Sorry this chapter took so long, everyone. Hellion Prime and I were brainstorming up stuff for future stories and really got into it, so I went a long time without getting this chapter finished. Also, I couldn't find out how to do any proper transtioning. And even then, it might not be all that good. Just bear with me.

Anyway, hope you all enjoy this chapter, and I hope to not take too long with the next one.

Chapter 13: Birth of the Twins

The mildly frosty November morning air blows through the window of Chrom's bedroom, which is designed similar to that of Dizzy and Ky's but the colors of the walls and carpets are switched, and strokes the faces of Chrom and Robin.

Their reaction includes them shifting their heads a bit before slowly waking up to look at each other lovingly.

"Good morning, Robin." says Chrom.

"Hey." replies Robin. "Good sleep?"

"I've had nothing by good sleep since you came back into my life." says Chrom.

Robin giggles a bit and says, "You know, that could be taken the wrong way if you weren't careful."

"Come on, now." says Chrom. "You seriously think I sleep all day?"

"No, of course I don't." says Robin. "Just that it could be taken that way or another."

"Or another?" Chrom asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, if it is wasn't obvious already." says Robin. "After all, you said you've had nothing but good sleep since I returned, at last I checked, the word 'sleep' can mean different things. It's not brain surgery."

Chrom lightly growls through a seductive smile and says as he grabs Robin, "Come'ere, you!"

After that, Chrom and Robin lock lips.

After a while of kissing, Robin says, "So, Chrom... what do you think will happen with Dizzy and her family?"

"Worried as always, I see." says Chrom. "One of many reasons I fell in love with you."

"Come on, Chrom, be serious." says Robin. "What do you honestly think?"

"I don't know at this point." says Chrom. "Dizzy said she was brought for some task, but if Naga brought her here for a reason, then I just have to trust she knows what she's doing."

"Chrom, Naga may be the Divine Dragon, but the last thing you should do is follow her blindly." says Robin. "Doing that makes you no better from Validar."

Chrom sighs and says, "Still, I've got nothing else to go on. I mean, what more do you want from me?"

"How about an honest opinion?" asks Robin.

"Well, if I am to be honest..." says Chrom. "I don't know what could happen, or what this force could be. But if someone with her level of power is needed, then exactly what danger will Ylisse be facing soon?"

"I don't know." says Robin. "But as Shepherds, we have to be ready for the call, no matter the threat."

"I know that, and I will be ready." says Chrom. "But... if someone as powerful as her is needed to be at the frontline to face whatever it is that's out there, are the Shepherds really the right answer to aid her? I've got this nagging fear that we'll be slowing her down."

"Well, we won't know unless we make the effort." says Robin.

Chrom sighs and says, "I wonder if making the effort is what we really need to be doing in this event."

Back in Dizzy's bedroom, Dizzy and Ky are still asleep until Dizzy starts to come to.

As she groggily wakes up, she says, "Wow, I'm certainly feeling funny right now."

Dizzy thinks for a while, then surprise hits her like a tank.

She immediately turns over and says, "Ky? Ky!"

Ky starts to awaken, then he looks over at Dizzy and smiles, saying, "Good morning, beautiful."

"Um, Ky... we might have a situation." says Dizzy.

Ky spins over completely and asks, "What is it?"

"Ky... I think I'm pregnant already." says Dizzy.

Ky sits up slightly and says, "What? Already?"

Dizzy sits up, keeping her chest covered with the sheets, and says, "I got my wish, but... I didn't expect it to be so soon."

"Dr. Paradigm said Gears multiply fast when reproducing, but this is nuts!" says Ky. "How soon do you think you'll have the egg?"

"No telling, but... it could be any day soon." says Dizzy.

"I'd better tell Chrom and Robin about a good place for you to lay it." says Ky. "And we'll especially need a good place to keep it safe and warm."

"Still..." says Dizzy as she slowly smiles. "As frightening as it is to be pregnant already, it's also exciting. I'm wondering if it will be a boy or girl. Since we already have a son, I would really like a daughter."

"Well, whatever the child's gender will be, I'll just be happy to have another one." says Ky. "And this time, we're going to raise this child ourselves. I promise he or she is going to grow up under us."

"And I can't wait to be a part of such a life." says Dizzy.

Later in the day, Chrom and Robin are fully dressed and in the grand hall talking to Frederick.

Just then, Ky, also fully dressed though his hair is still hanging long, approaches the two royals and says, "Uh, your majesties. I have a favor to ask of you."

Hearing this, Chrom asks, "Is it very important?"

"Yes, I'm afraid it's quite important." says Ky.

Chrom says, "We'll continue later, Frederick."

Frederick bows and says, "Very well. I will be off."

"Actually, I might need your help, too, Frederick." says Ky.

Raising an eyebrow, Frederick says, "You must be desperate if I'm needed. What is it, your majesty?"

"Well, don't mention this to Sol or Sin." says Ky. "In fact, don't mention it to any others if you all can, but... my wife is pregnant."

All go wide-eyed, and they all hear the voice of Lissa go, "What!? Dizzy's pregnant?"

Ky facepalms and says, "Perfect."

Lissa and Vaike approach as Lissa says, "I can't believe it! You're about to be parents a second time! And before Morgan in this time is born! Brother, you and Robin need to get busy!"

Robin blushes brightly while Chrom says, "Lissa, for crying out loud, it's not a race! Parenthood needs to be taken serious! If you can't figure that out, I'm not sure you're ready to have Owain be born for real!"

"Gee, that's a low blow." says Lissa with a frown.

"So, when do ya' think your wife will have her next tyke?" asks Vaike.

"To be honest, I have no idea." says Ky. "She's a Gear though, so she'll have the egg before you know it. And don't be surprised if he or she hatches out quickly. Gears develop quite fast, so we'll also need to be ready for when he or she starts maturing quickly."

"I assume you wish to know a good place for Dizzy to lay her egg." says Frederick. "Am I right?"

"Precisely." says Ky.

"In that case, I believe the inner gardens will be a safe location." says Frederick. "I shall go there, and reserve a location for when Lady Dizzy does have the egg."

Breathing a sigh of relief, Ky says, "Thank you. And again, don't tell anyone else."

"Of course." says Frederick before he walks off.

Afterwards, Ky and Dizzy, who is back in her black dress, follow Frederick to the inner gardens.

"Ah, here we are." says Frederick. "I shall find a good and private spot for you to have your egg, Lady Dizzy." Frederick looks around and says, "I think this aclove behind the bushes should be ideal. Come over here and see what you think."

Ky and Dizzy go over to the spot, and Ky says, "So, does it seem good enough, dear?"

"Yes, it should work perfectly." says Dizzy. "Thank you, Sir Frederick."

"In that case, I shall reserve this spot for you when that time comes." says Frederick. "I will let the servants know."

"Just don't tell them too much, alright?" asks Ky.

"Of course." says Frederick. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have business to attend to. Good day."

And with that, Frederick leaves.

"So, Dizzy, feeling any different right now?" asks Ky.

"Not just yet." says Dizzy. "But that may change before too long."

"Still... I wonder how we'll keep this a secret from Sol and the others." says Ky. "And if they do react, then I worry more about how he and Sin will react. I mean, Sol wasn't exactly happy about us having Sin back then, and he nearly killed me."

"I remember that very well, and the pain when Sol took Sin to raise him so he could protect him." says Dizzy. "It was so hard to have our son that short of time, only for him to be raised by another just so that we'd be in peace."

"Well, no matter what happens now, I promise this new child will be raised by us, and we will be a happy family." says Ky.

"In the end, that is all that matters." says Dizzy.

A couple of days later, Ky and Dizzy are behind the bushes in the inner gardens, along with what appear be two eggs. Dizzy is breathing a little heavily while Ky consoles her.

"Are you going to be okay?" asks Ky.

"I think so." says Dizzy. "It's been a while since I did that, but it was good having your help."

Ky smiles and says, "That's good to know. Still, I can't believe you laid two eggs! We're going to have twins!"

"I wonder if they'll be identical or fraternal?" asks Dizzy. "Ah, it doesn't matter. Identical or fraternal, boys or girls, they'll still be lovely children."

"Yeah." says Ky. "For now, we'd better find a safe place for these eggs so they don't get damaged before our kids are born."

"Right." says Dizzy.

Afterwards, Dizzy and Ky emerge from the bushes, only to run into Olivia, who says as she sees them, "Oh, King Ky and Queen Dizzy, I didn't expect to see you there. What were you two doing behind the bushes?"

"Uh-oh." says Ky. "Uh, we were just, um... you know... having some private time."

"You don't mean you two were doing 'that' over there, were you?" asks Olivia.

"No way!" says Dizzy. "Ky and I may be lovers, but we're not that desperate to be intimate. I mean, well... we could. I mean, we've been tempted. But... we just found a spot to share our... feelings."

"Your feelings?" asks Olivia sounding suspicious.

"Yeah, our feelings." says Ky. "Sometimes, Dizzy and I... we just don't feel comfortable letting people see how much we care for each other, and... we just need the space to exchange those feelings."

"I'm not so sure about that." says Olivia. "I know how in love you two are just from the short time I've known both of you. And you seem to be perfectly comfortable expressing your feelings in public... unless you were desperate enough, to... well, you know... make love in the gardens. Besides, Dizzy looks rather flustered and you do too, King Ky, no offense."

"Oh boy." says Ky.

"And plus, your majesty." says Olivia. "You did say 'uh-oh' when you first saw me. Something must be up."

Dizzy sighs and says, "I suppose we should tell her, Ky."

"Very well." says Ky. "Truth is, Olivia, and don't let anyone else know, aside from Chrom, Robin, Frederick, Lissa and Vaike, since they're the only others who know... Dizzy was pregnant and she just laid her eggs."

"Oh, so that's why I didn't see her at all yesterday." says Ky. "But she laid her eggs that quickly?"

"Well, I am a Gear." says Dizzy. "And because of that, I reproduce fast after Ky and I become intimate."

"Oh yeah, I remember now." says Olivia. "But why don't you want others knowing? This is wonderful news!"

"Yeah... except for people like Sol and Sin." says Ky. "Sin and I haven't fully renconciled, though he still loves Dizzy like nothing else. But then again, who wouldn't? As for Sol... he was very upset about hearing Dizzy gave birth to Sin and took it out on me. In fact, he was downright angry, and came close to killing me during our fight. He would have if Sin didn't stop him."

"I never knew." says Olivia. "But why would Sol get so angry about you two having children? Sure, Dizzy may be a Gear, but that shouldn't condemn you two to not be a true family."

"It's not just Sol." says Ky. "It's how our whole world has been. Gears are still seen as abominations by a lot of people that remember the destruction Justice caused during the Crusades, and the people have a right to feel that way. Of course, others see them as a sin against nature, which is very unfair since Gears didn't ask to be made, and while being living beings, were made to not have free will, save for Sol, Justice, my wife and son, and other Gears that managed to break free from Justice's control, Dizzy's friend, Testament being one of them. For that, they couldn't even express their feelings or protect themselves unless given commands. Because of that, a union between a human and a Gear is especially taboo, and it's the main reason I became High King of Illyria, so I could better protect Dizzy from society."

"How awful." says Olivia. "Robin told me there were complications that kept you two from actually marrying. But, I didn't know it was that bad."

"And the Gear Project was because of Sol back when he was Frederick the scientist." says Dizzy. "In many ways, he fought to rid the world of what he created out of guilt, and because he's the first person to become a Gear, he tends to be known as the Guilty Gear."

"So, out of guilt, he's trying to correct his mistake?" asks Olivia. "And it was so great, that he was willing to hurt Ky out of you two having a Gear for a child?"

"That about sums it up." says Ky.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." says Olivia. "No wonder you don't want Sol to find out. Alright, I'll keep my mouth hushed. We'll keep it a secret from him."

"Thank you." says Dizzy. "We want to tell him, but not right now. I want to wait until after our children are born. It looks like we're going to have twins pretty soon."

"Oh, how wonderful!" says Olivia. "If you need me to, I'll look after your eggs and make sure no one hurts them."

"Actually, that wouldn't be too bad." says Dizzy. "Sure, Olivia, you can look after my eggs. Just let us know when they're about to hatch, okay? Ky and I do want to see what our beautiful children will look like."

"Anyway, good luck in taking care of the eggs." says Ky. "And we'll see you around."

"Okay, take care." says Olivia before Ky and Dizzy walk off.

The day is November 12th. Dizzy and Ky begin their walk to the inner gardens.

"I hope Olivia has done a good job of taking care of our eggs." says Dizzy.

Ky says, "I think I can trust Olivia. I'm sure you can, too."

Just then, Olivia begins to run towards the King and Queen of Illyria.

"Speak of the devil." says Ky. "Olivia, is it time?"

"Yes!" says Olivia. "The eggs are starting to hatch!"

"Let's hurry then!" says Dizzy as the three of them begin to run to the inner gardens.

As they make it to the spot, the three of them see the eggs are hatching. As the shells slowly crack open, out of each one comes a girl; one is basic Caucasian with black hair and the other has a dark tan with white hair.

"Aab, bab ba." says the girl with black hair.

The girl with white hair just looks at Ky and Dizzy curiously, especially Dizzy.

"Girls!" says Dizzy. "They're both girls! I got my wish! And we don't just have one daughter, but two!"

"Amazing!" says Ky. "Two daughters! I've never been this happy since the day Sin was born!"

Dizzy kneels down to the girl with white hair and says, "Hey there. I'm your mom. Want me to get you out of that egg?"

After a while of looking at Dizzy curiously, the white-haired girl giggles.

"I'll take that as a yes." says Dizzy with a giggle.

She then reaches and pulls the baby out of the egg. After that, she cradles her gently.

Ky kneels down to the black-haired girl, and he says, "Hey, I'm your dad. It's so wonderful to see you for the first time."

Like the white-haired girl, the black-haired girl giggles. After that, Ky takes the baby out of her egg and looks at with a loving expression as he cradles her the same way.

"So, what should we call them?" asks Ky.

"Hmm..." says Dizzy. "...I was actually thinking of names before. And I decided that if we had a daughter, she would have a Greek name. And looking at these two, I already know what to call them."

"Well, say it." says Ky.

Dizzy then says, "Well, for the baby you're holding, we'll name her Cindy. And for the one I'm holding, we'll name her Phoebe."

"Huh, that acutally works." says Ky. "Cindy is Greek for moon, and Phoebe is Greek for shining. Cindy here has black hair, and Phoebe over there has white hair. Seems the names are a perfect fit; both girls look to be the very example of night and day."

"Cindy and Phoebe it is then." says Dizzy. "Welcome to the world, both of you."

"Well, having these girls was the easy part." says Ky. "Now the hard part will be telling Sol and Sin about them."

"That will be tough." says Dizzy. "But I'm sure he's becoming a bit easier to explain things to nowadays. But then again, he might not be."

"Either way, we won't be able to hide these two forever." says Ky. "The world will know about them in the end."

"But we'll protect them if any harm tries to come for them." says Dizzy. "We'll always protect our family together. Right, Ky?"

"Always." says Ky with a smile.

To Be Continued in Chapter 14.