AN: Scaarbachs are back. Pretty sure most of my readers have already seen this comic but this has some parts that didn't make it into the comic so... TADA!

It was a beautiful autumn day in Arcadia Oaks, California. Otto and Lenora were in thier backyard, lounging and reading in the afternoon sun.

"Bussibar?" Lenora put her book to the side and reached into her pocket.

"Ja, Zaubermous?" Otto looked up from his book.

Lenora steeled herself and pulled out the pregnancy test, "Does this look positive to you?"

"Ja-VVait. Are you..." his eyes went wide.

Lenora grinned and nodded vigorously. Otto cheered and swept her into his arms. He lept her up and spun around. Lenora laughed and bowed over his shoulder, hugging him around the neck.

LLB

Inside the house, Toby and Mary were studying with their friends, Jim, Claire, and Darcy. A loud cheer interrupted them.

"I wonder what Mama and Papa are so excited about outside," Mary chuckled and looked over her shoulder.

"I don't know, Mary," Toby sat back at the table with a plate of snacks, "We'll probably find out later."

Jim craned his neck to watch his aunt and uncle out the window, quirking an eyebrow, "I don't know if I want to know."

Claire followed his gaze and grinned, "I have a theory. But I don't think you'll like it."

For a moment, all the teens were silent. Then Darcy turned.

"Claire, da fuck?"

At the same time, Mary hung her head, "Thank you, Claire. I needed that thought in my head."

Claire burst into laughter, "Oh my gosh! You all should see your faces!"

Jim shoved his girlfriend away as Mary threw a pillow at her.

"So not funny, Claire Bear! Not funny!"

LLB

Later that nig, after their friends had gone home, Otto and Lenora called their children into the livingroom for a family meeting.

"Mary?"

"Bärchen?"

"We have something..."

"VVe need to talk about."

Mary felt her stomach churn with nerves, "Yes, Papa?"

"Ja, Mama?" Toby cheerfully popped up beside her.

Their parents exchanged an excited look before Otto leaned forward and grinned.

"VVhat vvould you say if VVe told you our family vvas going to get a little...bigger?"

There was a moment as what he said sank in.

*Clang!*

Toby had dropped his plate, "W-What?"

"A-Are you serious?" A storm of emotions raged in Mary's stomach.

Lenora nodded, "Mhm. You two are going to have a little brother or sister."

"W-when?" Toby asked, picking up the pieces of the plate.

"About seven months," Lenora knelt down to help him, "So we have plenty of time to talk and make sure everything is ready."

"But," Otto put a hand on Mary's shoulder, "Just for now, VVe vvant to keep zis betvveen us. Just because of everyzing zat's been happening Trollhunter vvize."

Mary nodded, still at a loss for words. She spent hours that night lying in bed, mind reeling. Finally, around midnight, she rolled out of bed and crept down the hall to her brother's room.

"Hey, TB?"

"Yeah, Fishlegs?"

Mary slipped across the room and sat next to him on the bed, "How do you feel about this whole...baby thing?"

Toby sat up and scooted over, "To be honest, Mary, I don't know."

Mary hugged her knees, "I know I should be happy but I'm just so..."

Toby nodded.

"Scared."

The sat in silence for a moment. Then Toby pulled the blankets up and lay back down.

"Maybe we'll feel better in the morning?"

Mary nodded and took the blanket from the foot of the bed. The siblings lay back to back and drifted into an uneasy sleep.(1)

LLB

It was a seventeen days before the fear got to be to much for the adoptive brother and sister. So, while their parents were out, they sat by the door to wait for their father to get home. While they waited, they planned out what they were going to say in one of Mary's notebooks.

When the door finally opened and Otto walked in, they lept to their feet. Toby cleared his throat and Mary clutched her notebook to her chest.

"P-Papa?" She choked out.

Toby opened and closed his mouth for a moment before rising his hands and signing, "There's something we need to talk about."

Otto paused in taking off his coat, "Bärchen? Princessin? Was is falsch?*"

Mary found she couldn't meet his eyes. She looked at what she had written in the notebook but the words began to blur. Toby sniffled beside her and shook his head. Mary cleared her throat.

"It's just..." Mary winced as her voice cracked.

Otto tossed his coat on the hook and pulled his teens into a warm, firm hug, "Oh...sh...It's alright. Zere's no need to cry, meine Kleine."

Mary dropped her notebook and hugged her father tightly. Her arms crossed Toby's as they both clung on tight. Otto stroked their hair for a moment.

"Come on, you two. Let's go to ze living room and talk about zis, OK?" Otto gently leaned back to look at their faces.

Toby and Mary nodded and turned, still avoiding his eyes. Otto took off his shoes andd grabbed Mary's notebook off the floor. He sat with his children on sopha.

"Now, tell Papa vvhat is bozering you," he looked over at them.

Mary drew her knees to her chest, eyes glued to her toes. Toby tapped the notebook with one shaking hand. Otto looked down at the notebook but could only read the first line before he couldn't go on.

"Zis...Is about ze baby?" His heart shattered when they nodded.

Mary burried her face into her knees and Toby scrubbed at his eyes with the back of his arm. Otto set the notebook to the side and knelt in front of them.

"Listen very carefully you two," he spoke gently but commanding thier attention. He didn't continue until they both looked up, "Your Mama und I love you vvis all our hearts. Und nozing, not even a new baby, vvill ever change zat."

"We know that," Toby's voice was so quite that Otto almost missed it.

"But..." Mary wasn't much louder, "The baby's different."

"Different?"

"Different then if you were adopting another kid," Toby explained..

"Or if Jim or Eli were coming to live with us," Mary added, "The baby's yours. Really yours. Your...flesh and blood."

Just when he thought his heart couldn't break any more, Otto could have sworn his heart stopped compleatly. He sat between the two and pulled them both closer.

"Consider zis. Does Mama love Eli more because he is her...'flesh und Blood'?"

"No," Mary curled into his side.

"Do I love Jim more because vve are ze same?"

Toby shook his head.

" Exactly," Otto smiled and pressed his cheek to the crown of Toby's head, "Just because ze baby is our 'flesh und blood' doesn't mean vve vvill love zem any more zen vve love ze two of you. Und just because you are adopted doesn't mean you are any less our children."

He pulled Mary closer, "No mater what happens, your Mama und I vvill always love you."

Mary hiccuped, "Now I feel stupid."

Toby chuckled and wiped his eyes, "Yeah. But...I don't know...I couldn't stop being scared."

"It may have been...irrational," Otto agreed, "But it vvas understandable. VVe sshhouold havee realized zat you two vvould feel zis vvay. But, vvhy didn't you talk to Mama bout zis?"

Toby and Mary exchanged a look.

"We didn't want to worry her!" Mary insisted.

"We heard Tanta Barbara talking about how everything that's happened lately has really stressed out Tanta Dwella," Toby continued.

"And all the stress is bad for the baby."

"We don't want anything to happen to Mama or the baby!"

Otto chuckled, "Nozing is going to happen to Mama or ze baby. Das verspreche Ich."

LLB

Otto walked into the kitchen and leaned against the door jam, "How much did you hear?"

Lenora licked her lips and wiped her eyes. He had known the second she walked threw the door. How long she had been listening in was another matter.

"I know why they didn't want to come to me with this," she said, "Even if the logic was terribly flawed, I understand. Really. But..."

"It still hurt?" Otto stepped forward and massaged her shoulders, "Zey'er children. Children who vvere scared for zeir Mama."

"They're scared?" Lenora teased and looked up at her husband, "I'm the one growing a whole new person inside my body!"

Otto chuckled and kissed her lips gently, "I love you so much, Zaubermous."

" I love you more, Bussibar," she kissed him back.

"Aw!"

"Ew! Our parents are disgusting."

"Yeah."

"I love it!"

"Same!"

There was a pounding of footsteps as their oldest children ran off and up the stares.

"Zose two are ridiculous sometimes," Otto shook his head and lay his forehead aginst Lenora's, "So, vvhen do you vvant to tell Eli?"

Lenora leaned forward, "I don't know. I don't want Maranda to think we're trying to tell him anything about that."

"She vvont. Zat I promise you."

LLB

1) I do not have a brother that lives with us but my little sister and I would do this kind of thing for years so I promise I don't mean anything gross by this scene.

German translation:

Was is falsch?= What is wrong?