Hello once again, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Return to Times of Yore! I'm glad you all enjoyed the last one so much. I don't have long, so I have to get this posted, but I really hope you all like this one, too, short though it is!

WARNING: See chapter 1.

Disclaimer: See chapter 1, chapter 5, or chapter 16.

Return to Times of Yore
By GundamWingFanatic90
Submitted: 5 January 2006

Present Day, Rosette

I felt the cold, hard ground meet with my right shoulder after what seemed to be a very, very long time, knocking the wind out of me and sending my sense of balance reeling. I could vaguely feel Aidan and Adrian in my arms, clutching their blankets and my waist tightly in their fear. After a few seconds of lying still, I opened my eyes- the world stopped spinning so violently, now- and glanced down at my children with a grin.

"Aidan? Adrian? Are you alright?" I asked quietly. Their trembling stopped. Their faces turned up towards mine, and twin sets of indigo eyes met my gaze, curious and nervous at the same time.

"Mommy?"

"Whewe awe we?" Adrian started and Aidan finished. I felt the corners of my lips quirk upwards even further, and sat up, letting them go as Chrono steadied me by placing his hands on my shoulders.

"We're home, kids. We're home." I replied, and rose to my feet as, with a flicker, a containment barrier that I hadn't noticed before turned off, and Sister Kate, Anna, Mary, Claire, and Father Remington came running in to engulf me in a huge bear hug. Adrian and Aidan hid behind my legs with small, twin growls as the 'strangers' almost tackled me. This new sound stopped the five of them in their tracks. Sister Kate, Father Remington, Anna, Mary, and Claire all blinked as they caught sight of the twin half-demons peering around my legs. Sister Kate's eyes narrowed.

"Sister Rosette, who are these two?" she asked. I felt worry growing within me, though I did not show it. Instead, I grinned, and gently coaxed Aidan and Adrian into letting go of my legs so that I could pick them up, balancing one on each hip. Looking from one to the other, I beamed at the five humans in front of me.

"Sister Kate, Father Remington, Sister Anna, Sister Mary, and Sister Claire, these are Aidan and Adrian… my son and daughter." I said. Their mouths fell open, just before Sister Kate's eyes rolled back into her head and she toppled over backwards. I panicked, as did Chrono.

"Rosette! Now look what you did!" he cried, instantly reverting back to his sealed form. I turned a glare on him.

"ME?" I exclaimed, offended. He glared right back as the rest of them sweatdropped, and I calmly set Aidan and Adrian down before pouncing on Chrono and giving him an extra-large dose of my patented 'DOUBLE-SUPER-ATOMIC-NOOGIE ATTACK OF DOOM', just as Father Remington and the others managed to revive Sister Kate. The rest of them- save Aidan and Adrian, who were quite confused to the whole thing- laughed as Chrono whimpered and tried in vain to fight me off, the Elder entering the room to join us.

Okay, another chapter done! Next one is the last, unfortunately… ;.; It's been so fun writing this story, I almost don't want to stop! But please, read and review…

-Fanatic