Author's Note:

Long time not been in this site, and I come back with new story. This is cross-posted on ao3 as well.

Friendly reminder:

This is Omegaverse fic, but I don't use it to write rated M scenes. This is more like world general setting and ways of living. There will be implied scenes, but just implied and nothing more. This is more like rated T+ fic.


"What is it, Linda?"

A young man, barely legal in his age to be a soldier in this bloody war, asked his dragon, whom he named her "Linda", when they took off to burn off her energy for a good night's sleep. They were flying around war-torned area as quietly as possible when Linda suddenly acted anxious about something. He shushed her quietly to calm her down, but she didn't and just landed near a small destroyed village. It wasn't an unusual sight to see small villages like this get destroyed in the war, but something made his dragon anxious as he went through the village carefully.

When he thought Linda was just too anxious even with them flying around, he heard a weak small cry and rushed to find the source. He remembered from the other soldiers in Eastern Front that this village was destroyed yesterday and they found no survivors, which they buried somewhere near their village. It seemed they missed someone who was hiding somewhere. He found himself in front of a half-destroyed house and he could hear the weak cry a little louder, so he went inside carefully not to destroy the house more or it would kill him or the hidden survivor.

Under the blood-stained rug, he found a trap door and tried to open it, but failed miserably as the debrises made it impossible to open it by himself.

"Well, Linda, I'm gonna need your help." He said to his dragon and she looked happy to help him move the debrises slowly and carefully. He left the heavier debrises to his dragon as he cleared the way to open the trap door. Finally, they cleared the way and he opened the trap door, only to find a small bundle in a wooden crib.

Realizing it was a baby, he quickly scooped the bundle up and smoothed the baby warmly as the baby was weakly crying in his arms. A pair of brilliant blue-green eyes and a mop of reddish blonde hair popped up as he opened the cloth to see the baby's face, also finding out the baby was a girl. Her face was stained from crying and she was weakly cracky since she was probably hidden for a day and a night.

"Shush...shush...you're alright… Mummy's here." He quietly hugged the baby as he went out with his dragon.

Baby mine, don't you cry

Baby mine, dry your eyes

Rest your head close to my heart

Never to part

Baby of mine

He was quietly singing to the baby as he flew back on Linda's back. The baby was no longer crying, but quietly sleeping in his arms. He smiled to see the baby in his arms sleeping in peace despite the war happening around them, although the war was almost over according to the soldiers in the Front. He couldn't wait to see his brother who was on the frontline, he always made sure to send a telegram for him from the frontline to tell him that he was alright and still alive. He couldn't wait to come back home.

"Hey, Artemis!" A soldier called him out when he was sneaking into his tent after putting Linda back to her pack.

"Eh-Oh, lovely evening today, Cole." The young man, Artemis, answered him back as he unconsciously tried to hide the baby, but it failed as Cole playfully smirked at his attempt.

"You can't hide that, Artemis. Show it to me and I won't tell the Commander." Cole cooed Artemis out of curiosity. Cole was one of the few brave omegas, even fewer since he was a male omega which only 10% of the whole omega population, who masked themselves as betas to join the war, just like him. He and Cole were the only ones who knew each other's secrets and protected each other's backs because of the secret they shared.

"Alright...don't tell anyone please…" Artemis quietly said it as he guided Cole to his tent. Cole was surprised when he saw the baby girl.

"...where did you find this pup?" Cole asked as Artemis tried to feed the baby with little food they could find that's suitable for baby's consumption.

"I found her hidden inside a trap door in a house." Artemis told him as he was slowly rocking the baby and feeding her. "Remember the village far to the east that's destroyed by the time the soldiers reached? I found her there."

"That means her parents died and were buried then." Cole frowned as he remembered some of his best friends from school were buried not so far from Front.

"So, what are you going to do with her? She has no one else." Cole asked softly.

"Well… I haven't thought about it…" Artemis wondered as he rocked the baby to sleep. "But I think I will raise her as my own. After All, I found her there, so it feels like it's my responsibility to her."

"Or it's your omegan instinct talking." Cole jokingly said that as he watched the baby fell asleep in peace.

"However, I think we should tell the Commander about her. She will be here for a few days before we're shipped back home afterall and you want to release the dragons to sanctuary too. And don't worry, I will come with you when you go talk to Commander."

"Thank you, Cole. That's very nice of you." Artemis smiled as he hugged the baby.

"Anytime. You better get some sleep now." Cole stood up as he said that, but stopped before going out of the tent.

"Since you're gonna be keeping her, you should name her too. What's her name then?"

It took him back as he hadn't thought about that yet. He got quiet for a few minutes before he got a name that suited her, although it was temporary until he thought the full name for her.

"I think I will call her Diana for now. I will think about her full name when we come back home."

"You named her after yourself, Artemis?" Cole laughed a bit, making Artemis's face red embarrassed. "It suits her, don't worry. Good night, Artemis, little Diana."

That night, Artemis was laying down in his small bed with Diana sleeping on his chest, close to his beating heart. It lulled her to sleep peacefully and he couldn't help himself, but smiled.

"Sleep well, Diana. I will be taking you home soon."

~0~0~0~

The war was over. There was great joy in people as well as sadness. The war was long and deadly, many soldiers didn't make it home and many families lost their homes and their family members. Most of the soldiers who were sent to the frontline didn't make it home and those who survived were crowned as war heroes.

Theseus counted himself lucky.

He survived the war and the frontline, but most of all, his baby brother was still alive and well even though he was also among the soldiers too. He still remembered how shocked he was when he found his baby brother in Eastern Front under the name of "Artemis". He didn't notice him at first since he masked his omega scent with artificial beta scent from scent blockers and surpassed his heats with heat suppressants.

He remembered arguing with him for hours before he gave in. Knowing his baby brother, he knew he wouldn't let those dragons in the program be treated harshly. He always viewed those creatures as his own pups, so Theseus couldn't help not to get angry at his baby brother for very long. Theseus knew his baby brother could protect himself from those hungry alphas, but he couldn't help not wanting to keep an eye on him while he had to go to the frontline.

It didn't matter now. They survived the war and they would be coming back home together.

Theseus searched and searched for the mop of red hair among the crowd until he finally found him.

"Newt! Over here! Newt!" Theseus called him out among the crowd as he made his way to him.

"'Seus?! 'Seus!" Newt called him out happily.

"Newt, little one, I miss-" Theseus wanted to hug his baby brother, but stopped at the sight that greeted him.

Newt, his baby brother, still wearing his soldier uniform and backpack with his usual cute smile on his face. However, his eyes were focused on the bundle of joy on his arms. Newt was carrying a beautiful and cute baby girl who was laughing happily in his arms. The sight made him imagine Newt as his omega greeting him with their daughter, but that image was soon gone as he realized something sinister.

"...little one…." Theseus's tone dropped to a dangerous level as he was trying to piece things together with what happened to his baby brother in Eastern Front. "Who's the alpha that knocked you up and left you alone in war with your baby? I will kill him."

"Wha-No! It's not like that!" Newt's face was red in full embarrassment to Theseus's suspicion. "I found her! And I will be keeping her!"

"...You owe me an explanation at home, little one." Theseus was relieved knowing no one knocked his baby brother up and left him alone in war with his baby. Even so, Newt was still 19-year-old and raising a baby that young would be hard for him.

~0~0~0~

Newt made a make-shift crib with cloth for the baby to sleep in his room before he told Theseus the whole story at home. Theseus looked more exhausted after Newt finished the story and it made Newt worried that Theseus wouldn't agree with him.

"...It won't be that easy to raise a baby alone."

"I know… I'm prepared for that. I will find a job soon."

"You're still 19 years old."

"I'm aware of that."

"Have you ever considered…..putting her in adoption?"

"Apollo…" Theseus knew right away that Newt was getting angrier, he only used his middle name when he was either getting too angry or trying to calm him, in this case it was the latter.

"Forget I even said that… I'm just worried about you, about the baby too."

"'Seus… I know it sounds absurd." Newt said it quietly as he sat down next to him.

"But the first moment I saw her, heard her laughter for the first time, I felt...she's my own pup. I know she's not mine by blood, but the fact her weak cry called me out that night and not the soldiers who came to her village to find and bury her parents and other villagers… I can't help but to feel like it's my own pup calling me."

This made Theseus proud of his baby brother, his compassion was deep and true from heart. It made the magical creatures love his baby brother.

"Alright…" Theseus sighed tiredly, but smiled at Newt. "I will try to get you a job in the Ministry and also an adoption paper for her. It's a piece of cake for me since I'm now a war hero."

"'Seus..."

"And also, I will help you raise her as well. She will need an alpha figure when growing up."

"Thank you very much, 'Seus. You're the best." Newt hugged his big brother tightly, Theseus didn't waste the chance to hug back knowing Newt didn't really like human contacts so much.

~0~0~0~

Newt filled out the adoption paper as soon as Theseus managed to get one for him. He finally filled out his adopted daughter's full name.

Serenity Diana Freya Scamander.

He named her that as he remembered how the Commander and the Front welcomed her as "hope for peace" for their last few days before shipping back home when they knew the full story of her.

With this name, he also hoped there would be ever-lasting peace for the future.