Chapter 02

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TwinstarDragon: what do you mean 'interesting find', are you talking about Baxter speaking about harry's shadow? Pretty much. Most likely

Umbra Lycan: while harry is scared of the residents in general, given how he remembers being treated, while alive. it's his shadow that has a problem with angel dust and alastor. You are correct on your second guess. Most likely, but i'll need to figure out how to work them in. thank you for the encouragement.

Greer123: thank you. Apart of a bit of pain in my chest and a slight difficulty breathing, i'm perfectly fine. Thank you for the concern.

Previously

After the family of three left, alastor was the first to recover. "The child is mostly human, while his shadow is mostly demonic," alastor said. What he said surprised the others. "I should make a device to scan the child. Nothing that'll hurt him, of course. Don't wanna get vaporized by his mothers," the fish guy went off on a mumble tangent, planning on how to make the device.

Now

Harry was now being carried in charlie's arms, since vaggie gave him to her, so he could spend a bit of time with her. Meanwhile, charlie was ranting about all the things she was going to buy harry, from toys to footie pajamas to costumes. Vaggie sighed, as she pinched the bridge of her nose, trying to stave off a headache. I swear, i must be a mother for two, vaggie thought in irritation. Right, harry needs clothes, children's necessities, like children's toothpaste, a toothbrush, toiletries, snacks, perhaps a couple bath toys… vaggie began listing all the stuff her child needed.

Once they got to the store, a place called hell-mart, the new mothers got out of the limo, with charlie carrying their new son. Hell-mart is a VERY obvious rip-off of wal-mart, on the surface. However, hell-mart DESTROYED their competition, by capitalizing on the nostalgia of their customers. Hell-mart provided nearly perfect replicas of items, from antique clocks to the newest tech, and it was the PERFECT place to shop. unless your significant other had no control when it comes to shopping.

After entering hell-mart, vaggie quickly lost sight of her girlfriend and their son. Seeing as it would be a waste of time trying to find them, she decided to do a bit of shopping, herself. So, grabbing a cart, she went to the children's aisle.

After perusing the items, putting some in the cart, she finally found her girlfriend and their son, after about 10 minutes of shopping. "There you- charlie, what the hell is THAT?!" vaggie asked, as she stared at the GARGANTUAN bag on her girlfriend's back, while she carried their son in her arms. "Eh heh heh," charlie sheepishly chuckled. "Just some stuff for harry," she said.

With a sigh, vaggie took harry from charlie's arms into her own, causing charlie to pout. "How much are you spending on that?" vaggie asked, as she adjusted her arms for her son to get comfortable. "Erm, if i get all this, then my life savings will be a little under a fifth of the way gone," charlie said.

"Well, since you are buying that, you can carry it, while I carry our son," vaggie said, as she put harry on her hip, before she turned to shop some more, much to charlie's sadness and frustration. "But vaaaggiiie~…" charlie whined.

While she left her girlfriend to purchase the stuff she selected, vaggie was shopping with harry. "Sorry, mommy," harry timidly said. Vaggie stopped, and looked at her son in surprise. "For what, baby?" vaggie asked. "For making you and mama do all this for me," harry clarified.

Vaggie simply smiled and shook her head a bit, before she kissed his forehead lovingly, causing harry to squeak in surprise. "Baby, you are not forcing us to do this for you. We chose to do this, because we love you," vaggie clarified for her son. Though it was a bit difficult for him to understand, he got it after thinking for a bit.

Smiling gently at her son, she saw something that would have a great contrast to his current appearance. So she grabbed it and showed it to her son. "What do you think of this, baby?" she asked. Harry saw it, and felt it up. It was an emerald green children's blanket, and it was incredibly soft. "I love it, mommy," he said.

"Ok, then, let's get it," vaggie said, before she put it into the cart. After a few minutes of shopping, vaggie took harry to the checkout, where she ran into her girlfriend, and she still had that ridiculously large bag of stuff on her back. "Is that it, or did you get more?" vaggie bluntly asked, as she knew that her girlfriend was a bit of a shopaholic.

Charlie chuckled sheepishly, as she rubbed the back of her head, before she tried walking forward, but ended up dragging the bag behind her. "Eh heh heh, there's more. But, they'll be delivered to the hotel tomorrow," charlie admitted. Pinching the bridge of her nose in irritation, she took some deep breaths until she was calm.

"Ok, charlie, since you did not spend the hotel's money, you can hold harry, as we go back to the hotel," vaggie said. Charlie immediately perked up and skipped to the car, as if the bag weighed nothing at all. Once charlie got to the car, she put her bags in the trunk. Normally, there would be NO WAY IN HELL that that bag would be able to fit in the trunk, without some expansion charms. However, charlie made it work, before she slammed the trunk shut.

She then skipped to her girlfriend, beaming in happiness. "My turn to hold him," charlie stated happily. Vaggie held her chin in mock thought. "I don't know. Our son's pretty cuddly…" vaggie teased. Charlie was shocked, as she honestly thought that vaggie was being serious about not giving their son to her.

"Wh-bu-yo…vaggie you promised me," charlie said in shock, while vaggie giggled. "If you want him, you can have him, but it will cost you," vaggie said, a smirk on her face. Charlie hung her head in defeat. "What's the price?" charlie asked.

"The toll to get our son is one kiss. Pay up, babe," vaggie said, as she smiled. Charlie blinked a few times, before she smiled, a bit of a blush on her cheeks, as she practically floated to her girlfriend. "You just wanted to kiss me, didn't you?" charlie asked. "That too," vaggie admitted.

And so, both charlie and vaggie kissed, briefly and passionately. As they kissed, vaggie gently gave harry to her girlfriend. Once the kiss broke, charlie cuddled with their son lovingly.

Once they were in the car, on the way back to the hotel, the family of three simply cuddled. Once they were back, the two mothers reluctantly separated and, with harry in charlie's arms, left the car when- "YIPE!" charlie yelled, as she jumped three feet in the air.

Thankfully she had a firm hold on harry, or he would've gone flying. "ALASTOR!" charlie yelled, to which alastor just chuckled. "Sorry, that just NEVER gets old. Go on inside, i'll have the bags inside faster than nifty on a man," alastor said.

Charlie nodded in thanks, while alastor opened the trunk. "My, oh my, the bag is MUCH smaller than i was expecting," alastor said in shock. Charlie pouted, while vaggie snickered.

Once the family of three was inside, charlie decided that it was time. "Alright harry, time to introduce you to the residents of the hotel," charlie said. "Ok, mama," harry said timidly, as he clutched his new blanket to him, and his tail wrapped around his mother's arm.

Charlie first went to the little cyclops of the group. "Harry, this is your auntie nifty. She makes sure that the hotel is clean," charlie began, before she remembered something. "Oh, right. Nifty," charlie began. "Yes?" nifty asked. To make up for what i did in the kitchen, your paycheck will be a bit larger," charlie said. "Thank's charlie," nifty said. "You're welcome, nifty," charlie said, before she moved over to the spider demon.

"Harry, this is angel dust. You can think of him as either a cool or weird uncle or cousin," charlie said, while also having a slight dig at angel dust. "Weird?" angel dust whined. "Yes, weird, since it's hard to tell whether you're a guy or a woman," charlie clarified. Angel dust thought about it for a bit, and he saw the princess's point. "Ok, that's fair," he conceded.

After angel dust, she went over to the fish dude. "Harry, this is baxter. He tends to cause a lot of problems with his scientific experiments," charlie said. "Yes, yes, hi," baxter said, as he was focused on a device that he was tuning in his hands.

Charlie took harry to the cat with feathers. "Harry, this is husker," charlie said. Harry tilted his head in confusion. "Kitty?" he asked. "Not by choice, i can tell you that," husker griped. "Oh, i know, husker. Why not show harry a bit of magic tricks?" charlie proposed. Harry winced at the word 'magic', which charlie noticed, causing her to frown.

Husker grumbled, as he pulled out a deck of cards, an spread them out in front of harry. "Go on, pick a card," husker said. "Does it matter which card?" harry asked. "No, it doesn't matter which card," husker clarified.

Harry chose a card and looked at it: ace of hearts. "Right. You got the card memorized?" he asked. Harry nodded, and husker told him to put the card back. Husker began to shuffle the cards at blinding speed. "Right. So, 'harry' has five letters. That means five cards for five letters," he said, before he stopped shuffling and put the top five cards on the bar, before he held up the sixth card. "This your card?" husker asked. He was showing the ace of hearts.

Harry nodded, he had a look of wonder on his face. "How…?" he asked. "A good magician NEVER reveals his secrets," husker said. Husker held up a quarter. "See this quarter?" husker asked. Harry nodded. Husker put the quarter between his palms, waited a few seconds and took his hands apart, the quarter was gone. Harry was confused. "Where's the money?" he asked.

"I don't know. Perhaps… here?" husker asked as he put his hand next to harry's ear and pulled away, showing the quarter in his hand. "How? I didn't feel it," harry said in wonder, as he felt his ear. "Magic," husker smirked. He was beginning to like this kid. It had been a while since he had done magic for entertainment, instead of his usual cons and swindles.

"Huh? Do I have something in my hat?" husker asked, as he took his hat off, shuffled his hand around in it, but came up empty. "Say, harry, do YOU think there's something in my hat?" husker asked. Husker showed the inside of his hat to harry, who shook his head 'negative'. Sticking his hand back in, and this time almost the full length of his arm went into his hat. Harry was surprised, as husker's arm went into that tiny hat.

"Huh, almost got it…" husker said, before he pulled a demon rabbit out of his hat. "The fuck?" the rabbit asked. He then started to try kicking husker in rage. "Fuck, AGAIN with this shit?!" the rabbit demanded to know. "How'd you get in my hat, andy?" husker asked with an amused smile. "Put me back, you stupid jackass," the rabbit demanded. "Alright, i'll get your ride ready," husker said. He pulled out a handkerchief, which he showed harry.

"See this handkerchief, harry?" husker asked. Harry nodded, confusion clear on his face. Husker simply threw the handkerchief into the air, where it turned into an actual bird. The bird proceeded to grab andy the demon rabbit, and flew out the window. "FUCKING HUSK, I HATE YOOOOOOOOooooou," the rabbit yelled in hate, even as he was carried away.

Harry simply clapped in enjoyment, which made husker actually smile, as he pat the top of harry's head. "Thanks, kid. Most people these days prefer sounds and flashy lights. So, you're the first i've seen in good while that actually appreciates the classics," husker said.

After husker pulled his hand away, charlie had a thought. "Huh, where's alastor?" she asked out loud. "Right here," he said from behind her. "YIPE!" she yelled, as she jumped. After she landed, harry securely in her arms, she faced alastor, rage on her face.

"Alastor," she began, as she got a sweet smile on her face, even as her aura was VERY menacing. "Yes?" he asked, as he started to sweat a bit in nervousness. "If you do that again, i will start hitting you. Understood?" charlie asked. "Yes, princess," alastor said.

The menacing aura disappeared. "Good. anyway, this is the new son of vaggie and me: harry. Harry, this is alastor," she said. Alastor leaned close to him, his smile never leaving his face. "It's a pleasure to meet you, my dear boy," alastor said. "Thank you," harry whimpered.

Just then, vaggie came in. she saw that alastor was over her baby, and she harshly pushed him away from her baby, before she stood in front of her girlfriend and their son, her spear drawn and pointed directly at alastor. "What do you think you were trying to do to my baby, radio demon?" vaggie demanded.

Alastor simply chuckled as he stood up and wiped the dust off his suit. "Charlie was simply introducing me to the little tyke," alastor explained. Before vaggie could do anything, baxter yelled out "IT'S FINISHED!"

Everyone in the room looked at baxter. "What's finished?" angel dust asked. "Well, i was curious about the lad's shadow, so i made a device to scan the child. It'll show whatever energy is inside him," baxter explained. Seeing that charlie and vaggie were about to complain, he finished what he was saying. "And before vagatha and the princess says or does anything, it will not hurt the lad. I just hold it in front of him, and it scans the lad," baxter finished explaining.

Hearing that it wouldn't hurt harry, both charlie and vaggie relaxed a bit. So, baxter walked up to charlie, and scanned harry. After scanning harry for a few moments, the device beeped. Looking at the screen of the device, baxter frowned, slammed it against his leg once, tuned it, and scanned harry again.

When he got the EXACT same results, baxter was befuddled. "Well, this is interesting," baxter said. "What is it?" charlie asked. "According to the scanner, there's a kind of energy in the kid's body. The core of which is right around where his heart is," baxter tried to explain. "More than that, there's a weird energy surrounding the kid, that i assume cannot be felt," baxter continued.

He showed the results of the scan to the others. Everyone in the room was befuddled, except for alastor, who vaguely recalled something similar to this, while he was alive. Just then, harry yawned.

"Looks like it's time for a nap, for a certain someone," charlie said, lovingly, as she looked at her son, before she yawned. "Looks like i'm rather tired, myself," charlie said, before she carried her son to her bed and laid in it. She was just about to fall asleep, when her cellphone rang.

Groaning, she took it out and looked at the caller ID, before she groaned, again. "Yes, dad?" she asked, before she yawned, again. "Oh my, did i catch you at a bad time?" he asked. "Yes, i was about to take a nap," she bluntly stated. "In that case, i will be short and blunt: i'd like a visit from you and your girlfriend. See you shortly after you wake up," lucifer cheerfully said, before he hang up.

After her father hung up, charlie was shocked. However, she yawned, again. "I'll figure out what to do after i wake up," she said, before she closed her eyes, and was out like a light.