Kevin was sitting on the front porch of his home, releasing a frustrating sigh. "Try again, Elizabeth" he encourages the dark little ball of fur.
"I can't do it!" she pouts.
"We're too little, Daddy" Victor's dark red ears droop as he lies down and sighs.
Eddward steps out of the home with wince as Kevin barked at the twins to continue to try. He had a horrid headache from the sounds coming out of his children and felt it was time for a break, for his sanity and theirs. "Mon amour, allow the little ones to take a break. It is time to eat and they need to learn" he says walking up behind the majestic white wolf and petting him.
"They should be able to call out to us in case something happens" Kevin groaned.
"Just say you're worried, Kevin" a teenage wolf steps behind the two children and sits. "Try again..." Daniel prodded, pointing his muzzle to the Moon and baying loudly. Kevin joined in just as Daniel started. Elizabeth took a deep breath and squeaked an answering call while Victor got a small howl but not much else.
Eddward covers his ears, his eye brow twitching in annoyance. "Enough! It's time for a break!" he insists. "Children, give your father and uncle a kiss goodbye, we are leaving" he says firmly.
"Where you taking them? We can feed them..."
"I'm taking them to our lake. I told them I would show them where we first fell in love" Eddward smiles.
"You're lame" Kevin teased but nuzzled their soft fur. "Be good for Papa, okay?"
Elizabeth smiles brightly. "Okay Daddy, I love you!" she says dashing off towards the edge of the trees as Victor rolls his eyes. "Yea yea, I'll be good" he grumbles following his sister.
Eddward chuckles. "He has your attitude" he points out kissing the white fur on the top of Kevin's crown.
"Oh yeah. And she is a blossoming version of you, Mr. Sunshine."
"Oh no, she has Daniel's attitude" Eddward snickers, smacking his lover playfully in the head before dashing off with his children.
'Be careful, Eddward. Let's not have a repeat with this pregnancy, hm?'
Eddward blushes brightly. 'Mon amour, we do not even know for sure I am pregnant' he scolds gently.
'Aight, tell your pooch that then...' Kevin cuts Eddward off and takes off with Daniel on his heels to track some other hunters. The reports he has been getting from the others members of their pack were telling of humans entering the forest. Since the release of all the prisoners from Alistar's grip, many of the werewolves and vampires left but many still stayed. Those that stayed were invited into their pack which made the forest and woods a safer place for everyone, especially for his children and mate. The humans were always trying to impede on their land, negotiations have broken down a few years ago and everyone just wanted to be left alone.
The vampire stops to touch his abdomen in thought. "Papa!" he hears his children call from the ground and he chuckles.
"I'm coming, my darlings" he calls dashing off again.
The two pups stopped at the edge of the water and looked up to Eddward. They were not allowed to swim by themselves and waited patiently for permission. Getting a head nod from Eddward, they dived in and paddled around the shallows.
Eddward smiles and takes his shirt, shoes, and socks off before diving in with his children. "Come here, hold onto me" he instructs.
"Don't dunk me under!" Elizabeth scrambles away the best she can without her paws on the ground while Victor just snickers.
"Victor! I will pull your ear!" Eddward warns as the children make their way over to him
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"What did I do?! Daddy did it!" Victor cried out angrily.
"What do you mean 'Daddy did it'?" Eddward asks.
"Daddy had her on his back and then went underwater when she refused to swim! I was already swimming with Grandpa!"
Eddward's eyes flash red. "Come now, Elizabeth, I would never do that" he says gently as he guides the children to his shoulders.
"Papa, what are we doing?" Victor asked nuzzling into Edwards neck, his wet fur sticking to his skin.
Eddward chuckles and wads to the rock. "This is mine and your father's special rock" he says gently.
"Special rock?" Elizabeth cocked her head to the side.
"It's where we first started feeling for each other" Eddward says softly, placing his hand on it.
As soon as the two young pups hopped up on the large boulder, they started sniffing around. "I smell you and Daddy, Papa! You were here earlier!" Elizabeth exclaimed proudly while Victor just yawned and laid out under the Moon.
Eddward smiles. "That's right, mon petit, we were" he acknowledges getting onto the rock with them and looking at the moon.
"Why didn't you bring us out here before?" Victor hummed out resting his head against one of Eddward's thighs.
"Because we wanted some alone time and I had forgotten it until I mentioned it to you two the other day" he chuckles rubbing behind his ears.
"Papa, when will we be able to howl out like Daddy? He is so loud you can hear him across the whole forest!" Elizabeth popped his head up at the call of her sire somewhere off in the distance, followed by her grandfather, and uncle.
Eddward smiles "I do not know, you honestly might never because you are also half vampire and might grow out of your wolf stage. You two are a mystery to us" he says honestly.
"No! I don't wanna lose my wolf form! I love it! Daddy will teach me how to howl like him!" Victor stomps over to the edge of the rock and sits down with a huff. Elizabeth looks at Eddward
"I don't wanna either, Papa..."
Victor starts to yip and cry out, calling out for his pack but none of them could hear him.
"Well you might not, darling girl, like I said you two and your father are mysteries. We have no idea what is going to happen" he says gently petting her head.
Victor releases a broken howl out that ends with a small choke and a cough. "Stop it, Victor! You can't do it, just knock it off" Elizabeth sighed.
"Shut up!" Victor flicked his tail at her.
"Both of you stop arguing" Eddward scolds.
"Can you teach us?" Elizabeth asked.
"He's a vampire, duh..." Victor teased. "He doesn't know how to howl."
Eddward glares at his son. "Oh really?"
Victor cocked his head and looked over his shoulder while Elizabeth hopped in Eddward's lap, putting her front paws on his chest. "Can you howl Papa?"
"I can in fact" Eddward chuckles.
"Lemme hear, Papa!" Elizabeth cried out happily.
The vampire chuckles and rears his head back letting out a mighty howl to the moon. Elizabeth's face brightened up as she tries to mimic Eddward. Victor's head cocked back out to the forest when he heard the answering call.
He chuckles as he looks back down at his kids. "My lungs are stronger than a humans so I am able to howl to your father anytime I like. Unfortunately, we didn't learn that until after you two were born. It would have been very helpful beforehand."
"If your lungs are strong than so are mine! Teach me!" Elizabeth begged. "I wanna call to Daddy too!"
Eddward chuckles. "Let's start small and do a little aroooooooo" he says at a normal volume
"Vik-ta, c'mere and try it!" Using her baby name for her brother, she called him scowls and crawls over to them and together they all let out soft howls.
"That wasn't loud enough, Papa..."
"I know, try going a little louder" he says gently. The small pups took a deep breath and tried it again, a little louder but their voices didn't crack this time.
Eddward smiles widely. "A little louder, almost there…" he encourages them.
Eventually, they stopped and panted happily. "Can we call to Daddy now?!" Victor asked excitedly.
"Yes! Yes by all means you can try!" Eddward smiles encouragingly.
The twins took a deep breath in and howled out, strong and confident, just like they were taught. Kevin, Daniel, and Lucas were finishing their meal when they heard the call.
"Who is that?" Daniel wondered outloud.
"It can't be..." Kevin started before he took off through the dark forest. Coming to stop at the edge of the lake he saw his babies, baying loudly at the Moon with a proud looking Eddward behind them. The three Barr men answered back as Kevin connected to his mate. 'Feeling pretty proud of yourself, aren't ya?'
'Extremely... and I'm not even a wolf' the Raven sends back howling nonetheless.
Victoria, Nazz, and Marie walk up with a laugh. "Oh my goodness! All the noise! I had no problem finding you guys!" Victoria grinned.
Eddward chuckles. "Their father for some reason couldn't teach them but after thirty minutes with me, they know how to howl!" he cackles, just tickled pink with himself.
"Oh my god Eddward, that is fucking priceless you aren't even a wolf!" Marie cackles.
"Fuck you, ya tick" Kevin huffed at Marie.
"Be nice, Kevin... Eddward, be a dear and bring them back to shore!" Victoria called out.
Eddward dives into the water, the pups jumping in with him. 'I think we should tell everyone' he sends to his mate as he makes his way to shore.
'About your belly? Shouldn't we get it confirmed first?' Kevin asked as his children got to shore and ran up to him, chattering excitedly about their new-found skill.
'Kevin, please, you're right. The mood swings, the increase in my hunger, the weight gain... I am pregnant again' Eddward thinks walking over to him.
'Oh, I love when I'm right and you admit it. Mom will be ecstatic since she wasn't able to help much with the last pregnancy.'
Eddward chuckles out loud. "Everyone, we have an announcement!" he calls.
The grandmother of the group perks her ears up as the pups run over to their uncle and attack him. Daniel flops over dramatically like Kevin used to do with him. "What's up, Eddward?"
The Raven grabs his lover's hand as he transforms into his human form. "We believe we are expecting again."
"Why are you making more?! Kevin can't keep up with the two you have!" Danny quipped out while moving his face and ears away from little snapping jaws.
"Shut up, yes I can!" Kevin snapped back.
Eddward snickers. "Oh darling, you have no patience. We don't know how many we are having yet" he confesses.
"Well, this time you are being watched over by myself. I am completely healed and I will be a part of any and all pregnancies from here on out! I'm so happy for both of you!" Victoria embraces them both.
"Our pack is getting stronger and stronger, I love it" Lucas grinned.
"Well, Barr, ya did it again!" Marie snickered.
Eddward smiles brightly he and Victoria had grown very close over the years. They had put their pasts aside for the children and his mate's sake, whom he had had a proper ceremony with. they had made traditional wedding outfits for the occasion and they had it on a beautiful spring moonlit night in front of the very lake they were at now, with their family and friends had all come to show support.
"Would you like me to confirm it for you? Maybe you'll have another set of twins!" Victoria exclaimed happily.
Eddward and Kevin share a look before the Raven nods. "Yes, that would be fantastic" he smiles.
"I hope there's only one, I can't handle two of these demons!" Danny cried out as he quickly stood up and trotted off behind his father. "Help me!" Daniel pleaded. Lucas just chuckled.
"Sorry, kid. This is called divine intervention. You were Hell on your brothers"
Eddward chuckles as Victoria moved forward and placed her hands on his abdomen. They emanate a small glow for a moment before she jerks back in surprise. "N-Nazz, please come make sure I'm not going senile in my old age" she giggles nervously.
Nazz emanates the same soft blue energy from her hands. A shocked expression crosses her face as she glances at Victoria. "You ready to deal with this one?"
The two look at each other questioningly before Eddward takes the ginger's hand and nods. "Yes, please tell us how many."
Victoria sighs and mumbles something. "I'm sorry what?" the Raven asks, confused thinking for sure he hadn't heard right.
"It's um… its four dear… you are having four this time" Victoria says sheepishly.
"F-four?" Kevin asked, stunned. A cry from Daniel brought him back to the present. "What kind of super sperm do you have?! Damnit! Eddward needs to be on birth control, mother!"
Eddward lets out a panicked laugh. "My god, I'm going to die..." he says in shock.
"It's alright Eddward... Kevin and I will just have to get to work on the new additions to the house. That's all. With the new peace treaty between the vampires and werewolves, we have all the help we need" Lucas tries to reassure his son in law.
Kevin groans "I'm going to have to make an official announcement, won't I?"
"Yes, you will. This one will be easier... the Elders already approve your mating and your other children. Everything will be fine."
Victoria turns her attention solely on Eddward. "Remember the pregnancy with the twins? Everything will be doubled now... you're going to be tired a lot and very high risk. But at least I am better now and it will be easier" Victoria tried to assure him.
The poor Raven just nods numbly as his knees buckle and he sits on the ground his children immediately there asking a barrage of questions and sniffing him.
"I knowed it! You smelled different, Papa!"
"How are babies made?"
"Are they boys or girls?"
"Papa, where are they coming out of?"
He lets out another shocked laugh and looks up at Kevin. "Help. Me."
"Hey hey, leave your Papa alone, ne?" Kevin pulled himself together enough to get his children off his mate. "You guys need to be super careful with him from now on. No rough play. You do that with your uncle and aunts."
"'Scuse you, sir, no..." Daniel grunted as Victor head butted his chest.
"You guys can play rough with us anytime" Nazz cooed to Elizabeth after picking her up and cuddling her with a giggle.
"Oh more puppy teeth..." Marie groaned. "Have to get Edd to make more of his teething toys. Kev is gonna be thrilled to have more kids to play with."
While Eddward sits there and has a small mental break down, the pups get together and begin whispering. A few minutes later they tackle Daniel to the ground, Victor doing for his neck and Elizabeth his ears.
"Oh my god! You two don't stop!" Daniel cried out as he tried to shake them off to only be tackled by Kevin, who in turn, got attacked by Lucas. Nazz and Marie sighed and stood between the rough housing werewolves and Eddward while Victoria sat next to him, offering her shoulder and ear should he need it.
"Good god..." Eddward groans "let them be more like me this time" he practically sobs into his mother in law's shoulder.
"Elizabeth is like you... a little... maybe?"
That snaps him out of it a bit. "I suppose... come on you three, bed time sun is coming up" he says. When they ignore him, he sighs and quick as a flash he darts forward. He yanks his two children out, one ear in each hand, and grabs his lover's ear with his teeth dragging them out kicking and screaming.
Kevin starts licking as much of Eddward's face and neck as he can while the twins whine and try to break loose. Once Kevin hits the ground, he whirls around to stalk his mate. "What the hell?! We were having fun!"
"Yes and I said it was bed time so it is bed time!" Eddward says firmly.
"Awe, do we have to?!" the twins whine together.
"We still have a little bit before the Sun comes up, why don't we just chill for a bit in the forest. No playing, no rough housing, no training, no FIGHTING..." he says loudly, grabbing his son in his jaws and prying him off his daughter.
Eddward sighs deeply. "They have a bed time, Kevin."
"Papa, please?!" Elizabeth nuzzled against Eddward's legs while Victor crawled onto Kevin's back to lay down between his shoulders.
Eddward sighs. "No amount of puppy eyes can make me agree to that, you know the rules" he says firmly.
"Rules are meant to be broken, babe..." Kevin smirked at the vampire and the nickname.
Eddward sighs "Alright, alright, since I am clearly outnumbered."
The twins cheer but settle down quickly. Eventually, four human figures were lounging in an open field, under the setting moon. Eddward ended another story just as their children fell asleep; Victor against Kevin's chest and Elizabeth in Eddward's lap.
"Well that took longer than normal..." Kevin mused quietly.
The Raven chuckles. "You and your sire made them hyper."
"Daniel was a part of that group too!"
"I blame him less because you two raised him and taught him to be that way."
"I did no such thing, sir. Thank you!"
"Uh huh" Eddward chuckles. "Are you ready to go through all this again?" he asks softly.
"Well we really don't have a choice, do we?" he chuckled. "I'm as ready as I'll ever be. I'd gladly have a hundred kids with you."
Eddward laughs. "Let's not get ahead of ourselves, mon amour, especially since you aren't the one giving birth but you're the one that almost passed out last time."
"I'm thinking that this time I won't be in the room with you. You're cranky and an asshole..."
Eddward turns a death glare on his mate, his eyes glowing red. "I would -never- let you live it down" he hisses.
Kevin groans. "Alright but can you -NOT- break my hand this time?"
"I didn't last time!" Eddward hisses softly.
"Tell that to my cracked bones!" Kevin growled back playfully. "Keep on, sir. You'll get spanked when we get home." Kevin stood up gracefully, still cradling a passed-out Victor.
Eddward follows picking up Elizabeth just as gracefully. "Ne me menace pas avec un bon moment." ((do not threaten me with a good time)) he smirks. Eddward begins to lead the way home, swaying his hips in a way that did things to the ginger.
'This is how you end up pregnant!' Kevin smirks through their bond to follow Eddward home.
In the following months, four healthy, rambunctious, curious, hybrid pups were brought into the world and Kevin escaped without needing too much healing from Daniel. As soon as things died down, Eddward talked to Edd and Kev about getting some sort of preventative to stop them from having children in the future. He feared for both of their sanities and that they stay with six. Yes, six was more than enough!
A few years after that, Marie came home from a lone hunt with a surprise. She had come across a grizzly scene: the parents were dead but their baby was still alive. The motherly instinct in her took over and she quickly gathered the babe up in her arms and came home. Nazz was perfectly fine with it, she learned to love the little boy even though he chose to change into a vampire and not a werewolf.
Lucas and Victoria stayed close to their large family and helped around the compound, which was now a medical unit of sorts. Members of the pack would come for aid of some sort. It was also a place that pack members could find a Safe Haven should the need ever arise. While the older couple preferred their small home by the lake, they made frequents trips to see their grandchildren and to help Kev and Edd at the compound. Lucas and Daniel were becoming very well acquainted with all the weapons that Kev came up with and enjoyed testing them out.
With the vampires and werewolves coming together, that meant more interbreeding. There were more and more hybrids as the years progressed. Daniel found himself head over heels with a beautiful dark haired hybrid, she adored him and his family and she loved playing with the youngsters. Eventually they had two themselves but the birth was too much for her and she did not make it, despite Victoria and Nazz's best efforts. Daniel become impossibly attached to Kevin after that and tried his best to emulate how Kevin and Eddward raised him. When his twins were six, Daniel found himself in love once again but this time it was with another pure werewolf. Never mind that his new love interest was male! The tall blonde stole Daniel's heart and refused to let it go, so Daniel ended up mated again. This time it stuck!
Kevin ended up aging at the same pace as Eddward and they died within minutes of each other, surrounded by their large family and protected by their pack. They were buried right next to each other so that when they came back in the next life, it may be easier for them to find each other again. When old souls are destined to be together, nothing can tear them apart. Just goes to show you, everyone is deserving of someone to love them, no matter what they have or have not done in the past.