"Baby Daddy is silly!"Rachel cried jumping up and down excitedly.
"Your father's still quite silly, even in his old age."Ciel said, offering Angelina a bottle. Lenora giggled, attempting to wrap her arms around a large pumpkin.
"That one's bigger than you are, Lenora. Mummy can't even get his arms round it."Naveen grinned kissing the top of his daughter's head. Cayden wiggled gleefully in his mother's arms.
"Mama, look, Cousin Alois' baby is so happy!"Evian cried gleefully. "He is wiggly when he is happy."
"He wiggles a lot. sometimes even when he's asleep." Alois grinned at the thought.
"He loves his Mama so much!" Evian said, showing his tiny fangs.
"Isn't it wonderful, having the family together, my love?" Ann asked turning to her mate. The king took her hand.
"It most certainly is, my heart." Mordred sighed heavily.
"mother, father, can we get through this tale please. I would very much like to get through I quickly and be done with it."
"Very well, My mate and I brought Sebastian and Mordred here each year when they were demonlings. The particular story I would like to share with you is one in which Sebastian was an infant, no older than our darling Angelina and Kathryn."
"Mother, why did that thing come, it cannot do anything but crawl around and bother me." Mordred cried as he walked between his parents. Baby Sebastian cooed softly in his mother's arms, his head resting softly on her chest.
"Ma." He said softly. Ann's heart was filled with joy at the sound of the young Prince's voice.
"Yes, Mother is here, Sebastian, and your father and your brother Mordred."The group was just about to enter the woods, the moon was high above them.
Sebastian raised his head, scanning his surroundings with wide, crimson eyes.
"Ma, tees!"he cried pointing to the towering trees on either side of them.
"Trees, babies are so stupid, why did you have to have him, I don't like him."Mordred crossed his arms.
"Mordred, that is more than enough, you too were once that young. I will not tolerate your behavior, your brother is here as part of the family and that cannot change, learn to accept that." the king growled.
"you didn't need a new baby, you already had a child."
"Yes, and now we have a second son. This is sometimes the way of life. Be grateful that you do not live in the time of your great, great grandfather's rule."
"Stupid thing." Mordred grumbled quietly as they journeyed on. Soon, the family came upon an owl seated on the tree branch. Sebastian began to sob as the large bird stretched out its wings and cried out into the night.
"There, now, it's alright. It's only an owl, it won't harm you dear. Mother and father are here to protect you." Ann soothed, patting her son's back.
"At least I'm not afraid of a bird."
"One more word Mordred Michaelis and you will find yourself feeling frightened of punishment waiting for you when we return home." the devil hissed. Mordred fell silent.
"Enough, both of you. This is meant to be a family activity, can you not behave yourselves for an evening?"Ann scolded. Sebastian continued to whimper until another sound reached his tiny ears.
"Ma, og!" He shrieked suddenly as they passed a group of frogs, croaking softly in the night.
"Yes, that was a frog, such a smart demonling." Ann praised causing him to giggle.
"Here we are my family, the royal pumpkin patch. I have many activities planned." The king announced as Ann lowered Sebastian down next to the pumpkins. The family watched as he began to crawl around.
The child's eyes were filled with wonder at the large, orange objects surrounded him.
"Choose a good one my son, Mordred, you too may look around but mind Sebastian, do not step on him." The eldest prince sighed but began his search.
"Look at them, our boys are growing up too quickly. This was a wonderful idea." The queen said feeling the king's arm around her.
"I can think of no other way to honor Devil's night than with my family, though I do wish Mordred had inherited more from you. I have never had a brother and my hope for our children was that they would be close to each other. I realize the fault is mine, it was my genetics after all."
"You can't entirely blame yourself , you didn't ask to be who you are. However, I do love you no matter what." The king grinned.
"Only you Rhiannon, can love a beast such as myself. I am fortunate to have a mate with such a gentle soul."
"Father, I have one!" Mordred shouted.
"Good, I shall be over shortly to help you with it." The King and Queen moved forward, walking over to Mordred.
"Which one did you choose my son?" Mordred pointed to a large orange pumpkin.
"See Father, it's very large and round. It must be the perfect one and-"
"Sebastian, no, don't bite the pumpkins."Ann cried as the child attempted to eat the object. The devil chuckled.
"Rhiannon my love, Sebastian has yet to get his fangs, he has nothing to bite with. Naturally at this age he is curious about the world around him, allow him to explore, it will do no harm." Sebastian shrieked joyfully and laughed. He wrapped his tiny arms around it and rested his head on it gently.
"Idiot." Mordred grumbled as his parents cooed over their child.
"Kin!' the demonling cried. He turned his attention to his brother, tugging on the older demon.
"What do you want?"
"Kin, my." Mordred shook his head.
"My, did!"
"Oh, Mordred, he called you. Isn't that so sweet?" The boy merely rolled his eyes.
"Whatever he says, he's still annoying." The royal family sat around as the king carved amusing faces into the pumpkins much to the delight of his two sons and his mate, who was enjoying the sound of laughter as her mate lifted the objects to cover his own face and began to speak in different voices.
"My, da!" Sebastian clapped.
"Yes, That is your father, you may not remember these precious moments, but he and I love you and your brother dearly."
"Is that where you get it then, Sebastian, when you create voices for the stories you tell our little ones?" Ciel asked, leaning against his mate.
"It is indeed. I remember more than one instance in which my father entertained us in that way. Being the Devil, he was usually quite busy, but when he spent time with us, he did his best."
"Daddy tried to eat the pumpkin, that is such a silly thing!" Rachel giggled. "I love baby Daddy stories and I love my daddy." Rowan's attention was on his Uncle. Mordred stared back at the child.
"Uncle Mordred, why are you so mean, even when you were a baby?"
"That's who I am, Rowan. We can be nothing more than that."
"But, don't you want to have a family?" Rowan sat down next to him.
"Let me explain something to you, boy. When you're like this, when you have the feelings or lack there of, for all your life, that is all that can be. I am who I am and it is no fault of my parents who as you can see did their best. Nor is it...what happened was not your fault. I am far beyond wanting family, you however, and your siblings have the opportunity to understand the world differently than I, take it and listen to your mother and father. I did not listen to mine."
"Oh brother, if only you were this way when you are sober, My Ciel and I could have welcomed you." Sebastian said.
"yes, you always did try to be brotherly at that age. I simply could not stand by while you were always the favorite and I was nothing. You had everything."
"No Mordred, you stole everything from me, this is why you were in trouble. I wanted to love you Brother, truly I did." Sebastian confessed.
"Tis a shame that time is passed. Come morning, it will all be the same once more."
"Yes."
"Now then, the time has come, I would like to invite the young ones to pick one of their own. Any one you like little ones and then we shall make Jack-o-lanterns." The king announced.
"Grandfather is so nice, we get to have one!" Evian exclaimed. The Michaelis children began their search, examining the pumpkins carefully to find the prefect one.