Mulan gave another grunt before Jason could see that Dove was now mostly out. He grabbed their daughter and helped get her out a bit more until finally she was free.
Jason smiled widely as Dove squirmed in his arms, and he gently placed her on Mulan's chest, skin to skin, turning his attention to the warm water and towels.
Mulan sobbed, tears falling as she held her daughter, "Oh, hello, my beautiful daughter...You truly gave me a scare...", caressing her skin, and Dove gave a wail as she moved her arm, and Mulan frowned, touching her right shoulder, and Dove whimpered...
Mulan looked at Jason, "Something's wrong with her arm.", and Jason frowned, walking over with mostly wet, warm towels, "The cord must have done it...", and Mulan nodded, before grunting as she pushed the afterbirth out, signs of tearing from it.
Jason winced, "Crap, when you pushed for the shoulders, the cord had tightened up, and the afterbirth then snapped free after the cord pushed on Dove's shoulder.", and Mulan sighed heavily, "Thank Aslan that Dove is healthy at least.", adjusting Dove as she whined, suckling her breast for her first meal.
"Do you think she'll have a lame arm? I knew of a king that had a similar issue regarding his birth...", Jason said as he recalled Kaiser Wilhelm II and his withered arm.
"Better to allow Haku to take a look at it, but it might be that she just has a light fracture or maybe it was broken.", Mulan guessed as she gently brushed the girl's hair.
Jason nodded, "Yes, far better here with magic.", relieved that Haku is a magical healer, and he could easily fix the fracture. He then gently went to clean their daughter, and grabbed a clip, cutting the cord again, and smiled, "She certainly got your fair skin...With my hair and your eyes, she is going to blossom like you, a beautiful woman in time...".
Mulan smiled, "Indeed, but she is stuck with us for the next 16-18 years.", and Jason chuckled, "And by that time, she is bound to find her true love that we'll have to approve. I ain't going through a Tony Rydinger situation again.". A knock then sounded out, and then a voice called out, "Jason, Mulan? Ping told me that you're inside.".
Jason called out, "In the bedroom!", and footsteps sounded closer, and the door opened, and Haku came in, smiling, "Oh, looks like I'm late again...Yet you came through.", and Mulan replied, "We certainly did as Dove took her time...Can you check her, please? Her arm's hurt...".
"Sure, what happened?", Haku asked. "Cord got stuck around her arm as we tried to get her out. Hopefully it's not something too serious.", Jason explained as Haku looked her over.
"Well, I'll have to be the judge for that one.", Haku nodded as he checked her arm. "I'll be gentle and try not to apply as little force on it.".
Haku's hands glowed as he gently held it, Dove whimpering as Mulan shushed her softly, "It's okay, Dove, Uncle Haku is just trying to help you.". Haku closed his eyes, and exhaled, and Dove snuffled, blinking in confusion and surprise as Haku then let go.
"It was both a fracture in the shoulder and an off alignment of the socket. The arm is now all aligned back in the proper position, and the shoulder is fixed, but I might have to check every month or so as she will grow. If she's any rambunctious as her brother, she might rebreak it if she does anything a bit dangerous, and bones, they can only bear so much...", Haku replied with a nod.
Jason frowned, "What about healing potions?", and Haku sighed, "She can't have any until she's 2. Her immune system has to be strong enough before she can handle that.".
Mulan exhaled in relief, "Good to know. And no, she is not rambunctious like Ping. She's shy, stubborn, sensitive, brave, inquisitive, and mischievous as we have learned over the past few months and today.". Jason chuckled, "Apparently, Dove and I have the same birthday date.", with a smile.
"Oh, is that today? I forgot.", Haku apologized as Jason chuckled. "So did the rest of us, apparently. Seems only Dove was the one who knew.", he smirked.
Haku blinked, "Huh, must have been a little bit of nudge from her subconscious. After all, she must have heard some time ago about your adventures, your birthdays from Earth, and decided to do it today.".
Mulan chuckled, "Somehow that actually made sense.", and Jason smiled, "And oh, I don't need a party tonight in case if you tell the others. I am beyond content for Dove is the best birthday present ever.".
Haku nodded, "Deal. Well, looks like you've got it well from here. I'll send Ping in. He has been half wondering about you two while he was distracted by Buck and Khan.", and Mulan smiled, "Thank you so much, Haku.".
Haku smiled, "You're welcome. And oh, the full name if I may inquire? I actually forgot. After all, Mickey would need to put it down in the document of new citizens.". Jason chuckled, and replied, "Her full name is Doveva Zhang Fa-Valkara.".
Haku nodded, "Got it. Congrats, you two. She's a mighty pretty girl.", and then left the room, heading out to send Ping back in. A minute later, Ping came in, blinking shyly, "Mama, Daddy?".
"Hey, Ping.", Jason smiled as the young boy walked in. "You ready to meet your new baby sister?", he asked with a chuckle.
"Should be your twin, but, well, we're not getting into that.", Mulan added before shaking her head and Ping ran up to the bed to get a better look at the baby.
Dove blinked, tilting her head, pausing in her meal, and Ping copied the movement, smiling, "Hi, Dove. I Ping, your big brother.", and Dove gurgled, reaching out to him, and Ping reached out to her, touching palm to palm, a bright green glow between their palms.
Dove squeaked happily, and Ping smiled, nodding, "We family, Dove. I be always here for you, baby sister.". Jason blinked, "That's good to hear, Ping. What was that?".
Ping grinned toothily, "Twin link! Still same if I big and Dove small.", and Mulan glanced at Jason, "I think he's her guardian while she's still helpless.".
"Makes sense then... after all, he's certainly something special.", Jason ruffled the boy's hair.
Ping smiled widely, "I sure am! Can Dove see horses?", and Mulan smiled gently, "Not yet, she has to stay inside for a couple of days. She has to be strong enough before heading outside in my arms or your father's arms.".
Ping pouted before nodding, and asking, "Can Ping hold Dove?", and Mulan chuckled, "Now, that, I can say yes.", before patting the side, "Sit by me.". Ping nodded, crawling and sat down, and Mulan gently put Dove in his arms, minding his hands and positioning them just right.
Dove giggled, smiling at her big brother as Ping held her protectively, talking about things, with Mulan and Jason watching, with Jason wrapping his arm around her, kissing her temple, "We did it. We made our family bigger...Somehow, I think I can live happily ever after...", with a smile.
Mulan kissed his lips, leaning her head on his shoulder as she smiled, "Oh, we already are, Jason. We are creating our happily ever after, and our children is the result of that.". Jason chuckled, agreeing with her comment as they peacefully, contentedly watched their children.
April ended well with spring finally coming at last, and Eden, when she visited, she was in love when she saw Dove, and actually gave her a gift alluded to her name which is a bird speaker, only specific to doves and pigeons, but only in effect when she is older.
Mulan and Jason were mildly surprised, having gotten used to magic and such, but was very appreciating of it, and thanked Eden for the gift. May came, and it turned out that when the dwarves heard about Ariel and Ryan's stories of being returned with reborn lives, they came to tell them that the anniversary of Snow White's death was approaching.
The United Talons talked in one of their usual reunions like they did every month, and after seeing that Ariel and Ryan's rituals were successful, they decided to find Ferdinand's body that has been buried in the valley near Maleficent's destroyed fortress, and then reunite his body back with Snow White's body which has been encased in glass for years in the cottage of the dwarves up in Andalasia and do the ritual.
"We can't keep doing this, you know that, right?", Logan said to Emma as the group looked around in the valley. The dark shadow of Maleficent's fortress still hanging over them like a dark specter. Didn't matter if she was dead and the fortress destroyed, until the area was completely purified of her evil, few would dare to wander these lands.
Emma looked at Logan, "Have you forgotten what Elliot said? There's a time limit to the rituals. As we have done the ritual two times already, we only have 4 times left. And our soulmates have decided to only take the dragon energy for their gifts and their dragon forms, for they have now focused on making more land, more wardstones, more transportation stuff, etc. Why, you said that Jasmine had a project of enchanting magic carpets while she's pregnant.".
Logan nodded, "True...She's really stubborn, and I wanted a solution to keep her inside somehow, so hence the magic carpets.", before shaking his head, "Anyway, back to the previous conversation. You have been right all the time, and you have never been proved wrong before...If Ferdinand and Snow White is the next two lives to be restored, who is the last two, then?".
Emma sighed, "I heard from Mickey that Rapunzel's birthday is in June next month. If there is a cure about Tuberculosis back on Earth since last time we visited and have Haku work on some ritual potions to infuse, then maybe we can restore Fredrick, her dad, and also her true love, Flynn Rider aka Eugene Fitzherbert. Rapunzel is really struggling to rule Corona City, even with her mother's support and advice. She had been so used to living as a sort of prisoner-peasant in that tower for 18 years, and then magical healer for the last five years...".
"I get it... Well, Flynn, I understand, but I get the honest feeling that Fredrick, on the other hand, might want to decline the offer. He lived how he wanted and went out the way he wanted.", Logan pointed out. "Surely, that has to be a thing? That the one being restored might reject it.".
"Perhaps; haven't encountered that yet, but you could be right.", Emma sighed as they kept looking. "Still, well, we'll deal with that when it comes, right now, we've got Ferdinand to find.".
"If he's still here...", Logan looked around. "I get the dark feeling we might not have been the first to look for his grave.".
"You think Maleficent might have tried to find him? She couldn't have known about bringing him back.", Emma pointed out.
"No, but what about a dark ritual using his corpse? True villains tend to find some disturbing uses with the dead.", Logan whispered.
Emma nodded, "Good point, but we got all the higher ups, and besides, Maleficent is dead through and through, thanks to Phillip's sword and pure magic, and that was like a couple of centuries ago.", and Logan sighed, "I'll give you that, but what if one of the goon stragglers uncovered him?".
"To bring back their mistress, perhaps? God, I hope not...", Emma admitted as the duo crossed by a group of trees.
"Well, then that might be good news, she hasn't come back so they may have not tried anything or maybe failed. Still, I'm clearly thinking of what ifs and all. Let's just try to find his body and not think of what could or might be.", Logan shrugged.
"Exactly.", Emma nodded. "Come on, let's try with those trees over there, might be a bit of an obvious spot but at least it would be somewhere you could remember burying someone.".
Logan nodded, "Yeah, it sure was chaos of burying all so many comrades after the whole thing of rescuing Cinderella and Jazz and the others. Oh, sure, Pippa lessened the worst of all, thanks to her dragon form.", before following Emma to the trees.
Emma muttered, "Quite a few burials here, but the dwarves said that the marking of Ferdinand's grave is his sword sticking out in the ground.", and Logan frowned, "Any particular color of the helm? There are swords everywhere.".
Emma blinked, trying to rack her mind, "Wait, wait, the dwarves said that Ferdinand carved the initials of Snow White in the end of the helm to remember her.", and Logan looked, ripping leaves and vines that has crept up the swords, looking at the helms before giving out a triumphant shout, "Found him! Right here!", on the fifth grave, earning the others' attention from other areas nearby, with Emma coming immediately, and checked the helm, smiling as right before her eyes, the initials of Snow White were clearly in sight.
"Looks like it, but only one way to be sure.", Logan said as he rolled up his sleeves. "Feels so wrong at times to do this...".
"I know what you mean... felt so wrong when I was exhuming Ryan's grave back on Earth.", Emma said. The others came closer, and Pippa replied, "You found him!", and Emma said, "We think so, but we have to check absolutely sure.".
The others nodded, and shifted their arms and hands into scaly dragon arms with claws, and started to dig carefully and deeply, with Emma remembering that that many of the burials didn't even get the chance to have proper coffins, and remembering that the dwarves did their best with some iron metal to form a sort of coffin, with some of their ruined fabric to nest within Ferdinand's body, having put Ferdinand's shield on his front as a sign of respect.
"I think this is the right one... can't be sure though unless we look inside.", Emma bit her lip as no one really wanted to do that. Seeing the decomposed corpse would be just too much for any of them, and not something they had saw before even with their previous revivals.
The others heard her, and after a few minutes, they found the shield, the metal coffin, and the group gulped as they uncovered the fabric from the head, and Zuri turned around, puking up as the others exhaled, with Logan speaking, "A bit worse than Ryan when we opened his coffin...".
Emma nodded numbly, "Yeah, but it's definitely him. I'd know that clasp anywhere with his kingdom insignia.", putting back to cover the head again, with Haku checking on Zuri, giving her a mild-sickness healing water potion.
Zuri was grateful to feel a bit better, then suddenly puked again, groaning, with Haku asking in concern, "Did you eat breakfast this morning?", and Zuri nodded, "Yeah, through it tasted off to me even when Eric said that it was personally checked as entirely healthy and clean earlier.".
Haku frowned, "Huh. Can I look?", and Zuri nodded, "Go for it, Haku.". Haku went to check from top of her forehead with his glowing hands, heading down gently and politely, and once he reached her belly, his brow furrowed as he checked deeper, and then a smile came to his face.
"Looks like you're gonna have a bigger family than you thought...Eric and Ariel must be extremely fertile...You're expecting twins, Zuri. 3 months along.", Haku replied with a chuckle.
Zuri gasped, "But I don't have a belly bump!", and Haku smiled, "That's because you have been focused on Kojo & Harmony with the others and surfboarding on your free time, keeping yourself thin.".
Zuri's eyes swelled in tears, "They're healthy?", and Haku reassured her, "They're okay. Boy and girl again.".
"Crazy you didn't notice until now, but as Haku said, you keep yourself in great shape. Though I think another month or so, that dam was going to break.", Logan said. "Be next to impossible not to know what was going on.".
"Should I start taking it easy then? With my activities now that I know?", Zuri asked.
Haku nodded, "Yep, after all, the babies need to grow properly now that you know. You need to let go, but not too much. Swimming is still fine, next to sailing. But no more surfboarding. But first, I think we should vote to put Zuri under a strong shield to protect the babies unless you want her out of the ritual, Emma. After all, we're reviving two people.".
"Well, we can't exactly wait for Zuri to have her children since we have Ferdinand's body now... plus, I don't think it's necessary to vote on this, wouldn't you agree, Zuri?" Emma said.
Zuri nodded, "Ferdinand and Snow White deserves to be alive and reclaim their kingdoms as proper, and besides, if Haku is worried, a strong shield over my belly should protect my babies. After all, it's just two of my dragon lives to give for Ferdinand and Snow White, not a dark blood ritual or anything evil.", with a firm look.
Jason nodded, "I can conjure up that shield easily.", and Zuri grinned, "So, what are we waiting for? Let's take the portal to the cottage up in Andalasia and bring Ferdinand's body.".