Disclaimer...I own nothing except for the characters that had never been
seen before. Okay basically the only ones who are in here that I don't own
are Jereth, Sarah, and Hoggle...I might add some of the others soon.
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Alden looked down at the small bundle in his arms. A smile was stuck on his
old wrinkled face. A small movement from the bundle caused him to coo
softly, "Hello their young one. Ready to meet me now?" The baby made a soft
noise before her eyes began to open. Unlike all of his children this child
smelled and felt like the magic he had almost forgotten. Alden took a sharp
breath when the girls eyes were fully open. One a light ice blue while the
other being as dark as the sky at dusk.
"Clyde?" Lily looked over to her husband from where she had been
conversing with their daughter, who was almost asleep. Her hand still
stroking her daughters quivering stomach, the hospital blanket and gown
almost hindering what comfort this action almost always made.
"Hmm?" Alden looked over at his wife and daughter, noting that his
son-in-law wasn't present. 'All the better' his mind kept telling him, 'he
doesn't need this innocence in his life.' Alden's thoughts were interrupted
by the door opening and slamming against the sterile white wall.
"So Clyde, what do ya think of this kid?" The black haired man smelled of
alcohol, barely even able to focus on the once proud Fae.
Alden's lips twisted a bit, if only he had enough magic to send this thing
to the place he once called home. "She's beautiful, just like her Mother
and Grandmother."
The man snorted and ambled over to where his father-in-law held his new
baby daughter. His face twisted to almost outrage before he looked madly at
his wife. "And who have you been with slut?"
Anele's eyes snapped open, "What do you mean?" She suddenly noticed her
husband's burning eyes and the stench of alcohol. She pulled back in the
hospital bed, suddenly fearing what he might do.
"She don't look nothin' like me." He turned to go over to the door, a
scowl still on his handsome and vain face. "Stupid slut, probably don't
know who she was with." The door slammed shut, a few doctors with guards
making sure he left.
Lily and Alden exchanged glances, both wondering if they should tell their
daughter what to say. The words to let both her and their granddaughter be
safe and far away from this menace. Where a King or Lady in the courts
would take them in and keep them safe. The crying of the baby drew their
minds away from those thoughts and back to the world where they both had
lived for over eighty years.
No one saw the clearly agitated owl fly away, or the stuffed likeness be
added to the other gifts. No one heard the cries from a castle far away
where a lady wept from both happiness and anger. Only one man saw the
crystal fall before shattering.
seen before. Okay basically the only ones who are in here that I don't own
are Jereth, Sarah, and Hoggle...I might add some of the others soon.
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Alden looked down at the small bundle in his arms. A smile was stuck on his
old wrinkled face. A small movement from the bundle caused him to coo
softly, "Hello their young one. Ready to meet me now?" The baby made a soft
noise before her eyes began to open. Unlike all of his children this child
smelled and felt like the magic he had almost forgotten. Alden took a sharp
breath when the girls eyes were fully open. One a light ice blue while the
other being as dark as the sky at dusk.
"Clyde?" Lily looked over to her husband from where she had been
conversing with their daughter, who was almost asleep. Her hand still
stroking her daughters quivering stomach, the hospital blanket and gown
almost hindering what comfort this action almost always made.
"Hmm?" Alden looked over at his wife and daughter, noting that his
son-in-law wasn't present. 'All the better' his mind kept telling him, 'he
doesn't need this innocence in his life.' Alden's thoughts were interrupted
by the door opening and slamming against the sterile white wall.
"So Clyde, what do ya think of this kid?" The black haired man smelled of
alcohol, barely even able to focus on the once proud Fae.
Alden's lips twisted a bit, if only he had enough magic to send this thing
to the place he once called home. "She's beautiful, just like her Mother
and Grandmother."
The man snorted and ambled over to where his father-in-law held his new
baby daughter. His face twisted to almost outrage before he looked madly at
his wife. "And who have you been with slut?"
Anele's eyes snapped open, "What do you mean?" She suddenly noticed her
husband's burning eyes and the stench of alcohol. She pulled back in the
hospital bed, suddenly fearing what he might do.
"She don't look nothin' like me." He turned to go over to the door, a
scowl still on his handsome and vain face. "Stupid slut, probably don't
know who she was with." The door slammed shut, a few doctors with guards
making sure he left.
Lily and Alden exchanged glances, both wondering if they should tell their
daughter what to say. The words to let both her and their granddaughter be
safe and far away from this menace. Where a King or Lady in the courts
would take them in and keep them safe. The crying of the baby drew their
minds away from those thoughts and back to the world where they both had
lived for over eighty years.
No one saw the clearly agitated owl fly away, or the stuffed likeness be
added to the other gifts. No one heard the cries from a castle far away
where a lady wept from both happiness and anger. Only one man saw the
crystal fall before shattering.