Pam:
"Well, that was eventful," I say as Eric sweeps Sookie from the room to push out the newest teacup vampires from her womb.
"If you hadn't acted like a baby because you lost a game of checkers, then she probably wouldn't have gone into labor," Jason huffs in anger.
"I do not lose," I try to explain to him calmly, although I am annoyed.
"It is checkers Pam," Jason yells as he throws his hands into the air.
"I fail to see the difference in what game we play Stackhouse," I reply. "I do not lose," I say again as he looks at me with defeat.
"I would never harm my friend on purpose," I tell him.
As I open my mouth to speak, a terrible pain grips my abdomen, and I double over. I hear a scream, and a moment later, I realize that the obnoxious sound has come from me.
If not for the pain, the look on Jason's face would be comical until I notice my pants are wet, and I have ruined my Dior pumps as well as my slacks.
"What in the actual fuck?" I scream in outrage as I am grabbed and popped to the bedchambers by Jason.
"You need to get undressed," he says as I curl my lip at him. "Now is not the time for a fuck Stackhouse," I huff in annoyance as he rolls his eyes.
"You are in labor dumbass," he explains as I lurch at him with my fangs down. He pops away before I can reach him, and another pain assaults me.
In a blink, I am on the bed, and my clothes are changed. Hospital gowns are so not my look; I think to myself as another pain rips through my abdomen.
"I am feeling my pains as well as your sister's pains through the fucking makers bond Jason," I scream as his eyes go round.
As he pops over to my side, I manage to punch his face through my pain. As he flies backward, I feel some satisfaction.
"What the fuck was that for?" Jason demands as he jumps back up.
The gall of this man.
"You did this to me," I scream in outrage, and I feel pressure where there should be no pressure, and I let out a scream.
I feel comfort through the bond from my maker, and that only pisses me off further.
"Fuck your comfort," I scream, and I feel his humor.
"Pam, it will be over soon, and you won't ever go through this again," I hear Jason assuring me as he holds my hand.
"If you touch me again, I will disembowel you," I threaten between gritted teeth. I feel Jason's fear, and I feel slightly comforted by that fact.
"I can't promise that Pam," he answers as I squeeze his hand, and he pops away.
I can feel his determination.
"If I can talk my way around my damn sister, then I sure as hell better be able to with you," he rages.
I feel his trying to calm me through the bond, but right now, I just would give anything to see my mother.
To talk to her and ask her how she did this horrendous task when I came into this world.
Or when my siblings came, but that is not possible.
"Just think of all of the shopping you get to do for them," I hear Jason say as I begin to relax. "You can spend what you want to spend as long as you make it through this," he tells me, and I can feel the fear he has. It is touching.
At that moment, the dwarf pops into the room and stands between my legs. "Your almost there, vamp," she informs me.
"Almost where you imp from hell?" I demand as she cackles with laughter.
"Push," she tells me, and I do. The strangest feeling happened, and I was appalled. "What exactly just fell out of me?" I demand in disgust.
"You have a son," she tells me as I realize that the feeling I felt was my child exiting my body. I try to look at him, but another pain grips my body, and the pressure is back.
"Push again," the dwarf demands, and I can't seem to resist the need to push. The slippery feeling of disgust is back, and I have a moment of relief as Ludwig announces that we have a daughter.
I can feel Jason's complete adoration through our blood bond, so we must have beautiful children.
"One more time," I hear Ludwig command as I push and feel my last child exit my body as I slump back in relief.
"You have another daughter," she says as I lift my head and glare daggers at her. "Yes, I am aware," I say as she smiles at me.
"While you are here, can you remove my female reproductive parts?" I demand as her face looks shocked.
"There would be no pain relief because you are a vampire Pamela," she tells me quite seriously.
"Do it," I say as she nods her head and sets to the task.
I have to focus all of my energy on making it through this. My maker trained me to withstand torture and to be a warrior. I have felt pain before. I can do this.
She is done quickly, and I summon my maker to heal me.
"Are you going to help me or stand there all day, Eric?" I demand as he walks to the bed after stopping to witness what I have to say is my most vulnerable position.
"I felt my birth pains as well as what you felt from Sookie," I accuse as he realizes that he did not close the bond.
"I had Ludwig remove my reproductive parts so that this never happens again," I say as I glare at Jason, who is smiling like a fool in the corner.
"I request that you heal me," I ask, and I feel Eric's agreement.
"Why can't you drink from me, and I heal you?" Jason asks in confusion.
"I have lost much blood and am in a weakened condition," I explain. "As much as you annoy me, I do not want to drain you," I tell Jason as he starts to understand.
"Only my maker's blood can make me whole in situations such as this," I say as I feel Eric rubbing his blood on my cuts, and I watch as they immediately close, and there is no trace of a scar.
I bite into my maker's wrist and drink as I feel my vaginal walls shrinking back to normal, and when I release my maker's wrist and zoom to the bathing chamber, I feel euphoric as the hot water cleanses my skin.
I dress quickly and arrange my hair.
I step out into a clean room and see Jason standing beside a crib looking at our children. So odd the thought is.
As I stop beside him, I reach out to pick up my son and hold him as I saw Sookie holding babies before. He is a beautiful baby; I have to admit. As my son opens his eyes to look at me, I smile, and he scrunches his nose in disdain.
" I wanna name him Andrew Mitchell Stackhouse Brigant," I hear Jason say as I nod. "My father would have loved to meet him," I say as I study my son. "Thank you, Jason," I say as he touches our son's tiny finger.
I lay Andrew down and pick up my second born. My daughter. "I named her Raven Elizabeth," Jason tells me as I dab my eyes. "For you and your momma," he says, and I send gratitude through our bond.
"And this little girl is Rhiannon Michelle Stackhouse Brigant," he says with pride as he picks up our youngest daughter.
"These children look like you and your sister," I say to Jason with mock outrage, and he laughs. "Then we have damn good lookin' kids, Pam," he laughs as he pulls me close beside him.
"Maybe this mothering business won't be so bad after all," I say to myself as Jason laughs more.
Sookie:
When I wake up, I see that our bedroom is clean, and I have been cleaned up too. I can feel from our bond that Eric is across the suite in the children's nursery.
I pop over and see him sleeping in his chair with a sleeping baby in each arm. I softly walked over and put Astrid back in her bed with her sister and reach for Alexander when I see Eric's eyes open.
"When do we rest?" he asks as I have to suppress a laugh. "I warned you, but you thought to have this many would be an adventure," I point out as he hangs his head in his hands.
"Go and rest while they rest," I encourage him as he stands. "We should sleep when they do so that we are awake when they are," I tell him as he reluctantly walks to our bedroom and shuts the door.
I see that my children are sleeping, so I pop to Jason's suite and knock on the doors.
He opens the door quickly with a baby in each arm and a terrified look on his face. "You gotta help me," he begs, and I have to stifle the urge to laugh.
"Why do you have a black eye?" I ask, even though I know Pam must have done it. I see Jason huff out a breath and narrow his eyes at me.
"That Doctor said this type of shit happens during baby birthing," Jason tells me as if I don't already know. "Pam said since she had to endure the pain that I could keep my battle wounds and not to cry about it like a pussy," he spat out, and I could feel his agitation as I burst out laughing.
"So, how is Pam?" I asked as Pam walks into the room looking runway fresh, and you can't even tell she has had children. The lucky bitch, I think to myself as I scowl at her. Pam returns my scowl with a blinding smile.
"My friend," Pam says as she sits on a chair with my nephew in her arms. I notice that all of the children are dressed in the very best, and I almost laugh.
"So, what names did you decide on?" I ask as Jason perks up.
"Our son is Andrew Mitchell Stackhouse Brigant," Jason says with pride as I smile and hold back my tears. "Andrew is for Pam's daddy, and Mitchell is for our granddad," he says as he watches Pam holding her new son.
"What about the girls?" I ask, and I am praying they haven't named the girls thing one and thing two as Pam had suggested previously to my horror.
"Our oldest is Raven Elizabeth Stackhouse Brigant," Jason explains. "Raven is short for Pam's last name," he explains as if I am stupid. I let it go and continue to listen as Pam rolls her eyes at my brother.
"Her sister is named. Rhiannon Michelle Stackhouse Brigant," Jason says as I look at each of the beautiful babies.
"Unfortunately they look like a Stackhouse," Pam pouts as Jason beams. "The girls do look like Sookie when she was little," Jason says with excitement as I cringe. "Then perhaps they will have her bravery and sense of adventure," Pam says as she perks up.
"I will never be bored again," Pam tells us with genuine fascination. I groan inwardly.
"So when can we see the tribe?" Pam asks as I shake my head and give a humorless laugh.
"How the fuck am I supposed to keep up with six kids who are all little Eric clones?" I demand as Pam's eyes sparkle.
"They are beautiful children if they look like my maker," Pam says firmly as Jason and me both roll eyes at the same time.
"What did ya'll name em," Jason asks as Pam nods in agreement. She wants to know as badly as Jason.
"The boys were born first," I say as they wait for me to continue.
"We named the first out Alexander Ulfrik Northman," I say as Pam dabs her eyes with a tissue. "I am sure that my maker was pleased to have a son named after his father," she explains as I nod in agreement.
"Our second was also a son that we named Arthur Leif Northman for great grandfather and Eric's brother from his human life," I explain as Jason nods.
"Eric named the girls, and he decided on Astrid Susannah Northman and Guiniviere Grace Northman," I explain as Pam smiles.
"Honestly, I think we should keep the name tags on each arm because our kids and your kids could pass for siblings," I say in bewilderment.
"I guess this is what I get for joking that Alcide and Debbie could birth a litter of puppies in this timeline," I huff out as Pam laughs.
"I expected to have problems after such a disgusting task, but I woke up with no sign of childbirth and felt quite myself again," she smiles and I flip her a bird before I can think. I see her think for a moment and burst into laughter.
"Jealousy is not attractive, my friend," she says with a mean smile as I arch my brow at her. "I love you, Pam, so I mean this with love," I say as Jason looks from Pam to me and back again. "Go fuck yourself," I whisper so that the babies wouldn't hear my language, which only made Pam laugh harder.
"I start training as soon as Ludwig clears me," I say as Jason nods. "It shouldn't be much longer," I continue as Pam and Jason listen.
"Aryk and Arya have already trained," I remind them both as they look at me with confusion.
"I can give them the memories back, and they can help to train the new brothers and sisters that they have," I say as Jason nods.
"We start with physical training as we did before," I tell them as Pam scrunches her brow. "I would rather them not rely on magic until they master how to defend themselves and fight," I say as she stares at me.
"I thought that it would be what Eric approved of before when I was here," I say as she nods at me in agreement. "You did well, Sookie," Pam tells me as she contemplates our situation.
"All of the babies have the spark, and all will need to be trained," I explain as she nods.
"The kids all carry PenDragon blood as well as Brigant blood so they will always be a target," I say as Jason grows more alert to our new situation.
"It is our job as parents to protect and prepare them," I say as Pam picks a nonexistent piece of lint from her Chanel pantsuit.
"I confess that I never wanted children in my human life, and such a thing is unheard of among vampires, but I do find that I have a bond with my children," she tells us as I smile at her.
"And what would happen if someone came to hurt your children, Pam?" I ask to tease her, but her fangs popped out to her surprise, and she wore such a look of rage that I laughed.
"Mothers love their children, Pam, and there is no shame in that at all," I say as she settles down.
"We can all do this together," I say as Pam and Jason nod in agreement.
"I consider myself very fortunate," Pam speaks up as Jason smiles at her.
"Not for my misfortune of mates," she tells him with narrowed eyes, and I have to suppress a groan.
"I have already given birth, and my sister Karin still has yet to do the same," she muses. "When we return, she will be envious," Pam says with glee as Jason and me stare at her with bewilderment.
"I am heading back to my wing of the castle," I say as they both stand to follow.
"We will come and see the kids," Jason announces as they follow me to mine and Eric's rooms.
When we arrive, we walk into the nursery to find Niall sitting in my chair with Aryk and Arya in his arms. He hasn't seemed to notice us entering the room, and I hear him tell them that he will not allow harm to come to them no matter what the price, and I feel a tear slip from my eye.
"I see that you came to see your little imps," I say as he looks up quickly and smiles. "Yes, I do look forward to the days when they will be hiding in corners ready to attack me," he says with a laugh.
"They were always so clever," he tells Pam and Jason as I smile in agreement. "You have seven more that will be partners in crime with them," I say disgruntled as he laughs a merry laugh and holds them closer.
"This is the happiest that I have been in many a millennium," he says with happiness. "I am glad that you are happy, and I am glad that the castle is full of children if that makes you happy," I say honestly.
"I hope you know how much I love you, great grandfather?" I ask as he smiles at me. "And I love you, my dears," he answers in return as he looks from me to Jason.
"When training takes place, do you think you would have the time to help?" I ask as he beams with happiness. "Of course," he tells me as he lays Aryk and Arya in they're crib to sleep.
I see Pam and Jason looking at the kids, and I watch them smile and talk about which child looks like who.
I feel Eric before I see him, and he is behind me in a flash with his arms wrapped around my torso.
As Pam walks to us with her daughter Raven in her arms, I feel Eric's shock. "That child looks like you, Sookie," he whispers, and I laugh.
"Yes, they all do," I tell him as he picks up little Raven and stares at her face. "Incredible," he whispers as Pam rolls her eyes.
"You may need my assistance when it is time for your daughters to find a mate Stackhouse," Eric says as Jason huffs up.
"You have more girls than I do," Jason announces, and I can feel Eric's humor deflate as Pam and I laugh until we have tears running down our faces.
"All of the children are beautiful," I hear Niall announce proudly, and we all agree.