Part 3: The Fairies Tell.
Everyone sat around the tables in the center chamber, looking at Aeryn and John in total astonishment. Ian got up and moved over to stand in front of his mother.
"I'm going to have a baby brother too?"
"Yes, Ian, it seems that way," Aeryn answered him.
"How come you didn't know about him earlier, Mommy?" Ian asked innocently.
"Well."
Aeryn looked up at John standing beside her. "He's sort of a surprise to your Mom and me too. The Diagnosan said that he's."
"John, I may not know a lot about human females having babies but I do understand enough about Sebeceans to know that a second nearly full term child just doesn't appear in the mother's womb over night. Its.its impossible," Chiana stated.
"Could the Diagnosan be wrong?" D'Argo asked.
" I know that Chiana!" John stressed firmly. "And no the Doc diagnosed it right. We saw them on the imager. The little boy was waving at us."
"And our daughter was sucking her thumb." Aeryn said smiling.
Uncomfortable at their continuing stare, John said, "Look, Guys, I don't know how to explain what in the frell is going on. the stork just forgot until the last moment and decided what the hell.and just planted the kid that is fully develop in time too be born along with his sister. The fact remains that this is our child. I have asked Pilot to take us the Icor sector where we can see some dude called Haguss. Hopefully he might be able to help explain what is going on."
Aeryanna had been staring at her mother's belly. She mumbled out, "Not the stork but the fairies did it."
"Fairies?"
"Yeah, Daddy, like in the book Grandpa gave me."
John moved over to his daughter. Sitting down he looked at her. "What fairies?"
"Like the fairies in the book that came and exchanged a human baby for one of theirs."
"Changeling? Aeryanna, the fairies didn't exchange your sister," John explained. "We're not talking about fairies or changelings. We're talking about how this other child came about."
"I know," Aeryanna murmured as she looked down at her hands. Reaching out John put a finger under Aeryanna's chin.
"Aery."
D'Argo interrupted by demanding. "John, are these fairies responsible for what has happen to Aeryn and.?"
"No!" Shaking his head John glanced over at D'Argo. "No, they're just a story.a legend from my homeworld."
"How was it the intruders were get aboard Moya without Pilot or her detecting them? Why would they do this?" growling D'Argo slammed his cup down.
"I haven't a clue, D," John said looking back down at his daughter. "Aery, what do you mean by fairies?"
Aeryanna sitting next to her mother moved closer to her. "I saw them the night the fairies came to visit you."
"Why were you in our room?" John gently asked.
"I wasn't feeling good. I got scared and wanted to be near you and Mommy." She looked down at her fingers. "Both of you were asleep.I saw the big furry throw on the floor at the foot of your bed."
She fell quiet. Aeryn put her finger under her daughter's chin raising it. "Did you crawl onto it and fall a sleep?"
"Yes."
"Honey, you can tell us. What did they look like? We do believe you," John tried to reassure her.
"The room got all bright and it woke me up. I saw these bright colorful transparent shapes.they looked like fairies, Daddy."
Aeryn put her arm around Aeryanna. "How many were there? What where they doing?"
"I not sure maybe five. Two stood over Daddy while he slept. Two stood over, you Mommy, with their hands waving over your body and sissy."
"That's it?" Chiana asked.
"No, one came to me. She was a shiny blue that turned pink. She sang to me," Aeryanna explained patiently.
D'Argo frowned. "She?"
"Yes, she sang me a song," Aeryanna smiled.
"What did she sing about?"
"About time. She said it always a matter of time. To correct the past is to correct the future." Aeryanna repeated. "That this reality is now as it should be." Aeryanna looked seriously at her father. "Daddy, the fairies said time and relativity are what we live in.must live in if the future is to be assured."
Surprise John asked her. "This is what the female fairy sang to you?"
" Yes," Aeryanna said growing serious. " Daddy, what did she mean that this is reality as it should be? Just before they turned into fairy dust, they all sang time and relativity are what we live in.must live in if the future is to be assured. I don't understand?"
"I'm not sure." John looked over at Chiana, who was holding Ian close to her. "Chi, why don't you take Aeryanna and Ian to visit Pilot and see if we're close to the Icor system yet?"
"Why?" she asked as D'Argo nudged her from the back. "Okay. Come you two let's go see Pilot."
Ian came to stand by Aeryanna in front of their mother. "You, sissy and our new brother are going to be all right, Mommy?"
Touching both of her children's faces she said. "Yes, we'll be fine. Now go with Chi to talk to Pilot for a while."
Ian ran from the room shouting. "Race ya."
"No, you won't." Aeryanna chased after him, with Chiana reluctantly following.
John shared a look with Aeryn and D'Argo. "It is always about time."
"Einstein's people?" Aeryn asked at the same time D'Argo said, "The ancients?"
"I have no idea as to who or why." John shook his head perplexed.
"Then maybe they're trying to play with fate to set things right," suggested Aeryn. . John snorted as he looked out into space. "Intergalactic fairies.great. Only fate is fate, it can't be played with, babe."
John wondered to himself who in the frell could these creatures be and why would it matter if this little boy was born. Whatever the case may be, this reality time line was set with a new addition to the Crichton line.
Everyone sat around the tables in the center chamber, looking at Aeryn and John in total astonishment. Ian got up and moved over to stand in front of his mother.
"I'm going to have a baby brother too?"
"Yes, Ian, it seems that way," Aeryn answered him.
"How come you didn't know about him earlier, Mommy?" Ian asked innocently.
"Well."
Aeryn looked up at John standing beside her. "He's sort of a surprise to your Mom and me too. The Diagnosan said that he's."
"John, I may not know a lot about human females having babies but I do understand enough about Sebeceans to know that a second nearly full term child just doesn't appear in the mother's womb over night. Its.its impossible," Chiana stated.
"Could the Diagnosan be wrong?" D'Argo asked.
" I know that Chiana!" John stressed firmly. "And no the Doc diagnosed it right. We saw them on the imager. The little boy was waving at us."
"And our daughter was sucking her thumb." Aeryn said smiling.
Uncomfortable at their continuing stare, John said, "Look, Guys, I don't know how to explain what in the frell is going on. the stork just forgot until the last moment and decided what the hell.and just planted the kid that is fully develop in time too be born along with his sister. The fact remains that this is our child. I have asked Pilot to take us the Icor sector where we can see some dude called Haguss. Hopefully he might be able to help explain what is going on."
Aeryanna had been staring at her mother's belly. She mumbled out, "Not the stork but the fairies did it."
"Fairies?"
"Yeah, Daddy, like in the book Grandpa gave me."
John moved over to his daughter. Sitting down he looked at her. "What fairies?"
"Like the fairies in the book that came and exchanged a human baby for one of theirs."
"Changeling? Aeryanna, the fairies didn't exchange your sister," John explained. "We're not talking about fairies or changelings. We're talking about how this other child came about."
"I know," Aeryanna murmured as she looked down at her hands. Reaching out John put a finger under Aeryanna's chin.
"Aery."
D'Argo interrupted by demanding. "John, are these fairies responsible for what has happen to Aeryn and.?"
"No!" Shaking his head John glanced over at D'Argo. "No, they're just a story.a legend from my homeworld."
"How was it the intruders were get aboard Moya without Pilot or her detecting them? Why would they do this?" growling D'Argo slammed his cup down.
"I haven't a clue, D," John said looking back down at his daughter. "Aery, what do you mean by fairies?"
Aeryanna sitting next to her mother moved closer to her. "I saw them the night the fairies came to visit you."
"Why were you in our room?" John gently asked.
"I wasn't feeling good. I got scared and wanted to be near you and Mommy." She looked down at her fingers. "Both of you were asleep.I saw the big furry throw on the floor at the foot of your bed."
She fell quiet. Aeryn put her finger under her daughter's chin raising it. "Did you crawl onto it and fall a sleep?"
"Yes."
"Honey, you can tell us. What did they look like? We do believe you," John tried to reassure her.
"The room got all bright and it woke me up. I saw these bright colorful transparent shapes.they looked like fairies, Daddy."
Aeryn put her arm around Aeryanna. "How many were there? What where they doing?"
"I not sure maybe five. Two stood over Daddy while he slept. Two stood over, you Mommy, with their hands waving over your body and sissy."
"That's it?" Chiana asked.
"No, one came to me. She was a shiny blue that turned pink. She sang to me," Aeryanna explained patiently.
D'Argo frowned. "She?"
"Yes, she sang me a song," Aeryanna smiled.
"What did she sing about?"
"About time. She said it always a matter of time. To correct the past is to correct the future." Aeryanna repeated. "That this reality is now as it should be." Aeryanna looked seriously at her father. "Daddy, the fairies said time and relativity are what we live in.must live in if the future is to be assured."
Surprise John asked her. "This is what the female fairy sang to you?"
" Yes," Aeryanna said growing serious. " Daddy, what did she mean that this is reality as it should be? Just before they turned into fairy dust, they all sang time and relativity are what we live in.must live in if the future is to be assured. I don't understand?"
"I'm not sure." John looked over at Chiana, who was holding Ian close to her. "Chi, why don't you take Aeryanna and Ian to visit Pilot and see if we're close to the Icor system yet?"
"Why?" she asked as D'Argo nudged her from the back. "Okay. Come you two let's go see Pilot."
Ian came to stand by Aeryanna in front of their mother. "You, sissy and our new brother are going to be all right, Mommy?"
Touching both of her children's faces she said. "Yes, we'll be fine. Now go with Chi to talk to Pilot for a while."
Ian ran from the room shouting. "Race ya."
"No, you won't." Aeryanna chased after him, with Chiana reluctantly following.
John shared a look with Aeryn and D'Argo. "It is always about time."
"Einstein's people?" Aeryn asked at the same time D'Argo said, "The ancients?"
"I have no idea as to who or why." John shook his head perplexed.
"Then maybe they're trying to play with fate to set things right," suggested Aeryn. . John snorted as he looked out into space. "Intergalactic fairies.great. Only fate is fate, it can't be played with, babe."
John wondered to himself who in the frell could these creatures be and why would it matter if this little boy was born. Whatever the case may be, this reality time line was set with a new addition to the Crichton line.