefully one will be as sweet and have a lovely singing voice like you."

Wander blinked before smiling again and kissing her cheek.

"Wander can sing?" Barker mumbled aloud. "How come I never get to hear that?"

While Wander blushed, Lenia explained the bathroom situation. That is, until Lulu walked in and screamed when she saw Lenia's…condition.

"Quiet woman or you'll wake up the whole planet!" Barker growled.

Lulu clicked her tongue. "Why are you not fussing over this? She pregnant and they're not even married yet!"

Barker sighed. "Wander has already made a commitment to marry Lenia after the babies are born. So there's no need to fuss!"

"Excuse me, babies! As in more than one? Are there two in there by any chance?" Lulu inquired.

Barker motioned for them to get up to bed while he dealt with his crazy wife. Wander helped Lenia and the two got into his bed with the orange Stellarian's arm draped protectively around the pregnant Stellarian's midsection, both of them ready for some much-needed sleep.

A/N: …Lulu has issues. XD Can you tell? Hahaha!