Chapter 8: New Additions To The Family

After Timothy and Crumbelina got married, a lot of different things happened.

Another of Timothy's third cousins, Leif Willows, traveled to Spain about three days after Timothy and Crumbelina came back from their honeymoon. There, he met a lower-class woman named Penny Nairobi, and they fell in love. Penny had brown hair, green eyes, and pale skin. When Leif went to return to Richmond three weeks later on May 14th 2088, Penny went with him, and a month after that, they got married on June 30th 2088. Then, three years later, on July 13th 2091, Penny gave birth to a son that she and Leif named Reneult. Reneult has brown hair, green eyes, and pale skin.

Another of Timothy's third cousins and Axel's younger sister, Yukiko Patterson, traveled to Norway on August 5th 2088 and met a man named Thomas Johnson. Thomas had black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin. Yukiko and Thomas fell in love, and when Yukiko went back to Richmond four weeks later on September 3rd 2088, Thomas went back with her, and three months after that, they got married on December 21st 2088. Then, four years later, on March 24th 2092, Yukiko gave birth to a daughter that she and Thomas named Penelope. Penelope has black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.

Shortly after Timothy and Crumbelina's wedding, on May 25th 2088, Axel reconfigured his portal key so that it would make portals that would take him to the Dream World. There, he went to Planet Shroob in the Nintendo Realm of the Dream World and he met Princess Shroob. They fell in love, and five months later, on October 23rd 2088, Axel and Princess Shroob got married. Meanwhile, Princess Shroob's older sister, Elder Princess Shroob, fell in love with a Shroob named Preston Shroob on June 1st 2088, and three months later, on September 27th 2088, they got married.

"Location: Richmond, Virginia, December 11th 2092"

Four years later, there was a surprise. Timothy, Crumbelina, Leif, Penny, Yukiko, Thomas, Axel, Princess Shroob, Eva and Halvard (Leif's parents), Elsbeth and Jeffery (Axel and Yukiko's parents), Lucy, and Aron were relaxing in the castle, and Princess Shroob spoke up.

"Uh, you guys know how I had been feeling weird recently and went to the doctor for a checkup today, right?" Princess Shroob asked.

The others nodded.

"Well, it... it turns out that I'm pregnant." Princess Shroob said.

Timothy, Crumbelina, Leif, Penny, Yukiko, Thomas, Eva, Halvard, Elsbeth, Jeffery, Lucy, and Aron became happy and were about to congratulate Axel and Princess Shroob, but then Axel fainted from shock.

"Uh... is he going to be okay?" Crumbelina asked awkwardly.

"Relax, he'll be fine." Timothy replied.

Sure enough, Axel woke up a few seconds later and started leaping all over.

"We're going to have a child! I'm going to be a father!" Axel exclaimed.

The others all smirked with amusement. When he was done cheering, Axel went over to Princess Shroob and gently kissed her, and she kissed him back.

"Location: Richmond, Virginia, January 14th 2093"

As time passed, Axel was still overjoyed. Princess Shroob, however, seemed worried, and it didn't take long for Axel to notice.

"What's wrong, honey?" Axel asked.

Princess Shroob sighed.

"I'm not sure if I could be a good mother. I never really had practice with kids, and I certainly never had practice with babies. Plus, because of my tough attitude and my past history, our child might even become scared of me." Princess Shroob replied.

"Honey, I'm sure that won't happen. And I know that you'll be a wonderful mother. After all, you love our child right?" Axel asked gently.

Princess Shroob was surprised that Axel would ask something like that.

"Of course I do. Even though he or she hasn't been born, yet I do love our child." Princess Shroob replied.

Axel smiled.

"And that's all you really need to be a good mother. I mean, sure, you do need to know other things, but the most important thing is love. Besides, knowing me, I'll probably be a pushover when our child will later want treats and such, so your tougher attitude will come in handy." Axel said.

Princess Shroob smiled and kissed Axel.

"Location: Richmond, Virginia, October 17th 2093"

Nine months later, it was time for Princess Shroob to give birth, and she was taken to the Richmond City Hospital to wait for the baby. While that happened, Axel started to worry for his wife and he banged on the door to the maternity ward.

"Please, let me be with my wife!" Axel begged.

A doctor opened the door.

"I'm sorry, Prince Axel, but you'll have to wait out here." the doctor said.

Just then, Timothy, Crumbelina, Leif, Penny, Yukiko, Thomas, Eva, Halvard, Elsbeth, Jeffery, Lucy, Aron, Elder Princess Shroob, Preston, and King Shroob and Queen Shroob (Princess Shroob and Elder Princess Shroob's parents) showed up around that point. The doctor shut the door.

"Please, let me in!" Axel pleaded.

Timothy pulled Axel away.

"Axel, easy!" Timothy exclaimed.

Axel panicked.

"But, Timothy, what if something goes wrong? If something happens to her, then I'll feel horrible!" Axel asked.

"Axel, you acting like that is exactly why the doctors won't let you into the room." Timothy replied.

Axel groaned and paced all over, nearly tearing his hair out. Queen Shroob shook her head.

"Axel, will you calm down? I'm sure that she can handle this." Queen Shroob asked.

"But, what if she can't?" Axel asked.

Axel sat down and still continued to worry. He couldn't stay seated for long, though, because he got up and started to pace again.

"I have to be there... I have to..." Axel kept saying to himself worriedly.

Crumbelina shook her head.

"Oh boy. If this keeps up, then Axel is going to need a doctor more then Princess Shroob." Crumbelina said,

Timothy stood up.

"I'll be right back. think I know what can help him." Timothy said.

"Yeah, a sedative." Crumbelina muttered.

Timothy soon came back with one of those machines that doctors used on patients when performing an operation. He wheeled it over to Axel.

"Sorry about this, Axel." Timothy said.

Timothy then forced the mask on Axel's face. Axel struggled a bit at first, but then he started to become woozy.

"Twinkle twinkle little sta..." Axel muttered weakly.

Axel then fell asleep. Timothy gently carried Axel to the chairs so that he could lie down on them.

"Timothy, where did you get that?" Penny asked.

"I told a doctor that Axel was going to be a father and was worrying about his wife and child a bit too much. I then asked him if I could have some anesthesia to calm my friend down with before he hurt himself. The doctor agreed and brought this out for me." Timothy replied.

"Why didn't you just ask for a sedative?" Thomas asked.

"I figured that sleeping would be better for Axel then staying awake while still worrying." Timothy replied.

The room fell silent for a while before Crumbelina turned to Timothy.

"Um, Timothy, I've been wondering... do you think that we will ever have a child?" Crumbelina asked.

Timothy blushed but then smiled.

"I don't know. But I wouldn't mind having a child with you." Timothy replied.

Crumbelina hugged Timothy's arm.

"I wouldn't mind having your child either. But just do me a favor: when I'm the one in labor, please don't act like how Axel was acting earlier." Crumbelina said.

Timothy smiled.

"Don't worry, I promise." Timothy said.

After what felt like a long time, Axel started to wake up.

"Timothy, why did you do that? If you think that I'm going to let this go..." Axel started to ask.

The doctor suddenly opened the door to the maternity ward.

"Prince Axel?" the doctor asked.

"What is it?" Axel asked, annoyed.

"Your daughters are here. They and your wife are fine." the doctor replied.

Axel's annoyance melted away. Instead, he got the 'new father' look on his face.

"Two daughters... I have twin daughters." Axel asked.

Axel headed for the maternity ward. Timothy and Crumbelina smirked at each other. They had a feeling that Axel had forgotten all about the anesthesia.

Axel went towards the bed hesitantly.

"Honey?" Axel asked.

Princess Shroob smirked. Obviously, she had heard his panicking through the door.

"Hello, sweetie. Feeling better?" Princess Shroob asked.

Axel didn't really register what Princess Shroob had said.

"Oh, yeah... yeah, I'm fine." Axel replied. He then asked "So, we have two daughters?".

"Yep." Princess Shroob replied.

She revealed the bundles in her arms. Both girls had deathly pale skin, red eyes, and curly dark purple hair with faint white spots, and they also had Shroob claws instead of hands. Axel looked at his daughters and smiled.

"They're beautiful. Look, they have your hands." Axel whispered.

"And they have your skin." Princess Shroob said, smiling.

Axel gazed at his daughters adoringly.

"So, what should we name them?" Axel asked.

"I read about some names earlier today, and I was thinking... how about we name the youngest Daisy and the oldest Kelly?" Princess Shroob asked.

Axel smiled.

"Perfect." Axel replied.

The next day, Princess Shroob, Daisy, and Kelly were released from the hospital, and they and the others went back to the castle. As time went on, Axel proved to be right. Princess Shroob's love for their daughters allowed her to be a really good mother. And Elder Princess Shroob and Preston also became parents when Elder Princess Shroob gave birth to a daughter that she and Preston named Vivian on February 24th 2094.

A month after Daisy and Kelly's birth, on November 15th 2093, Timothy and Crumbelina got good news. They were expecting a child. Timothy was very happy when Crumbelina told him, and unlike Axel, he didn't faint from shock. He and Crumbelina weren't the only ones happy either because all of their other family members and friends were also really happy.

Crumbelina's pregnancy was smoother then Princess Shroob's, mostly because Crumbelina didn't have any worries at all. She was confident that she and Timothy would be good parents and she was sure nothing would go wrong. Even her cravings weren't that bad when compared to Princess Shroob's because her's consisted of some of Planet Shroob's poisonous mushrooms.

"Location: Richmond, Virginia, November 26th 2093"

The first day that the cravings started was eleven days after Crumbelina found out that she was pregnant. Timothy was reading a book on a couch while Crumbelina was playing her violin in the living room of the castle. Crumbelina stopped playing her violin and frowned slightly.

"Hey, Timothy, I need a favor." Crumbelina said, lowering the bow of the violin.

"Don't tell me, a craving?" Timothy asked as he set his book down, having remembered the general timing from Penny, Yukiko, Princess Shroob, and Elder Princess Shroob's pregnancies.

Crumbelina nodded.

"Yep. Can you get a bunch of cherries for me?" Crumbelina asked.

Timothy was surprised.

"Cherries?" Timothy asked.

Crumbelina remembered Princess Shroob's cravings as well.

"Yeah. What, you thought that I was going to crave a gross combination?" Crumbelina asked.

"Kind of." Timothy replied.

Timothy then got up, took out his portal key, activated a portal to the arcade, and stepped through it.

"Location: Litwak's Arcade, The World Of Disney, November 26th 2093"

Once Timothy was in the arcade, he made his way to Sugar Rush and then traveled over to Jubileena's house to get the cherries. Jubileena and Citrusella owned a cherry and berry orchard, and they were happy to give Timothy the cherries. Once he got them, Timothy said goodye to Jubileena and Citrusella, and then he left.

"Location: Richmond, Virginia, August 15th 2094"

Nine months later, when Timothy and Crumbelina's child was due, Crumbelina was taken to the Richmond City Hospital like Princess Shroob had been. However, unlike Axel, Timothy had kept his promise and was just calmly waiting on one of the chairs. It turned out that it wasn't hard for him either. Leif, Penny, Yukiko, Thomas, Axel, Princess Shroob, Eva, Halvard, Elsbeth, Jeffery, Lucy, and Aron soon showed up. Axel was stunned, especially since Timothy used to worry about Crumbelina more then him or the others had.

"Timothy? Aren't you worried about Crumbelina?" Axel asked.

Timothy sighed.

"A little, but I know that she'll be fine. She can handle this." Timothy replied.

"Yeah... I guess that you have a point." Axel said.

"Oh, she'll be fine. She's tough." Elsbeth said confidently.

Some time passed. But finally, a doctor opened the door to the maternity ward.

"Prince Timothy?" the doctor asked.

Timothy stood up.

"Is my child here yet?" Timothy asked.

The doctor smiled.

"Yep, your daughter. Both she and your wife are fine." the doctor replied.

Timothy smiled and headed for the maternity ward. When he went inside, he saw Crumbelina with a bundle.

Crumbelina smiled.

"Hey, honey. Come meet your daughter." Crumbelina said softly.

Timothy went over, sat down, and smiled at his daughter. She had tan skin (like Crumbelina), green eyes (like Crumbelina), and brown hair (like him and Crumbelina).

"Have you thought of a name yet? I've been stumped." Timothy asked.

"Well, people in Sugar Rush always name things after candy themes, and I wanted to do that with our daughter. So, how about we name her Candi?" Crumbelina asked.

Timothy smiled.

"Candi DiCaramello Owens... I like it. Candi it is." Timothy said.

"Do you want your parents to see her now? I'm actually feeling pretty good, so I can handle them visiting." Crumbelina asked.

Timothy stood up.

"Sure, I'll go get them." Timothy replied.

"And how about the others? Although, I know that Reneult, Daisy, Kelly, and Penelope are a bit too young to see her yet." Crumbelina asked.

"Yeah, they have to wait until they're teens or so before seeing newborns in hospitals. But the others are fine." Timothy replied.

Crumbelina nodded. After talking to Crumbelina, Timothy invited his parents in. Once they saw the baby, they smiled.

"She's beautiful, just like my son." Lucy said.

Aron smiled.

"Yep, a real chip off the ol' chocolate cookie. What's her name?" Aron asked.

Timothy and Crumbelina told them and explained how they came up with the name. Lucy and Aron both liked it. Then, Leif, Penny, Yukiko, Thomas, Axel, Princess Shroob, Eva, Halvard, Elsbeth, and Jeffery were allowed in, and they also admired Candi.

"Location: Richmond, Virginia, August 16th 2094"

The next day, Candi was allowed to meet Reneult, Daisy, Kelly, and Penelope. Fortunately, they all liked each other right away.