He smiled warmly as Nola waited for him, and he headed through the meadow, and gently dropped his bag of food as he reached the mattress-bed, kissing Sia's cheek as he softly shook her shoulder, "Sia, my love, wake up...I got food, and Nola is here..".

Sia yawned, rubbing her eyes, waking up with a warm smile, "Good timing, Jacques...", as she stretched carefully, sitting up, resting back against the pillows as Jacques fluffed them, and she greeted Nola, "Much grateful that you are here, Nola...".

"I couldn't argue against the prince's orders, let alone your husband's logic.", Nola smiled, and nodded, "Now, why don't you start eating a bit? I am sure Jendayi must be hungry by now. I will do my checkup. With your permission.", gesturing to the blanket.

Sia smiled, taking off the blanket, as Jacques went to take out a fresh fig, giving it to Sia, with Nola remarking, "That's definitely the size of a seven-month bump...", taking off her crystal, touching the baby bump as she hummed and listened.

"Jendayi is much more developed, with strong lungs and a beautiful heartbeat of a soon-to be a newborn, and the cord is working wonderfully...The water bag hasn't broken yet, but it's bound to be either a gush of water or a continuously leaking stream of water. Your hips are widening once again, and the birth canal hasn't been opened yet, but getting close. If I am not mistaken, Jendayi will grow steadily into an 8-month-old baby over the day today, and as sunset approaches, once again, steadily into a 9-month-old baby for the entire evening, so, it'd be highly possible that you'd be in labor around the late evening to midnight, and perhaps giving birth in the early morning to dawn.", Nola explained.

"That fast again, huh?", Sia sighed as Nola nodded. "Looks that way, yes...", she told her as Sia smiled.

"Well, at least I don't have to wait much longer... the sooner she's out... the sooner I can feel a bit more at ease...", she admitted as Nola put a hand on her shoulder, "Still worried about before, am I to understand what you meant there?".

Sia nodded, "Yes...Do not get me wrong, I feel better by being prepared this time, as Kory was faster of sorts and all, but would I still be strong enough to actually give birth?".

Jacques squeezed her hand, touching his forehead to her temple, "Sia, don't...don't think of yourself as weak...I believe in you, I love you, and I know you'll be strong. You have to trust in your instincts, to trust that I'll be right here by your side, and to trust that Nola will do everything in her will to help save you and Jendayi if anything, and I hope, pray, that it won't, would go wrong...".

Nola nodded, "Prince Jacques is right. You aren't alone, and I'll be here checking occasionally over the day and such until you demand for me to be outside from this beautiful and quiet place, as I knew this would happen again with you, and I won't be upset that you want peace and less stress while you are coming into labor and childbirth which I understand very much.".

"Thanks...", Sia sighed as Jacques squeezed her hand once more, "It'll be alright, Sia... we'll get through this together... and you shouldn't worry as much now, Nola herself is clearly confident that this will all go off swimmingly.".

Sia nodded, seeing that she can't give up, especially when she's so close to finally seeing her baby, and then smiled at them, "Keep the figs coming, and is there anything else to eat? We're both hungry...".

Both Jacques and Nola smiled, and so, they distracted her by sharing stories, jokes, strolls around the meadow, and having food and drink, with occasional checkups and naps over the day, and sure enough, they can feel and see the changes within Sia's body, with the baby bump becoming heavier and bigger, with Jendayi getting cramped, as she became a 8 month-old baby, and with relief, Sia's instincts told her that her daughter's getting close to being headfirst.

As sunset approached, and evening came through, Sia exhaled wearily as she was having a sore back and sore feet, and she can feel her hips finally widened for the birth canal, and so, with Jacques massaging her back, Sia looked at Nola, "This is the final time, Nola...I can't have you here anymore as my instincts are telling me that I'm getting close to labor.".

Nola nodded, "Yes, your highness...", as she looked upon Sia's vagina and birth canal with her crystal and eyes, "Your birth canal is steadily opening up, and you're getting close to dilation time...", before checking on the baby bump, "The water bag is not yet going to break, though I can tell that there are minor pulses, not quite contractions yet, but she's keeping close to your hips and facing outwards in front. The cord is intact, and the placenta is still attached. I will reassure you one final time. It's looking quite good to be a successful birth, Sia.".

"Thank you for telling me and reassuring me, Nola. Now, please, you are dismissed.", Sia sighed in relief and nodded with a hormonal, determined look, and Nola replied, "Yes, ma'am, and Prince Jacques, I'll be outside, be assured of that.", with a warm nod.

"We'll come get you if there's any issues.", Jacques told her as she nodded once more. "Thank you, but I get the feeling I probably won't be needed... especially if the Princess' feelings are correct.", Nola smirked as she left.

Sia looked at him, "I'm glad you're here, Jacques...", and Jacques kissed her on the cheek, "Hey, I'm your husband, and like I said in that vow on our wedding day yesterday, I ain't leaving ya.".

Sia smiled as she kissed him on the lips, and then replied, "Please do that a bit stronger...I'm tense and sore...", and Jacques whispered, "As you wish, my wife.", massaging her back a bit stronger, helping loosen up the tense muscles and the sore muscles.

And so, it was a few hours as Sia can feel Jendayi becoming full-termed, and she can feel the minor pulses becoming contractions every half hour as she took deep breaths and moaned lightly in pain, she was still able to walk around in careful strolls with Jacques, taking bathroom breaks and eating the last of the food.

At midnight, she gasped in pain, nearly squeezing Jacques' hand so hard as the water bag broke, coming down in a steady stream, not a gush of water, but she can feel her hips slowly getting pressed, and Jacques replied, "Is...is it time?".

Sia breathed deeply, "Now I'm in active labor...Not time yet...Dilation's barely beginning...Help me to the bed. I will try to doze off when I can between the contractions...".

"Maybe you'll be able to sleep through the whole thing since you don't suffer as much during labor as surface woman.", Jacques suggested as Sia chuckled, "That wouldn't be half bad now that you mention it.".

Jacques smiled, seeing that his wife's looking more reassured than ever before, and helped her to the bed, praying that this goes well, but he won't jinx it by saying that out loud, just out of safety's sake.

With care and loving caresses, Jacques held Sia as she soon came to sleep, with him softly massaging her sides to ease the soreness of the contractions somewhat, dozing off by himself, lasting for a couple of hours miraculously before the contractions became more noticeable and more frequent and more painful, waking Sia up, earning Jacques to feel the disturbance, and glanced to see Sia sitting on the edge of the bed, "Sia?".

Sia took deep breaths, gasping in pain, listening to her instincts, and saw that she's just beyond halfway dilated, with Jendayi finally in the final position, pressing on her hips, dozing as she is waiting for the moment to drop down into the birth canal.

"Halfway there...She's resting yet she's all set...Can you help me walk to one of the trees? She's slightly pressing on the bladder...", Sia replied, and Jacques nodded, "Right...", realizing that she needs to take a leak again, getting off the bed to help his wife walk.

They walked slowly with Sia moaning and gasping in pain from the contractions, and got to the forest border, with Sia feeling a bit better as she did her business, taking deep breaths, her instincts telling her that she's slowly getting to 3/4 dilation, and she replied, "Can you distract me? Like resuming that story you were telling Jendayi earlier while we take a stroll?".

"Oh, you wanted to hear more of that story?", Jacques chuckled as she smiled, "I think we both would like to hear more, please, Jacques.".

Jacques nodded, "As my two princesses wish.", with a smile before resuming the story, as they strolled, with Sia trying to relax and hold back her pain from being voiced out loud as contractions kept happening.

This lasted for a half hour before Sia felt that she's now 3/4 dilated, taking deep breaths as contractions became rough, as she moaned loudly in pain, "I think that's enough walking...", and Jacques helped her get back to the bed, helping her up.

She breathed deeply as she whispered, "Would you simulate my nipples, please?", as she rested and held a pillow to her baby bump, as she is in a yoga pose, and Jacques kissed her on the cheek, "Okay.", using his hands to form two fingers each to circle her nipples, causing tingling pleasure as she closed her eyes, breathing deeply as contractions continued, feeling in her instincts that she's coming closer and closer to full dilation slowly.

45 minutes came and passed before she felt something change, widening her eyes, and realized that it's time as she's now fully dilated, and looked at Jacques, "It's time...", as she slowly moved from her yoga position to now squatting, holding her hands on Jacques' shoulders.

Jacques kissed her on the lips, "Hey, look at me, you got this, Sia...I'm right here...", as his hands now held Sia firmly in place, as he rested on his knees. Sia gave a small smile as she nodded, and then started to take a deep breath, waiting for the next contraction, and then pushed, crying out in pain quietly, her instincts telling her that Jendayi is moving down steadily, not too fast or too slow, safely headfirst.

She labored for an hour, groaning and crying out in pain quietly as Jacques murmured in encouragement before her legs couldn't keep holding her up, and she felt that her daughter's halfway, looking at Jacques, "Could you go behind me, help me rest my legs down into knees? I can't keep squatting any longer...".

"Alright, I can guess that's probably a really terrible position right now...", Jacques said as she gave a small laugh, "Any longer and I'll be feeling this uncomfortable feeling for decades with how long I've been in it...".

Jacques was glad that she was able to laugh at his joke, as she clearly needed the distraction, and moved around to be behind her, helping her rest her legs downwards properly into her knees, as he held her lovingly, "We're almost there, Sia...", as she leaned back into his chest, as he is resting against the pillows on the headrest of the bed.

Sia replied, "Yes, we're close...", before she opened her thighs wider as she clenched into his hands, taking a deep breath upon another contraction, and pushed, crying out in pain softly, feeling Jendayi moving downwards once more.

Jacques kept encouraging her with kisses and brushing her hair back as she did this for another hour before she cried out loudly when her instincts told her that Jendayi is really close to emerging, along with feeling the pain of her vagina stretching, "Oh! Jacques, get back around to face me, I need your shoulders for grip! Look for me, is she crowning?!", as she stood up a bit taller on her knees for an easier view.

"Just a sec...", Jacques said as he got into a better position before he looked, "Yes! Yes, she's starting to crown now!". Sia gave a small sigh of relief to hear that. "Still might take a bit, but we're almost there already... just take it slow and keep breathing calmly.".

Sia held into Jacques' shoulders, and took deep breaths, breathing calmly as she pushed upon contractions, crying out in pain loudly among a yell of pain here and there as she took it steadily, bearing down as her daughter crowned, stretching her out.

Jacques gasped, "Yes, she's coming!", using his crystal to sterilize his hands as he reached underneath, cradling her emerging head, "She got your hair, Sia!", with a laugh of joy. Sia teared up by hearing that, and took another deep breath as she bared down, yelling out in pain as she got the biggest part of the head out, and breathed heavily, panting.

"Almost there, Sia, the head's out, the shoulders next, and then it will be a breeze for me to slip her out!", Jacques encouraged happily, tears falling on his cheeks, and Sia gritted her hands tighter into Jacques's shoulders as she took a deep breath, and pushed again, yelling out in pain as she felt the shoulders pop out to freedom one by one, gravity helping along as Jacques's other hand guided Jendayi's body out.

As soon as she felt the little butt and feet leave her, she collapsed back into the pillows, panting as a loud, hearty wail of life pierced through the air as dawn fully came into Atlantis, with the early morning patrol and early risers widening their eyes at the familiar sound yet wondering who has just gotten born.

"She's alright!", Jacques called out as Sia nearly teared up once more, hearing him. She was safe... Jendayi, more than likely, would be alright. "You certainly gave us quite the scare a few times before...", he said to their new child as she continued to wail. "I know, I know, you're scared right now, it'll be alright this time, we promise.".

Sia rested her legs as she reached out, "Let me see her, Jacques!", as Jacques shuffled over, "She's beautiful, Sia...", placing their daughter on Sia's chest, in her arms, with Jendayi's wails softening as she heard her mother's heartbeat.

"Oh...shh, Mommy's here...it's okay, I'm right here...", Sia sobbed happily as she watched her daughter wiggle and whimper, caressing her soft skin, as Jacques grabbed a damp cloth, cleaning her softly, drying and cleaning the gunk and mucus and bits of blood from the birth.

Their daughter truly got Sia's snow-white hair, through it's not straight, but rather curly like her father's style of hair, having a deep tan, shades lighter than Sia, yet darker than Jacques, having Sia's nose and smile, yet to their surprise, her eyes are dark blue with amber speckles in them.

Jacques whispered, "She got my paternal grandmother's eye color too...", knowing that Sia's family is strictly inherited with bright blue eyes with rare variations of dark to light, and Sia replied, "You only had a few years with her, yes?", as some of Jacques' given memories were showing his family, on both sides of paternal and maternal in family reunions.

She knew that Jacques' mother had the same chocolate brown eyes like him, while his father had hazel eyes. Jacques nodded, "I did...", and Sia smiled softly, "What was her name?".

"Auriella, as it meant golden, and I suppose her parents named her that because of her eye color and hair color as she was said to have blonde hair too, though she preferred being called Ella...I always used to call her Nana Cinderella when I was young, and why I was fond of the story as she told me about every time at bedtime when she visited...", Jacques chuckled sheepishly.

Sia caressed her daughter who is now quieting down, now whimpering and gurgling, "Jendayi Auriella Nedakh...", with a smile as she glanced at Jacques.

"I guess she likes it...", Jacques whispered as he gently brushed her hair. "It's almost amazing... just how quick she can calm down and be at peace; in less than a few moments of her new life...".

Sia whispered, "And she's perfect too... My little miracle...That's right, our little Jen, you're home...", tears in her eyes as Jendayi cooed, taking a finger in her little hand, and Sia kissed her on the forehead, "I love you too...", as Jacques smiled, seeing his wife completely at peace.

A tap on the back of the bed, and they turned their heads over to see Nola standing by, "Permission to meet the new princess?", with a warm smile, as the newfound parents were too distracted and in love with their new daughter, and Jacques chuckled, "Of course, Nola. Everything went so good...I'm sorry that you waited all night to sunrise..".

Nola chuckled, "Nonsense. I kept busy with catching fireflies or dipping in the water while I waited.", as she walked up to the side of the bed, "Oh, such a beautiful girl...Luckily, I brought a few supplies to take care of the placenta and the cord, if you don't mind...".