Ten: What if Miranda and Roland had a baby
Episode: Sometime after season two.
I had just turned nine when Mom and Dad had made the announcement that they were expecting and naturally we were excited.
Well James and I were. Amber fainted, having me catch her in my arms so she wouldn't hit her head on her throne.
I wouldn't admit to Mom or Dad but I was nervous too. Somehow Mom managed to know how I was feeling a few weeks after the announcement.
"Just my motherly instincts Sofia," She said upon my asking of how she knew.
As the months passed and Mom experienced mood swings, morning sickness, and the like while a baby bump began to form where her slenderness used to be, Amber and I were downright terrified of the thought that we would be like that one day upon marrying Desmond and Hugo when we got older.
Yet Mom seemed to figure that out too. Just as the baby started kicking. She was crying tears of joy, I smiled softly at the touch, and Amber screamed excitedly which internally worried Dad and James only to get smiles on their faces too.
As siblings Amber, James, and I made sure to help Mom whenever we could. Especially with the nursery that we might've turned into our own project. Oops. Sorry Dad and Baileywick!
Amber wanted the baby to have her crib from when she and James were babies. That was fair enough as it saved Dad money and Mr. Cedric could restore it with his magic. James wanted the nursery to have a canon but Amber and I quickly told him no in the fear it would go off and harm our little brother or sister. I gave my old rag doll from the village to the nursery to remind our little brother or sister mine and Mom's roots before being royal.
Eventually the big day came as I woke up to Mom screaming in pain, the sound echoing through the castle walls. Something I never heard from her before. Her screams woke up Clover too and he seemed annoyed before being told by me that she was giving birth to the new prince or princess of Enchancia.
He went back to sleep as I got out of bed. I knew Mom would be okay eventually but I was scared. Mr. Cedric unfortunately told me that women in Mom's position usually died from giving birth a few days prior and though he apologized, it resulted in a nightmare or two.
Amber and James seemed to be scared too. We wanted to see her but Baileywick forbidden us to and Dad didn't want us traumatized by the experience. It took I didn't know how long as I had fallen asleep in James' lap but woke up to the sounds of our little brother or sister crying.
I wasn't the youngest anymore. That felt strange to realize that as Dad invited us to his and Mom's bedchamber.
She was tired but happy as our baby brother or sister wailed upon seeing us.
"Look! Amber's mouth!" James joked, earning a playful swat in return.
The baby had Mom's eyes and Dad's hair, stopping its wailing as the three of us watched Mom snuggle the baby close.
"Daddy is it a boy or a girl?" Amber wondered.
"A girl," Dad smiled.
"And if it's alright with you and James Amber, we were thinking of naming her after your birth mother," Mom added.
Amber blinked. We didn't know Queen Lorelei well enough nor what happened to her but Dad sometimes told Amber that she reminded him of her at times. Especially with her love of astronomy.
I wiped away Amber's tears as she answered Mom's request with a simple nod.
Princess Lorelei the second had a nice ring to it and I was the first to hold her, a little nervous that I would drop her.
But the moment I hear her coo and swing at my amulet with her chubby hands, I smiled.