"Last thing I think any of us want is to get between those two at this moment. We can quickly check to see if we can find the ingredients, at least for Emma's sake. I doubt she'd want to put their child in any danger if that's the case.", Pippa nodded.
"Still strange they'd choose now and here of all places to do it through.", Jasmine admitted.
Pippa nodded, "I was thinking the same thing too. Emma once told me long ago if she found someone that truly loves her, she has a dream to do the act in her own backyard, on a blanket besides some area of water like a river, lake, or the ocean, under the stars, with a campfire crackling nearby.".
Jasmine looked at her in surprise, and Pippa shrugged, "She likes to be specific.".
"Indeed.", Jasmine then chuckled. "Come on, we'll grab Jason and Haku and look around, if any of those mercs try anything, I think they'll be very surprised.".
Pippa smirked, "Couldn't agree more. Let's go.", knowing what she meant by that. Her dragon form will be a great help. In the back of her mind, she hopes that the lovebirds won't wake the town in the middle of the night, at least.
At the same time, Lilo took a deep breath in relief; she clearly didn't ruin anything, and she could at least keep Garn in the dark about tonight's events. She was just praying that he would buy whatever false lies she was planning on telling him, but she made sure to slip a knife Roma had lying nearby for the worst-case scenario. Better to come prepared after all.
Meanwhile, back in the Silver Willow Inn, the familiar noise of lovemaking is heard upstairs, in the west corner bedroom, but compared to the other noises in the other two inns, the lovers in the bedroom, they sound freer and passionate if that's the right way to describe the noises tonight by the other residents, unknowing about the potion inside Emma and Silver which is making their love 5x times stronger.
It certainly made things a bit awkward for the members of the Talons that were still in the inn overhearing those sounds; not that there was anything wrong with it; perfectly natural for two people so in love with each other to go that far. But when it's people you're close to, the sounds can make one feel very weird.
Garn, the mercenary was very pleased when he spied on the window, seeing the shadows of 'Lilo' and her target, and he was a bit confused about the nature of the noises, but figured that the targeted man is a gentleman, wanting to show 'Lilo' a better, good time.
As it became too dark to make out the shadows any longer, Garn nodded off to bed, figuring that 'Lilo' got it in hand, only waking once in the middle of the night at the sound of two roars outside of town, presuming that it's a pair of bears fighting over some caught prey.
The United Talons heard the roars as well, recognizing them as not bear roars, but actually dragon roars, and Logan realized that Emma must have taken Silver outside town via portal for a while in the middle of the night, thinking that Emma's amulet and soul guide decided to make Silver a dragon temporarily when in truth, Emma bite-marked him as a sign that John Silver is her mate through and through, making him have a dragon form permanently like Emma.
"That'll certainly confuse those mercs.", Logan chuckled at the sound as much of the group had already gone to bed. Jasmine and the others returned while she was quickly trying to fix the sterilizing potion for Emma.
"Hopefully we'll have enough time.", Jasmine said. "Well, if she indeed ends up pregnant; hopefully we can finish this war before she gets too far in.", Logan nodded.
"Perhaps, but like you said before about not underestimating the enemy." Jasmine reminded.
Logan sighed heavily, "True. All the same, it depends on the situation. I mean, with Tremaine, she was the leader of the three witches. Medusa didn't even do anything with dark magic, but she still put up that dungeon shield, so she was level 1, and then there was Cruella, she was able to make the cages as escape-proof with her dark magic, and the shield was more spread to the gates, which is why we had to sneak underground to the well within the courtyard/gardens, and battled Emma to an extent so she was level 2.".
Jasmine nodded, "And Tremaine must be level 3, then?", and Logan chuckled, "Yeah. So, with Tremaine, I think battling her would take two or all of us dragons; me, Pippa, and Emma.".
"Shapeshifters, I have read deeply about them. With pregnancy, they're fine with shapeshifting for up to at least three months, depending on the animal they're shifting into, and then after that, they have to decide between staying animal or human for the next few weeks/months before giving birth. But Dragon shapeshifters, any written word about them is really rare...", Jasmine spoke thoughtfully.
"Fairly unknown territory.", Logan sighed. "Still, at least we have a few advantages over that witch. And taking out another one of them will go a long way to restoring peace.".
"Now that's something I've spent so long dreaming of.", Jasmine smiled.
Logan glanced at Jasmine, "You know, after the war, with lots of help, we could possibly restore Agrabah. I mean, your father hadn't disowned you or anything, you're still a princess, and well, it would be awesome if you are the sultana.".
Jasmine sighed, "Perhaps, but Agrabah was destroyed on genie wish magic. I never blamed Genie for that since Jafar ordered him to do it. I feel free when I am just Jasmine, you know?".
Logan squeezed her shoulder, "I understand, and I like you as the 'real' Jasmine. Either way, it wouldn't hurt to try, would it?", and Jasmine shook her head with a smile, "Thanks, Logan...", before glancing at him, "This may appear strange out of nowhere, but do you have a dream place to make love?", seeing Logan's surprise, and quickly reassuring him, "I'm only curious, that's all. It's not intended for now or anytime soon.", knowing that Logan is being a gentleman at his own pace for her, and she had been wondering about it since Pippa told her about Emma's dream place, not intending to spill it around like gossip, not wanting to embarrass Emma like that.
"I'm not really sure, Jazz. I've never really thought about that sort of thing.", Logan admitted. "I guess part of me just thought wherever would be fine with a woman I loved.".
Jasmine smirked teasingly, "I hope you are talking about me.", and Logan smiled, "Who else? I would be happy with you.".
"Aww, Logan. That's really sweet. Ever since I was old enough to understand, and reading in the royal library, I've always wondered about the ocean since I never had the chance to see it, to feel it, smell it, and for some reason, the thought of making love under a tree, with the ocean at my feet, and sunrise on the horizon, with the stars fading away, it allures me...", Jasmine dreamily, thoughtfully spoke with a small smile.
"Sounds like a nice beach or an oasis. Certainly, a very nice place to spend some special moments with.", Logan chuckled as he gently ran his fingers on her skin.
Jasmine giggled softly, "Couldn't agree more, my dragon prince. I love you.", kissing Logan on the lips gently, and Logan happily returned it for a moment. Jasmine then turned her attention on the elixir, "Oh, looks like it's done.", and then heard the noises once again, upstairs.
Logan whistled in thought, "They must have returned back when we were talking. Didn't notice until now.", and Jasmine blinked softly, "Well, they have soldier training, they are quiet when they want to be. Better take a portion up. Can you fill the rest into those vials? Couldn't hurt to have back-ups for the rest of us.", with a helpless shrug after she filled a cup of the elixir.
"Makes sense. With war, each day is an unknown variable, and yeah, I could imagine that anyone would want to have a good memory of making love before dying and all. Sure, I'll fill the vials.", Logan nodded.
Jasmine smiled and got up, heading upstairs, and turned around the corner, freezing at once when she realized that the door was open, and Emma was riding Silver. Jasmine can't help gasping in shock, and Emma looked up with dragon slitted eyes, growling, and with a motion of a dragon wing out of her human body, the wind from the wing pushed the door in, closing it loudly.
Shocked, realizing that Pippa was right of one thing, Jasmine returned back downstairs as the noises of lovemaking intensified, and Logan looked at her, "Jazz?", in concern, and Jasmine spoke, "You, all of you warned me...Her bad side, I saw it...She slammed the door...after it was open...".
"Mistake on both your parts.", Logan snickered as he imagined the sight in his mind. It more than likely wasn't pretty to see Emma's bad side, especially in her dragon form.
"I… I don't think I'm gonna sleep well for a few nights.", Jasmine said as she sat down. Logan nodded, "Let me guess, it's imprinted in your brain, and you won't forget the brief moments you saw her and Silver like that.".
Jasmine nodded, "That about sums it up.", with a roll of her eyes, and Logan laughed softly, "For a Enchantia woman, you sure are a fast learner about Earth phrases.".
"Oh, thank you.", Jasmine proudly smirked before sighing, "I was literally in her sight, but I never got the chance to snap her out of it, tell her about the elixir, make sure she drinks it.".
Logan widened his eyes, "She's really seriously stubborn, then...If she didn't take the elixir...".
"Well, maybe she'll get lucky and not end up having to carry.", Jasmine suggested. "Maybe…", Logan sighed. "It might not even work even if we did give it to her since they were dragons…".
Jasmine nodded, "Could be true. Well, sooner or later, we can find out by having a magical healer, and no, Eilonwy doesn't count. She's more of a magic-sensing person, stronger than me...Wait, you said that there's like a few things on Earth that shows pregnancy, right?".
Logan nodded, "Yeah, but to find out, we would have to find out a few weeks later on, with Jason whipping up one of those pregnancy things. And if Emma discovers that she's pregnant by that time, she wouldn't, I mean, never, ever want to kill a child as it's having a heartbeat by then, and of course, innocent.".
Jasmine grimaced, "Especially if it's Silver's. We have gotten to know him, Logan, and he's barely 40. People here, even with magic and all, is able to live up at least 80, compared to your Earth people living up to 100!".
"It's still about the same, reaching 100 is fairly rare.", Logan explained. "Still, I guess we're just going to have to wait and see with her. If she is…".
"We'll just have an extra thing to worry about.", Jasmine said with a nod. "Still, nothing we can't truly handle. We've made it this far after all.", Logan smiled reassuringly.
Jasmine nodded, "True, and we have allies to help out. We just have to be extra careful and alert. Boy, can you imagine Silver's face if he's to be a father? I know Jim said that he has a bad side too, but is it even scarier than Emma's?".
Logan whistled lowly, "If that's possible, our enemies gotta watch out.", remembering Silver's short and quick temper in the original movie. Jasmine smirked, "Well, at least we know what to expect tomorrow and within the following week; the mercenaries and Tremaine, more or less.", snuggling up to Logan.
Logan grinned, "I agree on that point, my warrior princess.", kissing her temple, "Let's grab some sleep. You worked long enough on that elixir, and besides, it will be dawn in some hours.".
Jasmine nodded, "You're right.", and the duo got up, heading upstairs to their room that has double beds, not looking for temptation like Emma and Silver. Soon, the inn was mostly quiet with the occasional noises, eventually finishing up within an hour of Jasmine and Logan's departure to dreamland, unknowing that the potion, having been halved into Emma and Silver respectively, has finally used all its magic, leaving the couple to sleep normally in each other's arms, soon to find out what they've done in the incoming morning.
"Well? You clearly had a good night.", Garn scoffed as Lilo met with the mercenary at the crack of dawn. Almost nobody was awake which was a perfect time to meet. Garn knew what he was more than likely going to do once he got his information.
Lilo nodded, "The potion worked perfectly, and he was a gentleman, looking for a good time, and I discovered more than I thought when I got to ask him lots of questions, even if he was really out of it.", with a resigned look, and Garn grinned wickedly, "Yeah? Go on.".
"Just a group coming from out of town. Nothing specific; they were just wandering and sticking together in case of being attacked. After all, small groups are much easier prey.", Lilo explained.
Garn nodded, "Ah, of course, it's dangerous out there with the wild animals and all...What about riches? Information about out there beyond Willow's End? Names?", with an impatient look.
"Mostly planning on heading further south, that's what he told me. His name was Conlinth; the rest of his group mostly was just trying to stay ahead of the fighting.", Lilo told him.
Garn raised an eyebrow, "Where specifically, Lilo?", with Lilo replying, "They are heading for the ruins of Agrabah to recover some things to trade with, and eventually Enchanted Lake, seek refuge in Atlantis.".
"Atlantis… huh… interesting location. And you're sure that's where they're heading?", Garn frowned strongly with a finger in her face. "I spent the whole night sleeping with him! I know what he told me!", Lilo argued with a sharp look.
Garn frowned, "Whoa, whoa, spitfire! I heard rumors of Queen Kida being sympathetic for the poor souls who are fleeing from the war. Are you absolutely sure of this, Lilo? You remember my threat about your sweet big sister, don't you?", with a sneer and a sharp tone in his voice.
"You don't think I don't know your threat?!", Lilo growled as she looked him in the eye. Part of her wondered if it was better to go to the group with her troubles as she sighed.
Garn stared at her a minute longer before nodding, "Well, you have never broken your word before. Very well, I will back off on your big sister, but if I see them taking one of the other paths than the south path shortly after their breakfast, I'll know that you're lying, and I will take sweet time in killing you, your big sister, and of course, put my buddies on killing that group.".
Lilo took a deep breath, "Understood. Now, excuse me, I got the morning shift, if that's all?", and Garn grimly looked at her, "You better not blab off to that man or the rest of his group, clear?".
"What is out there anyway for me? You know as well as I do, I won't leave my sister alone.", Lilo responded smarmily, seeing a loophole in his request, meaning that she can technically blab to her boss, Roma, and he can tell the group somehow.
Garn smiled deviously, "You're learning, good girl. Alright, get going. I'll be watching all day.", before he left her, and Lilo sighed, heading back to the inn. She needs a miracle, and a damn good one.
Meanwhile, in the corner bedroom, as the sun is peeking through the window, the sunbeam landed on John, awakening him up. He opened his eyes, sleepily making out the sleeping face of Emma, her nude assets glimpsing through the blankets, and he smiled, closing his eyes before he suddenly realized something, opening his eyes fully, blinking.
Yep, Emma is in bed with him, all nude, signs of love bites, bruises, scratches here and there, and John exhaled, looking down at himself, seeing the same thing. He felt so sore, but not the painful sores, but more of pleasant sores. He looked back up, and his heartbeat thumped at the sight of Emma's heavenly face, and he smiled, unable to resist the blooming love in his heart, reaching out to caress Emma's face with his cyborg arm carefully and tenderly.
"Good morning.", John quietly whispered as he brushed her hair. Emma responded with a small smile, opening her eyes sleepily. "Morning to you. You sleep well?", she asked.
"Better than I have in such a long time.", John told her. Emma smiled at that comment before she blinked in surprise, realizing that he's nude when she glanced down, and then gasped as she saw that she's nude, and grabbed the blankets tighter, "No, this isn't happening!", with a sob, "Not here in this inn! We didn't order alcohol because of the situation out there! Why can't I remember the best memories of this?", seeing that her memories are both foggy and clear at the same time.