A few more months had passed and Grell was just about fit to burst. Infact, she was a week late, so ofcourse she was worried. Ronald was just as worried, but he was the calm one in this situation, so he suggested she should go see the doctor again and ask some questions. After running a few tests, Doctor Harvey turned back to Grell who was sat on the examination table with her tummy bare. Ronald was sat next to her in a wooden chair as he held onto her hand.
"So what's going on, Doc?" He asked, giving the red heads hand a small squeeze. Doctor Harvey shook his head with a smile.
"Oh it's nothing to worry about." He said calmly, wiping his newly washed hands with a towel. "Sometimes births take a little longer than usual, its perfectly normal. But I suggest Grell doesn't do any strenuous work or have too much stress." Grell gave a sigh of releif, putting her free hand on her tummy and rubbing it gently.
"Oh trust me, I am not planning on doing anything until these babies are born." She said seriously, completely intent on doing just that. Just walking from their home to the Doctor's surgery was exhausting, she was carrying two babies afterall. Luckily, Ronald was smart and kind enough to rush off and find a wheelchair once they reached the Dispatch. He didn't expect Grell to walk around so much when she was this close to giving birth. The Doctor nodded his head before sitting behind his desk, entwining his fingers together with a sigh.
"Good." He said, leaning back in the chair. "Now I have a question for you..." Grell pulled her shirt back down to cover her tummy, sitting up slowly with the help of Ronald. She raised an eyebrow at the mention of a question and turned to the Doctor.
"Oh? What is it?" She asked.
"Why do I keep hearing I am dating Mr Spears?" He replied in question, tilting his head. "Because it's news to me." Grell instantly began to giggle.
"Oh Doctor Harvey!" She sniggered with a flick of her hand. "Not you, the other Harvey! Harvey Dunwich~ I suppose that's the trouble with two people named Harvey in the same building."
"Harvey Dunwich?" Doctor Harvey blinked, the news catching him offguard. "Well I didn't expect that..."
"Neither did we." Both Ronald and Grell replied.
"But they are really happy." The blond added. "I think William is even thinking of asking Harvey to move in with him." Grell blinked in shock at hearing that.
"Eh?!" She gasped, looking up at Ronald questioningly, a bright smile creeping to her lips. "How do you know that?"
"He came to me for advice." He replied with an innocent shrug of his shoulders. Infact, Ronald had walked in on William practicing his proposal to a hat rack in his office, so ofcourse to stop Ronald thinking his Superior had gone completely crazy, William had to explain why he was doing such a thing. Spears would never had asked his younger co-worker for advice, but considering Ronald was happily living with Grell and expecting twins, he was probably the best person to ask. It was either he ask Ronald or Eric. Eric would tease and taunt him instead of giving some proper advice so Ronald was the only person he could ask. Not to mention Eric was infuriatingly smug when it came to the subject of him and Harvey because he saw himself as the one who got them together.
Grell began to pout at Ronald's answer, folding her arms with difficulty. The baby bump was ofcourse making the simplest tasks difficult, including folding her arms. The red head couldn't understand why William came to Ronald for advice when he could have asked her. But ofcourse, Grell wouldn't have been the best choice either, she would be squealing and giggling so much that William wouldn't even get a word in.
"He could have asked me..." She mumbled grumpilly, making Ronald chuckle lightly and kissed her head.
"I was the only person around at the time..." He explained, wrapping an arm around her. "Now let's get you back home?" Grell sighed deeply and nodded slowly.
"Alright, Ronnie..." She replied softly, moving to get off the table and sit herself down in the wheelchair, there was no way she was walking all the way home afterall.
~X~X~X~
Meanwhile in the forest where the Witch lived, William led his small group of Shinigami who were appointed to track her down. Even though they had only been searching a few months, it felt like half a century to them. In all this time, they had gotten nowhere. The witch had gone into hiding, as if she knew she'd been found out. This, ofcourse frustrated William. He didn't want to be fritter away his time searching for her, he had much more important things to do, like paperwork which he was sure would be piled to the roof by now and the longer they lingered, the higher the pile would become. Just the thought made him shudder. As he gave a light groan and adjusted his glasses, he looked around at his fellow reapers, inspecting what they were doing.
"Have we made any progress?" He asked bluntly. "Or are we doomed to waste even more time dillydallying in this forest?" He did'nt get a reply, all he got were stares and awkward looks, probably all hoping he didn't adress them personally. Moments passed before William finally gave in and turned away from the group, groaning in annoyance. He then wandered off a small distance away from them to cool down, he was pretty sure if he didn't, he would blow a gasket. "Honestly, this is ridiculous..." He thought to himself, staring up at the sky as he tried to think of something that would help.
"W-William?" A faint voice called from behind him, making him turn his head to look at who was calling him. It was Harvey. Just seeing the boy stood there looking concerned and nervous, made his heart ache and caused a twinge of guilt to hit him. "Don't get too stressed okay?" The boy said softly, smiling faintly at the taller male. "We'll find something soon..." William let out a soft sigh and moved to wrap an arm around him affectionately.
"I know..." William murmured softly, pressing a kiss to the boy's forehead. He would never be so affectionate in public, so being alone like this out of sight of the others gave him a chance to comfort the one he loved. "I'm just so fed up of being in this hideous place." Harvey looked up at William, biting his lip with a nod.
"Me too." He replied quietly, shifting a little closer to him and hugging his waist. "But atleast the higher ups let me go with you?" He added, trying to cheer his lover up. The dark haired reaper smile faintly, nodding head in agreement.
"True..." Came his reply as he held onto the brunette a little tighter. A couple of minutes passed by, both just enjoying the embrace until Harvey broke the silence, pecking William's cheek before he spoke.
"Oh and William...?" He called.
"Yes, Harvey?" William replied, looking down at him.
"I found a few empty bottles on the old hags shelf." He began, pulling out one of the bottles from his jacket pocket. "Like this one. So I went through her spell book and found a recipe for a potion which consisted of all the empty bottle on the shelf." William was taken aback by Harvey's discovery, raising an eyebrow in question as he listened to him.
"And what was the potion?" The raven haired reaper asked.
"It was a shape shifting potion like the one Sebastian found a few months ago. The instructions said if you added the hair of another being and a drop of their blood to the potion, you could drink it and take their form, successfully disguising yourself as that person. It seems like the Witch made a new batch recently."
"Good observation, my love." William praised, smirking at him. Sometimes, he didn't know what he did to deserve someone as special as Harvey. He always seemed to surprise him with how clever and quick thinking he was. "But we don't know who-"
"Oh i've found that out too!" Harvey chimed proudly. "Do you remember the child you found murdered near the gates to Buckingham Palace a month ago?"
"You mean Anna White?" William nodded. "Vaguely, yes."
"Well I found two bottles that were thrown underneath that cauldron, which really needs cleaning by the way. In one bottle was few blond hairs and in the other were a few droplets of blood. I got Sebastian to examine it and he told me that they both belonged to a young child named-"
"Anna White!" William gasped before Harvey could finish. The brunette nodded with a small wink.
"Exactly." He chimed. "So our missing Witch is running around in the form of a little blond girl with pigtails~ All we have to do is use a picture of the girl and we will find her."
"Harvey, you're a genius!" William announced before pecking his lips. "Let's go and inform the others of what you know."
~X~X~X~
Around five miles away from the city of London, an elderly farmers wife found a small child wandering the fields with what seemed to be a injured head. The young girl seemed to be distraught and exhausted, so she brought her back to her cottage. The owner of the, Farmer Oakes ofcourse allowed his wife to let the young girl come into their home so they could tend to her wound.
As Farmer Oakes sat the child on the sofa near the fire, head bandaged up, Agatha, the farmers wife brought in a warm cup of tea for her.
"Here you go, hun." Agatha said, handing the cup carefully to the girl. "You must have been freezing..."
"Th-thank you..." The child stuttered out before taking a sip of the tea given to her. Agatha sat down next to her, letting out a small sigh.
"Do you have any family?" She asked softly. "Did you run away?" The girl shook her head, sniffling.
"Mother and father died in an accident..." She mumbled sadly. "I am all alone..." The elderly woman frowned and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Aww sweetie..." She sighed sadly. "Well you are welcome to stay with us. I'm Agatha and this is my husband Pete." Farmer Oakes nodded in agreement. The young girl looked up at the pair before smiling faintly and replying...
"I-I'm Anna..."
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Oh boy~ Even more characters! Tell me what you guys think! What is Harvey like?
