The car dropped us off late at night. Bo and I snuck into the house, I could feel Tamsin in the house, making me smile. We left the bags in the living room and headed to the basement where I knew my daughter and her two babysitters would be watching zombie movies. The television was on, but there was no zombie movie, just an old black and white movie playing. Bo moved to shut the television off as we saw Tamsin was passed out alone on the couch. I smiled and covered her with a blanket, she rolled onto her side and opened an eye, "couldn't stay away captain?" She caught Bo setting the remote down, "hey." bo waved as she stood next to me. Tamsin pulled the blanket up around her neck, "Moscow and the midget are at the fae compound hanging out with the grandma. I stayed back, it still feels weird walking in and out of the light fae compound as a dark fae." Tamsin rolled back over, "they will be home tomorrow afternoon." Tamsin started to go back to sleep. Bo pulled at my elbow, whispering for us to go back upstairs. I nodded and as we hit the first steps upstairs, Tamsin mumbled, "nice tans you two, way to make me jealous."

Bo giggled as we walked back up the stairs. When we were back in our own bedroom, Bo's hand ran over my stomach, "kind of bummed noodle isn't here, but its too late and I am beat." Bo shivered, "its so cold out too!" I had busied myself with unpacking as Bo crept up behind me. She grabbed at my hands, stilling my movements, her one hand went to the necklace I had given her. I knew instantly what she was thinking, "i will go get the car keys." Bo smiled, grabbed the gifts we had gotten Sera and ran downstairs.

I started the car as Bo settled into the passenger seat with the gifts on her lap. She and I held hands as I drove to the light fae compound. The vacation had re energized our love and every time we were around each other, it felt exactly like it did during the first few weeks we met. The birth of our daughter had changed Bo for the better and every day it was amazing to watch.

My mother met us as we walked into the grand hallway at the entrance to the private living quarters of the compound. It was only accessible to the ash and the family of the ash, and kenzi. My mother hugged us, smiling in her pajamas, "i knew you two couldn't wait. I felt you coming as soon as that plane landed." Bo hugged her mother in law, "it's mainly my fault, Elizabeth, I miss my mini me more than I could handle."

I ran my hand down Bo's arm, "was Sera behaved?" My mother laughed, shaking her head, "Lauren, I figured you to be the stricter parent, but yes, Sera was perfect while in your father and i's company." she motioned us to follow her through the hallways, "Finnegan and her spent a lot of time together in the woods playing zombie hunter and Legos. Then the three of us went on a short trip up north at Sera's behest so she could see the lake." my mother raised an eyebrow, "and she managed to get a few of the fae linguists to teach her Russian and Gaelic. She is still working on the Gaelic but has appeared to mastered Russian over three days, frustrating dear Kenzi even more now that she cannot fall back on her second language to curse." Bo sighed and poked at my side, "way to go nerd, your kid is now trilingual." I smiled and poked Bo back, "don't be jealous."

My mother kept on with the progress report as we walked, "Sera and the girls had fun, and as far as I know, there was no damaging ill behavior." she opened the large doors to the entertainment room. A large television was replaying a DVD menu screen, on the couch was a passed out Kenzi in skull pajamas. Curled up in her lap, in similar skull pajamas, was out daughter, passed out with chocolate on her face. "i allowed my granddaughter one last free night with Kenzi, we did not expect you home for another day or so."

I watched as a slow smile crept across my daughters face, she opened her eyes and rubbed at them. She sat up and in a raspy tired voice, "mummy, I can feel you." Sera slowly maneuvered out of Kenzi's lap, so as not to wake the sleeping Russian girl. When she was free, Sera ran to Bo and I, hugging both of our legs. Bo was the first to scoop her up, "missed you noodle." Sera wiggled against her moms hug and saw the necklace, "you like our gift mommy?"

Bo nodded silently as she stared at our daughter, I could read her thoughts. Bo was amazed that the little girl in her arms was hers and made a silent promise to always be the best mother she could be. Sera grabbed her moms face, "you already are the best mommy."

My mother looked at me as I sighed, Sera's fae powers were not expected not to appear for a few more years as she got closer to puberty. But it was apparent she had read the exact same thoughts I did, it could be that she had inherited the Lewis family gifts. Bo smiled and did her best, "well, just know that I promise to always be the best mommy to you and I never ever break my promises." Bo looked at me as Sera snuggled into her, there was a semi panicked look on Bo's face. Sera yawned loudly, "i am sleepy, I ate too much junk food. I've been slowed down by a carb overload."

Bo rolled her eyes, "you want to sleep in the bed with mummy and I?" Sera shook her head groggily, "im gonna stay with Aunts Kenzi. I don't want her to wake up and think she lost me." Sera slid down out of Bo's arms, grabbed a blanket and crawled back into Kenzis lap, covering the two of them up with the blanket. In the blink of an eye, the little girl was passed out, snoring lightly.

The three of us smiled in unison at the sight. We left the room, my mother escorting us to another room, "kenzi has been worried all week she would lose the child. I can feel the fear radiating off of her." When we went into the guest room, my mother held my arm to hold me back as Bo entered and began getting ready for bed.

"Lauren, I think you already know what I am going to say."

"i do, I, we, both were certain that Seraphina carried the succubus and slyph traits."

"i know, but if she is carrying out traits, we need to watch her. Maybe do a little more research. It is possible that she is changing as she grows, it is strange circumstances that she came by her fae genes."

I nodded, I had been a human, then a hybrid, then a full fae that was still altering as the years went by. My fae powers were growing and changing like any other fae's, it was possible that my child would have a mixture of powers. I placed a hand on my mothers folded arms, "in the morning, Sera will tell us everything as we ask, I know she will be intrigued about why she can read thoughts." My mother agreed with me and left Bo and I to get settled in for the night. Bo came out of the bathroom and started pulling down the covers on the bed. I couldn't help but stare, she was wearing only the top half of the formal pajamas that were in the closet for guests. "honey, is it wrong to feel weird that our kid can read my thoughts?"

"Not at all, Bo." I started helping Bo with the bed, " mom and I were certain of her powers when Sera was born, the genetic results were hard and indisputable. It could be her evolving DNA as she matures, her genetics are still figuring out their place, which power is the stronger trait. Its all a matter of biological evolution, she could be adapting to whatever she feels is needed at the moment." I paused as I could feel the blank stare and the goofy smile that followed my nerd rants. I let out a sigh, "yea, its weird." I quickly slid Bo into my arms, "but at the end of the day, she is still our little noodle. Tomorrow, mom and I will look into things." I bent and kissed her gently, "our daughter is unique in every imaginable way," Bo returned a kiss, "Even more so as Kenzi continues to influence her speech. Carb overload? Does she even know what that means?" I blushed, "actually she does, we went over them last month in the garage. She knows how proteins bind to carbohydrates to make the fuel for basic human function."

bo giggled, "so that's what you two do in there for hours?"

"she is curious, what do you two do when you have your mommy and me time?"

Bo smirked, "we color, run around the playground and she knows how to throw knives now." bo paused and looked at me wide eyed, "um, I meant...we go shopping."

I laughed, "its okay, Sera told me about the knives, she plans on asking Santa for a samurai sword this Christmas." I looked at bo, eyebrow raised, "That I leave to you to deal with."

"oh crap."

I woke up with a little kid body smashed against mine, Sera was leaning against my side looking at her mom. I reached and gently poked her, whispering, "sera, what are you doing?"

she had the same look on her face that I did when I was focused, "mommy is dreaming about you, and you have a big belly, but it isn't from eating junk food." sera looked at me, "i can see mommy's dreams like they were shows on the TV."

I looked over at bo, focused my powers, I could not see anything that Bo was dreaming about. I did not have that gift of looking into unconscious thoughts, only when the person was awake. I sat up and grabbed Sera in a playful hug, kissing her all over, "how about we let mommy sleep a little longer and we can go wake up Aunts Kenzi and have grams make breakfast."

Sera nodded as she squirmed in my arms, she freed herself and crawled off the bed. I slipped on a robe and pointed at the gifts on the chair, "take those with us, you can open them at the table." Sera bounced and scooped up the gifts, running out of the room. I looked at Bo sleeping, it was weird that Sera could see into her dreams. It was disconcerting.

I met up with my daughter in the small side kitchen that was used daily by Finnegan and my mother. Finnegan was reading the paper, sera sitting next to him, pretending to read over his shoulder. The gifts were unopened in front of her. My mother was mixing up eggs for omelets, "i told her she had to wait until you and Bo were up before she could unwrap them."

Sera frowned a little as she nodded, "grams said it would ruin the fun for you and mommy." Finnegan looked over his newspaper, "i told her to open at least one."

I smiled as I gave my father a side hug and sat next to sera, "you can open one, I think your mommy is going to be asleep for a little longer." I picked up the smallest package and pushed it to sera, she tore into it and was excited to find ship in a bottle that Bo and I had found on our one short trip to the tourist area. "look grampa! Its a ship in a bottle!" Finnegan bent down and looked at it with sera. "i wonder how they got it in there?" sera giggled, as the two held the bottle staring at it.

I stood up, "you need help mom?" I gave her a look that told her my request was more than just to see if she needed help making breakfast. "help me get the flour out of the pantry? I am going to make muffins for everyone."

when we were inside the massive pantry, I grabbed the bag of flour, "Sera told me that she can see what bo is dreaming." my mother pursed her lips, "that is different, that is something not from our family, we can only read waking thoughts."

I nodded, "She said that she saw bo dreaming about me with a big belly, and not from over eating."

my mother giggled, "bo has been giving off vibes that she would like more children, so I am not surprised. Also you two need to be careful if you don't want to add a brother or sister to the mix." I leaned against the pantry shelves, "where does one exactly get succubus birth control?" I drifted to all the times Bo and I shared on fiji, I did not recall experiencing anything close to what I had when bo impregnated me. "i am not pregnant currently, but beside the point. How is the little one reading into dreams?"

I was handed a bag of sugar, "the only way we will know is if we ask the little one." I frowned, "can we wait a few more years?"

"in a few more years you will be dealing with succubus traits, so I suggest we get some of the small things out of the way first." my mother shook her head as I frowned harder, "don't remind me about that birds and bees conversation."

as we came back into the kitchen, Kenzi was walking in, half asleep and mumbling in Russian. She filled a cup of coffee up and was startled as Sera rattled off perfect Russian to her. Kenzi looked at me, "doc, this kid. Seriously." I laughed, shooting a look at my daughter, telling her to be careful with her words, also in perfect Russian. I watched as sera realized she was caught, sinking down to lean into her grandfather.

Kenzi laughed as she gave me a quick hug, "nice to have you back, doc. Where is my bobo?"

"Right here." Bo walked into the kitchen, "i could smell coffee and the other side of the bed was cold." Bo shot me a look as she hugged her best friend. I was issued a quick kiss before hugs were handed out to the rest of the family. Sera grabbed at Bo's sleeve pulling her to sit next to her, "look at the ship in the bottle, mommy. Grampa and I are trying to figure out how it got in there. Want to help?" Bo smiled as she was handed the bottle.

After breakfast and after Sera had opened the rest of the gifts, Bo and I got Sera ready to meet my mother in her office. Sera sat on my lap while my mother started asking questions.

"sera, can you see what I am thinking right now?"

Sera squinted up her face, "you love me a lot, you love grampa a lot and you are worried about your test results for the big stinky ogre in the hospital." sera giggled and leaned back against my chest. My mother nodded, "that is right. Can you see anyone else's thoughts?"

Sera nodded, "mommy thinks about mummy a lot, knives and how much she loves me. Mummy thinks about all sorts of science, dna, plants and things. She thinks about mommy a lot and how much she loves me and her." Sera was swinging her legs, it was obvious she thought it was normal for her to know what we were thinking about.

"Sera, anyone else?"

"Aunts Kenzi thinks about food, shoes, sleep and she is getting old hair. Grampa thinks about a lot of things, but it changes when him and I play." Sera moved forward, grabbing one of my mothers pens and she started doodling on paper.

I smiled at my mother, then asked, "what else can you see? Or who else you know can you see what they are thinking?"

"i can see mommy when she is dreaming, and mummy sometimes. Its like the tv, but I cant see Tam Tam." I looked up, "what do you mean you cant see Tam Tam?"

Sera looked over at me, "i cant see what Tam Tam is thinking, I have tried because I want to know if she likes the pictures I draw for her." I watched as my mother scribbled notes. Bo had been sitting quietly, "sera, you want to go grab Aunts Kenzi and tell her we are getting ready to go home?"

"yup." Sera finished her drawing and handed it to Bo, "for you!" it was a better than stick figure drawing, bo held it, "what is it noodle?"

Sera hopped off my lap and pointed, "this is you, me and mummy. Mummy has a big belly like in your dream." Bo froze and uttered, "you did a good job."

Sera giggled and ran out the room yelling in Russian for Kenzi.

Bo spoke before I could, "Elizabeth, what does this all mean." I could see she was shaken by the fact that our child was a veritable mind reader at the age of five.

"it may mean she is a strong telepath, stronger than anyone in our bloodline. I took her blood after breakfast and will run some tests. I know she still has the succubus traits but it is intriguing this new development."

Bo sighed hard, "it is a little disconcerting, I dreamt last night that Lauren was pregnant again. Then my daughter draws me a picture of it." I received a side look for my wife, "not all of my dreams about you are that g rated."

I could not help but blush as my mother chuckled, "its understandable Ysabeau." my mother looked at me, "it is intriguing that she cannot pick up on Tamsins thoughts, it has nothing to do with light and dark fae. Sera was able to read the thoughts of the dark fae ogre I am studying. Hmm, this is curious."

"mom, how do we deal with this?"

"the best you can, be cautious of your thoughts until I know more, and in the meantime we need to start training Seraphina how to focus her gifts and teach her manners, so to speak, of when it is appropriate to look in and when to stay away." she scribbled a few notes, "but for now, go home and maybe lock the bedroom door at night to prevent the little one from seeing more than she should." my mother smirked at bo, making bo blush for the first time ever.

I stood up and held out my hand to bo, "Come on mommy, lets go get our little mind reader and take her home." I felt her hand slip into mine, "mom, I will talk to Tamsin when we get home. Her and I have a psychic connection that has gotten stronger since her rebirth, it is unusual that Sera cannot infiltrate her thoughts."

we left the office and found Kenzi and sera playing tag in the massive living room. I could feel Bo was still uneasy with the sera and her abilities. I linked my arm into hers and pulled her close, "its going to be okay."

Bo tried to smile, "i know, I forget sometimes that our kid is fae, I liked the idea of having a normal, super nerdy kid that had no powers at all."

I kissed her temple, "she is normal, super nerdy yes, but look at her." I pointed to the small blonde blur laughing her maniacal laugh as she swatted Kenzi on the bum and ran away as Kenzi stumbled on her stiletto heels to try and chase the whirling dervish. "it doesn't get anymore normal than that, especially in this family."

To be Continued! I have some ideas that will be slow to come as I establish things. I also desperately need to finish partners for you all and I am working on possibly starting another A/U. I might be flooding the market soon! hope you all can bear with me!