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Arthur's note

I want to congratulate Sneaky Crab for their nomination for the John Goodman Award for Apple. This.

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All right this chapter is the baby shower chapter. I know I know I've been rushing this but it's been a while since I've worked on this chapter in this story The Counterparts Wish Book 2, the Rise of the Bogeyman so this chapter is the baby shower chapter the girls in this story helped Lily with this option not option but things and I might do a book chapter following this in the announcement of the air. I think that would be good too, and the announcement of twins yes, I'll get to that soon enough.

Before I get to all of that the announcement of who the air of the throne will be will be the baby shower, the small announcement in the group, and Luther and Lily telling them then they're having twins boy and girl.

Till it's getting into having a fun chapter, how about it a good way to start this part chapter in the announcement chapter wouldn't that be fun to chapters to start this part of the story then we'll get into the fun stuff the battle with the bogeyman and everything will start happening soon don't worry and Lily going and flying and giving her cure and everything will be done soon or later, but right now, these are two chapters of the announcement of the new baby or babies I should say.

Tell us to begin this wonderful chapter shall we this fun adorable fun chapter to start it was a good way to end part one I mean part two and it's a good way to start part three all right let's get started.

One month later

December

Lily

It was a day of bustling activity in the house now in their castle of ion all the women in the group started decorating with decorations, but I had to tell them beforehand that I was expecting twins before this big event Thanksgiving was amazing. It was the most wonderful time and the next most wonderful time of the year was coming Christmas once again Odette was happy that she got to see another Christmas. She smiled knowing that she'd lived another full year and wouldn't be long though she said what do you mean? I asked not as soon as you announce the air birth, but as soon as they're born, I will die. She says the two of you will carry on the legacy of the swan legacy and your Timecrest legacy and Dream Makers legacy she says your bloodline will continue. My bloodline will continue she says.

We told her that we were having twins cause I told Luther not too long ago that the egg and embryo split obviously and I didn't know I was having twins. It was a hidden one and I didn't know about it. He smiled anyway no one that I was gonna have twins Twins one of each I think so the boy thing and the girl thing was the thing, but we didn't know for sure we'd have to get the child checked, and another ultrasound. I said we'll get neutral things for boy and girl, though just in case, and when he doubles off everything.

Two babies in the house this was gonna be amazing. Our fairy friends from Pixie Hollow were also notified. I told him I was having twins and two babies laughed so except two babies the queen of the fairies of that world smiled two fairy babies, royal fairy babies, she said how wonderful she said it's been a while since a royal baby had been born and a royal fairy was born, she says.

May you be blessed Queen Clarion said as she reached out to us, I smiled thanks after that we prepared for everything. I invited all my female friends in the Alencia group, but also its monster friends in mine that were feminine a mermaid, and fairy friends from around here it was an all-female event. I told Luther that he didn't have to be here for this. OK, he says then the guys and I will go do something else. I smiled. Don't worry I will share every gift with you when we are done and everything I have gotten for the baby babies, I said.

OK, he said pissing me. I laugh now go do your thing while the girls and I do ours all right he said, leaving for the time being Helena and I and the other women in the group start decorating ion with pink and blue once again but differently, this time with greens and yellows and other neutral colors oh that knowing about the new baby and bundle of joy, made all kinds of baby swaddling clothes for me. I'm not very good at sewing so she sewed everything for me mother would be doing this if I had one. It was sad that Mother couldn't be here for this joyous day, but Helena was here and she helped out again she made the baby sandwiches and the baby Griffin egg sandwiches they were hit at the other party so they were hit at this one too.

But we didn't have to eat like we did last time we could eat and open gifts soon and play baby games about babies. I taught them the traditions that don't know about them either so I had to teach her and the lessons didn't know anything about human customs about babies. I didn't have to worry about my child being married off to the bogeyman, even the oldest one at least because my oldest child was gonna be a girl doesn't matter it's gonna be abolished that ain't gonna happen anymore because you're not gonna be in charge of the rulings anymore.

But my oldest child is gonna be female. The difference is my family is gonna have as much love more than what my family has ever given me. I'm gonna give him the love that my mother gave me mother loved me more than anyone in the family, I was my mother's favorite. That's why she protected me. She protected me from being married off by the bogeyman even know it still happened. She had to pretend that it was OK, but she had to come up with an alternate plan since I was born a counterpart I was given to my Timecrest and now I have and my mother's wishes have been fulfilled. Mother was happy. She didn't get to see me married though, but that was OK and she won't get to see the birth of our children that was fine too.

They'll never get to know their grandmother on my side that was OK. They'll get to know the grandmother on their father's side the grandmother and grandfather on that side. I smiled what Ezra said was predicted to happen. If I defeat the bogeyman, his death would all his deeds be undone, including the impossible deaths he physically killed? He didn't use magic or did he I'll have to investigate that later.

Right now I just need to focus on this party and this wonderful baby shower. I will do those investigations later. We ate the little finger sandwiches and drank tea and anything else we could do since it was close to Christmas or Dad had Christmas snacks for us too cookies and cakes and things. It was delicious Christmas was gonna be good again this year too and the next year's Christmas because of having a baby in the family makes things always wonderful too.

The house melts great for baking not just the Griffin egg sandwiches, but baking of other sweet treats. Helena learned to cook other human-like foods too like all the sweet things that were being cooked by Adriana, who was Ash's mother. Elyssee helped too. She helped with the baking process. We won't need servants, a total debt, no servant for our family.

Will be served serving ourselves we have cooks and people who can do things in our family. We don't need service. We have enough guards because we have majors and people like that. Who can guard us if we need anyone else we will hire people, but we probably won't need anyone. Family will do most of our work together as a family and I want to have someone special in my family to help out I will ask, but Helena and Adriana will be our cooks. Luther can cook some too, and Ash can cook. I said cleaning we all pitch in the only other servant I might hire would be a nanny for my children, but that will probably be at I said. .

Maybe bodyguards and other few things like that I made we won't need a butler we will not need. I said we are modern mothers and I when we lived in the awakening world never used any. We didn't use any maids or anything. We did everything ourselves we took care of ourselves so we didn't need anything. If we do. We'll hire them later on. She just nods and smiles. OK Lily I understand what you were wanting and understand what you are applying, she says.

We sent down an eight or snacks as we played our games after that presence. I sat in the sinner to open presents for my child when it was born clothing was a big deal for us. Lots of neutral colors I asked for just in case we didn't know which gender it would be Blues and greens not blues and greens with yellows and greens were very common pinks and blues as well as every color we could think of I know the child will look like Luther more than me violet dies both of them probably be violet eye children that is fine a mixture with my hair color and his my honeycomb hair mixed with sandy blondish colored hair would look beautiful. I don't know what it would look like, but it'll be pretty and Violet's eyes well I know that will be a fact for both our children.

They look like Odette and they'll look like Luther and they'll look like Violet. That'll be great and good for everyone.

Opening everything one by one and looking at each gift. Also, there was a special gift for babies first Christmas but baby ain't gonna be born before Christmas but she said I could use it next year which was nice. Thank you.

You're welcome oh, Dad said.

I got a lot of modern gifts as well, which was perfect. I mean I am a mother, a modern mother after all also got a baby care book. This will be for both children. This can apply to both my children and future children in the future. I've had a raise not raise but care for my babies, food, special food, and things like that for the nutrition of my child. Things my mother never got to have when I was born. It was great.

Things to help make baby formula and things that I needed for that kind of thing as well. That was good too. Diapers were also given, which was very important and like I said a first set of clothes, warm obviously cause it's gonna be January late December early January when the child will be born it'll be 2025 when the child is born, which will be nice.

I smiled at every gift and was thankful for every gift. I was gonna put all of these in the nursery soon nursery was also being built, but I'll have to have a second crib now don't worry we'll have a second crib built for you soon Lily thank you I said .

Also, the first time in this family that our children will get to pick who they want to marry in the future Luther and I are not picking our children's lovers that can go wrong, and what if they don't like them we don't want to arrange our kids marriages the future for goodness sake.

Also, we will not let our children worry about what love partner they want.

Who let them pick for themselves? I mean it is the 21st century after all.

Marcus was given to me for the kids. It was nice even a baby monitor which we will need great perfect. Will need that for sure and other things.

After all my gifts were forgiven we finished playing games and ate as much as we wanted I thanked everyone for coming and for the gifts that were given and then I invited everyone to the Christmas party. That'll be coming soon and be similar to the ball we had last year except different. This is not a Christmas party for us becoming royals or for my love to become a royal. This is a Christmas just party in general to celebrate the downfall of our enemy the bogeyman.

And they won't have a celebration to announce the air arrival and Christmas itself was coming too, so I told everyone to prepare in the new year as well.

Like I said, I think everyone was coming. This was a more private event than a public event with the announcement of the air and their sibling will be announced and a big celebration and another day maybe two.

Oh, Dad will be sad. Cause this will be the last Christmas. She'll probably get to have with us after the child is bored. But should be glad that this place will not be a ghost town after she's gone then an inhabitant of and how this place made it lively once again.

A new inhabitant it makes her feel with joy, knowing that her legacy and our legacies will live on.

I smile too all right then.

After everyone was gone, Luther came back and all the males around us did too. He asked how the baby shower went, and I showed him every gift that everyone gave me for the babies he smiled. The babies will be in good hands, and we have great gifts and great things for the child's first Christmas. It might not be this Christmas. It'll be next to the baby babies first Christmas and it'll be wonderful.

And I have crushed the bogeyman's plans, even if let's say I still had twins, and the youngest was a boy. I still broke the plans because I don't think we'll have a girl anytime soon. And I don't think we'll have that many children that my parents had.

We might have more than two, but we are not gonna have 11 or so children no way am I gonna have that many kids.

After the cleanup, we went to bed and they put the new gifts in the nursery. I was tired so we went to bed. It was a long process and a long day.

I told him tomorrow we'll have to announce the baby's birth or the announcement that I was having children royal children. The air was gonna be born, and their twin sibling was gonna be born as well that the kingdom is gonna have a new queen now they have a new king and queen they're gonna have a new queen as well and it's gonna be amazing.

And I know we'll have to send out invitations to the ferry realm for the fairies to come to give gifts to our children, and Ezra will give his blessings. I know that will have to happen at the right at the birth, but at the at the christening, I know that for a fact, and both children will get in a christening. I explained to Luther what that meant and that it meant that it was the day of the baby's naming day and annunciation into this world as our ears.

It was gonna be a big public announcement, which is good for this baby shower and the announcement of the children's genders are gonna be both revealed at this public event. The gender reveal party and our baby shower were private events for family and friends only.

The christening will be a public event. Everyone in the kingdom will be invited, and surrounding kingdoms will be invited, except for the bogeyman himself.

The last thing that ever happened was me when I was born, so this was a big deal.

After that we went to bed and peeled for the next few days ahead Christmas, the announcement of the baby's birth, the celebration of the baby's birth when they're born, and the upcoming christening.

And our upcoming New Year's a lot is going on now, but we have a lot to do.

Yeah, the upcoming war was also on our minds not just the war with the bogeyman but the war against the evil villains from Valencia. We had that to worry about as well. Oh well, we can get to that when we get to it they're not going to appear to us here in this realm cause I don't know we're here so we'll have to deal with that when it comes as well i'll get to help Luther in that fight, which is good. I want to help Luther so much and this is my fight just as much for that but also good to help in this war as well by sprinkling the dream sand on people with sweet dreams and the power of my magic and the power of the counting sheep, and the power of Sandman and the power of the father time and of the Lord in heaven himself who gives me my powers in the first place,

Now I'm going to sleep a long day as I lay down to go to sleep my love helps me whisper he's proud of me not just for having children, but for taking over and being his queen and his love and the person he cherishes is the most I smile with the thought of the words he just said, and that how much he cherishes me in my life and how I his and his only I told him the Lord in heaven is first of course he says you my love, then our family and friends below it, I laugh and smile his priorities.

And now Dad's gonna give you the Bible to read this year for Christmas i'm glad Odette is giving me this opportunity. He says it's a great opportunity and a great honor to read that he says for our family I laugh and smile as I cuddle next to him as we fall asleep.

ending here

I hope you enjoy this chapter and I thought it was a fun sweet chapter. I hope you enjoy me for the next one which will be chapter 22 and it's gonna be a big deal chapter 22 is gonna be a big chapter as well it'll be the announcement of the airs. I was gonna do it in this chapter, but then I was thinking I'll wait and do it in the next one dedicated to leading up to how they will do this it has to be done delicately so I hope you enjoy this chapter and the chapters ahead for the story The series is almost to an end. I have one more book after this series after this one and I still have a few more I'll be doing another whole year of the holidays to go along with book 3 so I hope you enjoy book 2. I'm not done with book 2. I'm just getting started for the final part of book 3 a book 2 and we're almost to the end of this story, we're almost getting to the good stuff soon but this is the slow stuff just like the wedding chapters. This is just as important. This is the announcement and birthing of the royal errors so I hope you enjoy it.

The Next step will be Chapter 22 so I'll see you then

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