a/n: Last chapter I said, A few weeks later, I'm so sorry, I meant days..opps. Since Mary was born on December 10 and the last chapter took place December 14-ish, they have 11 days before Christmas, so, only 11 days to prepare, meaning, 11 fluffy moments! I'll be posting it in 2 parts.
Chapter 26 - Christmas Part 1
Part 1 - The Tree (Day 1) MJ age: 5 days
Since Mary-Joan had came into the world, the Grayson family had been a bit behind on the Christmas traditions, but now that Christmas 8 days away, it was time to start.
Dick had Conner to help him carry their Christmas tree from last year down.
"Thanks Conner." Dick said to the clone.
Conner nodded, "No problem. Come on Megan,"
"Coming!" Megan replied as she held Cece's hand. "Say bye to Auntie Zee and Uncle Dick, Cece."
"Bu-Bye," Cece said cheerfully as she waved with the hand that was being held by her mom. Zatanna smiled as she held Mary-Joan in her hands.
"So, Zee, can we start decorating?" Dick asked as he watched through the window to see if Megan and Conner made it through the snow covered driveway.
"Yep!" Zee said. "ekam eht stnemanro reappa" (Make the ornaments appear) a large brown box full of different ornaments appeared on the floor infront of them.
"Zee, y-you did a spell!" Dick said.
Zatanna looked down, "Woah, I guess I did." She chuckled as Dick ran up to hug her, making sure not to crush Mary-Joan. "Do you think I should take off the bracelet?" Zatanna asked Dick.
Dick shook his head, "I think I'd keep it on, just as a precaution."
Zatanna nodded, recalling what happened to Dick, she didn't want to hurt Mary-Joan.
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"Finished!" Zatanna said in awe. She looked at the tree.
"Wait." Dick said. He dug into his pocket and took out a robin shaped ornament. The Robin had a small collar that read "Mary-Joan's first Christmas" and it had a picture of Mary-Joan on it.
Zatanna smiled and went to get Mary from her spot on the couch. The 'strawberry top' raven haired girl stirred in her sleep, and both Dick and Zatanna put the ornament on the tree.
Part 2 - Magic Disasters (Day 2) ~don't worry this is all fluff/MJ AGE: 6 days
Little Mary-Joan, now 5 days old, and now a magical ninja?
It all started when Zatanna, Dick, and, of course, Mary-Joan were watching t.v, well Dick and Zee were. They thought Mary-Joan was sleeping in Dick's arms...they thought.
"So, she's not a homo-magi?" Dick asked casually.
Zatanna shook her head, "I mean, I can't sense anything..." She replied. "But it could be possible. I remember that my emotions controlled my powers, my dad said that when I cried, things would go as insane as possible, when I was little." Zee laughed.
Then it happened, a sneeze. A small, cute sneeze.
"Awe, she sneezed Dick." Zatanna cooed, she was so focused on Mary-Joan, she didn't noticed the couch lifting off the ground...
"Zee..." Dick said, his eyes wide.
"She sneezed Dick! I should have recorded it, awe I missed it." Zatanna babbled.
"Zeeeeee..." Dick said, his voice growing louder as the Couch lifted higher.
"Yeah?"
"We're not on the ground."
"What?" Zatanna asked, she looked to see her feet dangling off the couch and noticed they were a good 5 feet above the air, thank goodness for their high ceiling.
"So, still think she isn't a homo-magi?" Dick smriked.
"Oh, be quiet." Zatanna huffed, "gnirb eht hcuoc nwod" (bring the couch down)
The couch slowly began to float down toward the ground.
Dick and Zatanna both looked at Mary-Joan, and as her little nose scrunched up, they were startled.
"Not again, not again..." Dick mumbled as he grabbed Mary-Joan and got off the couch with Zatanna not far behind.
Mary-Joan sneezed, and this time, she was the only thing that went up.
Dick jumped up and grabbed her, but he missed. Zatanna tried as well, and also missed.
"etativel su" She chanted. (Levitate us)
She and Dick slowly started to levitate toward Mary-Joan, but just as they got close, Mary-Joan sneezed again pushing her higher up.
"Etativel su" Zatanna chanted again. "Grab her Dick!" She exclaimed as she saw Mary-Joan floating toward Dick. Dick was able to gently grab Mary-Joan. " gnirb su nwod" (Bring us down)
"How do you make her stop sneezing?" Dick huffed, obviously tired.
"Ummm...maybe...ekam em a ypoc fo ym telecarb" Zatanna mumbled. (make me a copy of my bracelet) An exact copy of the bracelet appeared in Zatanna's hand. "knirhs" She chanted.(Shrink)
She handed the bracelet to Dick, who placed it on Mary-Joan's arm.
That day, nothing else levitated.
Part 3 - Burps (Day 3) MJ age: 7 days
"I would have died to see the day Bruce Wayne carried a baby...given there was Helena, but this isn't his kid. Oh my, now he's actually playing with the baby. Cassie, catch me I think I'm gonna faint." Tim said dramatically as he entered the Wayne living room.
"Oh, Master Timothy..." Alfred said shaking his head back and forth.
"You seem to forget who's in charge of your training..." Bruce smirked as he looked down to Mary-Joan who opened her eyes for her Grandpa.
"Training?" Tim scoffed. "I'm the 3rd Boy Wonder, I don't need training."
"I've seen you try crime fighting again, yesterday...you need training." Damian said.
"Dami's right, Timmy. You stink. I think I'm better." Helena said.
"You probably are, Lena." Cassie and Dick said in union.
Everyone laughed as Tim crossed his hands and started to pout.
"This is great." Zatanna sighed quietly to Dick as she rested her head against his shoulder. "Everyone home. Being...a normal family instead of a super-powered one."
Everyone silently nodded.
Then a sound broke the comfortable silence...a burp. Small, little, and barely there, but there.
Helena was the first to laugh and everyone joined in. Yep, that's their family.
Part 4 - Young Love (Day 4) MJ age: 8 days
"Hey, Arty!" Zatanna said as she had trouble fitting the baby carrier into the door. Artemis laughed as she went to help her. "Thanks." Zatanna mumbled as she handed the carrier to Artemis. "So, have you guys learned the gender of the second West child?"
"Yeah, but we're keeping it a secret." Artemis smirked.
"Seeing how you didn't explode, I don't think it's a boy, so not another Wally Jr." Zatanna laughed.
"Okay, Okay, you got me, it's a girl!" Artemis shrieked.
A small cry was herd as a young Jai walked into the room. (If I didn't mention, he learned how to walk already. ;))
"Jai, you awake bud?" Artemis asked putting the baby carrier down and picking Mary-Joan out of it. Jai slowly nodded.
"Awe, Jai, you're such a cutie! Come here, I missed you!" Zatanna said as she walked up to Jai. Jai looked behind Zatanna to see that his mom was carrying another baby. He pointed to Artemis.
"Mwy Mwammy." Jai pouted.
Zatanna laughed, "Yeah, that is your mommy, Jai. That's my baby."
Artemis lead everyone back over to the living room. Artemis sat down still holding 8 day old Mary-Joan and Jai sat in Zatanna's lap.
"Jai, this is Mary-Joan, Auntie Z and Uncle D's baby. Say hi." Artemis said gently. Mary-Joan opened her grey-blue eyes and yawned.
Jai sheepishly waved to Mary-Joan.
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As Zatanna finished buckling Mary-Joan in her car seat, she noticed that she had left her purse in the new nursery that they had spent time looking at.
Artemis was in the bathroom and Mary-Joan was alseep, so Zatanna knelt down to Jai's level. "Jai, Auntie Zee is going to be right back, you watch Mary-J. for me okay?" Jai nodded and Zatanna sprinted toward the stairs.
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Zatanna and Artemis came back and saw that Jai was sitting right next to Mary-Joan, barely blinking, staring at the little baby as if she would walk away. "Thank you Jai, you're going to be a great big brother some day." Zatanna hugged him.
Just as Zatanna was about to walk out the door, Jai walked up and gave Mary-Joan a little peck on the cheek. Zatanna and Artemis shared a look and they both smiled at each other and Zatanna waved bye.
Part 5 - Graysons
"Zatanna, are you sure it's okay for her to be out here. It's really cold. Especially here in Gotham." Dick said as he made sure to cover up Mary-Joan, who was sleeping soundly next to Zatanna's chest covered in a warm fleece blanket.
"Yes, Dick, she's practically wearing her size in clothing, plus the warmest blanket in the world. We're not going to stay long. Just long enough." Zatanna explained. "I want the whole family to be here. For you and for them." Zatanna said looking at the grave stones of Mary and John Grayson.
"H-Hi, mom and dad." Dick whispered. "Uh..."
Seeing Dick was uncomfortable Zatanna spoke up. "Hi Mrs. and Mr. Grayson. I, well, we wanted to introduce you to Mary-Joan Sindella Grayson. Uh, Mary for you, Mrs. Grayson..."
"Joan for John, for you, dad, and Zatanna's dad." Dick said, slowly tearing up. Zatanna put a hand on his shoulder.
"Sindella's my mom. She passes away too, and uh, maybe if you guys see her...say hey." Zatanna said. "We just wanted you guys to meet your granddaughter, we'll...visit soon. Bye...mom and dad." Zatanna said softly.
Zatanna placed the roses that she brought on the graves and left for the car.
"Bye Mom bye dad. We'll be back soon." Dick said quietly.
Okay, so sorry it took so long. And sorry Part 5 was really sad I just needed to put that in there. Please review and part 2 will be up shortly.