Thea101: What's your excuse for not updating? Huh? LOL. I had a proper excuse for not updating this time; I had my A.V.C.E art and design work to do. But I got it done late last night. Whey hey. Hopefully I'll update quicker for the next chapter. ;)
Cat: Awww thanks. You like my stories? Whey hey! Spiders, nasty little buggers aren't they? I saw a huge spider the other day, and almost had heart failure. That was cruel, saying that the couch was were the spiders live. Evil.
Thade182: Thanks for thinking that my story is wonderful. Oh it was ff.net that was the problem. Hope it now works? Yep, they're all preggers, and Deven's still evil? Well, let's just say that I'm not saying anything. If you want to know, read on. ;)
Pandie Katteken: Sorry about updating the wrong chapter, my fault. But I've updated the real one, so it should be up there. Sorry again. Thanks for letting me know. ;)
Thanks for thinking my story's cool so far. ;)
Well people, here's the next part. Hope you like it?
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"What!?" I rage at my son. "You're still evil!? I thought that Saulmann stopped that?"
Deven bursts out in genuine laughter, not the evil cackle.
"What?" I ask, raging at him.
"I was only joking." He says in between fits of giggles. "I'm sorry, I couldn't help it."
"You were only playing around?" I ask through gritted teeth.
"Yeah." He replies sobering up a little, but short bursts of laughter still escape.
"So…you're not evil?" Poppy squeaks.
"No. I'm not evil Aunt Poppy." Deven says.
"Run." I say to him, still through locked teeth.
"Why?" Deven looks at me strangely.
"Because when I get you, I'm gonna kill you." I rage, lunging for him.
"Aaaarrrrgggghhh." Deven yells.
I end up chasing him all around the living room, coming close to catching him a few times.
"I'm sorry. I was just joking." He pleads.
"Don't ever do that again, do you hear?" I yell. "Are you trying to give me heart failure?"
"No, I'm not. And I won't ever do it again." He says.
"You better not." I say, stopping my chasing.
"I'm sorry." He squeaks.
"Did you really make us able to have kids?" Quinn asks.
"Yes Uncle Quinn, I did." Deven replies, looking at the patterned carpet.
"Why?" Thierry asks.
Deven just shrugs. "I don't know, I thought that with me being here, that you guys would feel left out. So I just…" He shrugs again.
"Thank you." Hannah says, going over to him and wrapping her arms around him.
"Uh…you're welcome." He says, unsure of how to respond to that.
"Thank you Deven." All of the others say to him.
"Why is everyone thanking my grandson?" My father asks confused, as he walks in through the door.
"Deven made us able to have children." Gillian replies.
"Oh." He replies.
At that precise moment, Nilsson walks in through the door, and addresses Poppy, Ash, Mary-Lynnette and Thea.
"Phillip North, Rowan Redfern, Kestrel Redfern, Jade Redfern, Mark Carter and Blaise Harman are here." He says in his business-like voice.
"Phil's here?" Poppy squeaks.
"Yes." Nilsson replies. "Why?"
"He's gonna kill James for getting me pregnant!" Poppy panics.
"You're pregnant?" Nilsson asks, his eyebrows in his hair.
"Yeah, so are the others with soulmates." She replies.
"How?" he asks.
"Deven did it." Thea pipes up.
"He did?" Nilsson looks over at my son, sitting in the corner of the living room.
"Aha." Deven squeaks out. "So sorry, I didn't mean to."
"How on earth did you manage to get these girls pregnant?" Nilsson asks, still astonished.
"Hey! I did not get these girls pregnant." Deven protests. "Their soulmates did. I just woke up their vampire seed."
"How did you do that?" Nilsson asks again.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Deven replies, grinning mischievously.
"Yes I would actually." He says thoughtfully.
"Why?" Deven asks.
"Curious." Nilsson replies.
"Curiosity killed the cat you know." Deven replies casually.
"I know." Nilsson says. "But I'm not a cat. Now am I?"
"I am part witch you know." Deven says. "I just cast an ancient spell, long forgotten."
"Oh really?" Thierry asks, glaring at my son.
"Yes Uncle Thierry. Really." Deven says, looking at Thierry with narrowed eyes.
"And just how did you do that?" Thierry asks.
"What's with the twenty questions?" Deven shrieks. "Didn't you say that Poppy's twin brother, Ash's three sisters, Mary-Lynnette's younger brother and Thea's cousin Blaise were here?" Deven turns to Nilsson, changing the subject.
"Yes I did." Nilsson replies, turning on his heel to walk out the door.
A few minutes later, he returns with Phil, Rowan, Kestrel, Jade, Mark and Blaise.
Poppy shrieks and runs into a surprised Phil's arms.
Jade flings herself into Ash's arms, and Rowan and Kestrel exchange hugs with their brother as soon s Jade has been reluctantly pulled away from Ash.
Mark and Mary-Lynnette hug and she is soon bombarded with the Redfern sisters.
Blaise just gives Thea a brief hug, and then she just looks at her cousin's soulmate.
"Do we hug?" Eric asks.
Blaise just looks at him before going over and gives him a hesitant hug.
Everyone then takes a seat, and the newcomers are introduced to Deven.
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"You're pregnant?" Phil asks his twin sister after she told him what's been going on.
"Yes Phil, I am." Poppy looks away from her brother's green eyes.
Phil on the other hand, explodes with white-hot fury.
"I'm gonna kill you Rasmussen!" He yells, and makes a lunge for James.
"Phil! Let Jamie go!" Poppy shrieks at her brother.
Phil tries to punch James in the face after knocking him onto the floor.
But before Phil has a chance to even pull his fist back, he is lifted off James and dumped on the floor.
A hand is offered to James, and he takes it, allowing his rescuer to pull him to his feet.
"You really need to learn how do defend yourself cousin." Ash says to James, after letting go of him.
"Yeah well, he caught me off guard." James insists.
"Hmm." The blond vampire says.
Quinn, Morgead and Delos are holding down Phil.
"Rasmussen!" Phil screams. James looks down at him. "You're gonna die! I told you to look after Poppy, not get her pregnant!"
"Get a life Phil." James says calmly. "Poppy's nearly twenty years old, she's a big girl. She always said that she'd want to start a family."
"She's still a kid!" Phil screeches.
"I am not a kid. I am the same age as you Phillip." Poppy says angrily at Phil.
"It's my fault Phil." Deven speaks up for the first time since the newcomers came in.
"You got my sister pregnant?" Phil asks, looking back and forth between James and Deven.
"No. But I made it possible for her to get pregnant. James was the one to father her child, not me."
Phil makes a move to lunge at Deven. All of a sudden, I see red. I hold out my palms, and orange witch fire is dancing on them.
"Touch my son Phil, and I'll kill you!" I warn.
Phil backs down, and looks away. I make the fire dissipate, and lower my hands.
"Good boy." I murmur.
"So…" Blaise starts, as soon as the commotion has stopped. "You're all pregnant?"
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A/N: Ooh, bit of a nasty shook for Phil, he's about to become an Uncle. Sorry about the whole making you think that Deven's evil, I couldn't help playing. Well, I got time to update, and I did as promised.
And hopefully, I'll be able to update quicker than the last time. ;)
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