Rolling fields surround him, birds sing above as butterflies dance around him. "Beautiful, no?" A gentle voice asks from a nearby tree. "It's a bit of heaven that I've grown very fond of." Her long brown hair flows freely down her back with a bit falling into her sharp blue eyes. "It's where your father asked me to be his." She leans back on the tree crossing her arms with a smile on her face. "Though you still wonder why don't you my little eagle?"

"Mom..." Alfred manages staring at the Fox before him. "I mean well yeah."

"Love can be a powerful thing baby. You know that first hand." She answers as the silver feathers in her hair start to dance in the wind.

Slowly he stands on shaky legs, still confused. "Why come to me now?"

"Why not? The moon decides our time and I follow her guidance as do you." Her eyes shine as she appears in front of him. "While I couldn't teach you everything I wished I am forever proud of you." She reaches up, touching his cheek seeing tears threatening to fall. "Whatever shall happen know that like our mother moon I will look over you and all your children."

With that he can't hold back the tears that start to stream down his face. "Can I see you again?" He asks taking her warm hand into his. "I miss you Mommy." His walls crash around him knowing that this moment is nothing but a dream and soon he'll be forced to wake up again.

"And I miss you," She says in a loving tone embracing him. "Be strong and protect them." As he disappears out of her world she kisses his cheek. "They are stubborn Alphas after all." Once he's gone she lets out a sigh looking over her shoulder. "You may come out now. Our boy is gone."

From beyond a nearby bush the tall Alpha stands. "And here I always thought this was a lucid dream and not your filthy magic at work." Aaren growls out in disgust motioning to where the younger man once stood. "And to see him like that?"

"He is a man, a good Omega."

It takes every ounce of his restraint to keep from snapping at her, dream or not she is still a powerful Omega. "He is nothing."

Her blue eyes glare as the flowers around them die and the grasses wilt. "One day you'll be judged by your hateful words, you spite will lead to your own destruction. They will turn against you and all you'll have to show for it is a pitiful look."

"Playing Oracle now?" He says daring to laugh at the Fox spirit. "Chenoa your words don't mean anything. In a few years' time we'll be at war with half of the other breeds and clans and I'm sorry but 'loving' a few different breeds will stop it."

"Our love did." The sky above them turns an ash grey. "But then we both know the truth, about that day and about our lives."

He's done listening and turns away from her towards where home should be. "Take me home already."

Soon the world around him grows dark with nothing but her voice in his ear. "Fine but do not send him away again. He will be at your door step in hours with his mate."

Opening his eyes Aaren lets out a sigh as a silver feather flutters down from the window above him. "Even in death...the bitch won't leave me alone." Just as the feather is about to land he reaches out and takes it, spinning it around in his fingers before letting out a deep sigh. "Welcome home Matthew..."

Meanwhile Alfred sits with Leon in his lap and a silver feather in his hands. Again and again he turns it over until eventually his son reaches out for it. "You want it?" He asks letting the small boy take it. "It's a gift from your grandmother."

The boy looks up in wonder as he holds tightly to the feather. "Gift?"

With a kiss to the top of his head Alfred answers. "Mmhm." His eyes turn to the other Omega with them, knowing that he'll have to leave in a moment to join his mates. "Take care of him."

Arthur gives a sigh taking the boy into his arms and sitting Leon on his hip. "You're being stupid."

"If they fight I fight with them."

"Then you're all stupid and once this is done I'm going to tell that idiot of a brother that too."

Alfred rests his hands on his hips feeling his knife blade hidden under his shirt. "Call me what you want but at least." He stops; a fight with Arthur is the last thing he needs so he quickly changes the subject. "Just stay safe."

It's not hard for Arthur to know what the other was going to say yet he lets it drop. "Just get to work before you're missed."

Once Alfred kisses his son's head again he's out the door. "Bye Mama..."

"Relax love he'll be right back." Arthur says as his own son clings to his leg. "Then we'll all get to go home."