I awaken from my premonition- “No...!” I shout, as tears stream down from my eyes... I clench my bloated belly, and feel them there- They’re still there…

I begin to calm down, and sit up from the bed- “Honey-” My husband yawns out, as he begins to sit up- “Is something the matter?” He says, as he rubs his eyes and looks at me… “Another premonition? I love you, but I think your panic attacks are gonna’ kill me before they get YOU.” He says, making me smile. “Yes, I saw another one… It was of our child this time…” I say, surprising him- “O-Oh- Was it a good one?!” He says, as he grabs my shoulders, hurting them- “H-Honey-” I say, as he lets go instantly- “I am so sorry-” He says, as he holds his arms away from me, next to his shoulders- “Listen.. I saw them die, again…” I say, looking away- “N-No, I won’t let that happen to them, I’d give my life a hundred times over, if it meant that they would always be safe…” He says, as he gently pulls me in for a hug.

Not before long, knocks ring out from the other side of our door, grabbing our attention- “Come in!” I shout, causing the door to slowly creek open. “Your Majesty, you have visitors… Will you be seeing them?” My Personal Guard says, causing my husband to step out of bed- “You should rest, I’ll-” But I interrupt him before he can say anymore- “No- I want to see who is there too, I’ll come with you.” I slowly make my way out of bed.. “I’ll go first then, Sirius, you help her out of bed.” Sirius simply nods, and runs over to assist me…

Sirius, he was named after the Star, I almost considered naming one of my children after it. I think you can guess why I didn’t, when I realized the Guard I chose, was ALSO named Sirius… How silly…

Sirius is a swordfish demihuman, his wrists have long, retractable blades. He has five fins, two on heels, a large one extending from his tailbone, another one extending from his back for maneuvering, and a final one that sticks out from his head, like a silly little mohawk.

His young face makes me think of my children… My first child, I’ll be naming them Rigel, if they’re a girl, or Pollux, if they’re a boy. If I were so lucky as to be graced with more than one child, I would name the next one either Castor, or Ursae. Provided they were either two girls, or two boys. Either way, that’s four names to work with, so I’m not too worried.

Unless I somehow had FIVE.

I lightly giggle to myself, at the thought of five children. “Ma’am… P-Permission to speak freely?” Sirius says, as he approaches me, catching the attention of my husband. How cute.. He’s still a little nervous, because he’s new. “Yes.” I say, as he helps me to my feet. “Why couldn’t you have, you know… In your Kraken form?” He says, earning a deadly glare from my husband. “No reason in particular, I guess I just wanted to feel my child grow inside of me… Besides, they’re more likely to survive like this, anyways…” I say, surprising him. “O-Oh, I see…” He says, as he shares his Mana with me.

As my personal guard, one of his primary jobs is to resupply my Mana, since my baby will be feeding on my supply. “Thank you, Sirius.” I say, as my strength returns to me. Without Mana, I doubt I would even be able to stand… “You may leave me now, Sirius. I’d preferably change on my own, unless…” I say, as I give my husband a little smile. “O-Oh, uh-” They both say in unison, until they run out of the Room… Finally, some privacy.

I quickly dress myself in something nice, and look in the Mirror- No getting rid of that… I think to myself, as I stare at my giant orb of a belly… I step through the Door, my shoes clinking against the crystal floor. I enter the main hall, and find my husband sitting on the throne- He’s speaking with Visitors- They turn, and notice me, soon after guiding his attention to me. I simply wave at them, as I walk over to sit down on my throne.

As I sit down, I finally get a better look at everyone here. There’s some people I recognize, and a lot that I don’t. At the back, is actually a Human, I think, but her skin is pure white…

The first two visitors step up, it’s one of the Knights, with presumably his son, they must have been out hunting down the stragglers- “King Polar… I apologize for this disturbance… But it’s my Son…” He says, as he motions his son to approach. “Show them.” He says, as his son reveals his- Oh my god- “His arm was crushed by one of the creatures, he killed it soon after. We need money to find some way to get it healed, or get a prosthetic.” He says, but I can’t help but stare at his son’s poor arm…

Before anyone can say anything though, the young girl from the back approaches him- “If you’re looking for a prosthetic, I think I can help.” She says, surprising everyone. “Wh-What can you do?” The boy says, as he shows his arm to her. The Girl grabs her arm, and it comes clean off- Wait what- She places it on the bandaged wound, and it slowly changes color and form, until it’s a perfect replacement. “What- What did you do-” His father says, as his son just moves the arm around. “You can keep it for now, until I return with a new proper arm for you. It should suffice until then.” She says, as the boy simply nods, and looks at his father- “D-Dad, it’s like it was never gone- What should I-” He says, as his father simply approaches the girl- “B-But how about you? Are you even okay?” He says, pointing at her missing arm- “Oh- That.” She says, as her body begins to glow, and a new arm appears in its place. “It’s okay, I can just move some material around.” She says, with a bright smile. “You can repay me, by giving me your spot in the front.” She says, as the two just look between each other, then at me and my husband.

Me and my husband simply share a glance, then I nod lightly. Everyone claps, and a depressing amount of them step away from their spots in the line, staring at her. She gives them a knowing glance, then looks at us. “Who are you?” I ask her, and she finally speaks up. “I’m Demistar! I know I’m a little young, but I was sent from Utopia, to hopefully start up a trade alliance with your great kingdom.” She says, as she bows lightly. “I see…” I say, as I look to my husband. “We’ll need time to consider this, please stay in the waiting room for now.” He says, causing her to bow again, and walk away. The people that left the line follow her, and they exit the room together. “How many’a’em do ya’ wanna’ bet is missing’a limb?” He whispers to me, with that silly accent of his. “All of them, I would guess, they probably all had the same idea.” I say to him, as the next person approaches.

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A few hours later, me and my husband find ourselves in a visiting room with the girl named Demistar. “Thank you for your time, your majesties.” She says, with a little smile. She’s young, she couldn’t be any more than twelve. “You’re quite young, for an ambassador… Are you not?” My husband says, prodding her for information- “Oh, I guess yeah. If you like, I can make myself look bigger. I’m a robot, to be more specific.” She says, unsurprisingly. It makes sense. “Right, I guessed as much. I just wasn’t sure. Well, it’s nice to meet you, Demistar of Utopia.” He says, as he holds out his hand for her to shake. I watch as she leans over the table, her tiny hand reaching over to shake my Husband’s- She’s so tiny- Someday MY baby will be that big-

“It’s my honor, your highness.” She says, as their handshake concludes. “Is there any way we can repay you, for helping our people?” I ask her, taking her attention away from my husband. “Well, accepting our trade alliance, would certainly do it. Prosthetic Arms as advanced as what I have to offer, are also VERY expensive. It’s really gonna’ cut down on my allowance.” She says, as she scratches the back of her head… “Well, I’ll need to know what you hope to accomplish, with this.” My husband says, sitting back in his chair. “We need materials to rebuild Utopia… It was attacked you see. In return, we can offer military protection, and technology beyond its years.” She says, surprising both of us- “Didn’t you say Utopia was attacked? What kind of protection could you possibly offer?” He says, almost surprising her. “Oh, we were able to deal with the threat quite easily, it’s just, they were also able to do a lot of damage. So we currently have an excess in military power. If it means anything, we’ve been developing technology to take out Puddle Kids. It was a particularly powerful one named Growlgaloragrime that had attacked Utopia. One of the most powerful we had ever seen, in fact. It came out of nowhere, I couldn’t do anything… I was too weak to even scratch it… It was just too powerful…” She says, as she solemnly looks away- Something snaps in her, and she smiles at us again. “Sorry about that, it’s not necessary. Would you agree to the trade alliance?” She says, as she holds her hand out again.

“Alright. I agree to your offer. We could use your military to hunt down the last of the Puddle Kids.” He says, as he shakes her hand- Something snaps in her again. “Voice Authorization Accepted. Welcome to the Utopia Reborn Program.” She says, until she snaps out of that vacant expression. “Are you okay?” I say, surprising her- “O-Oh, yes, I’m fine. I should be going now. My parents would want to know about the good news. Thank you for your cooperation, King Polarask, and Queen Regelask.”

“Goodbye.” She says, as all three of us stand up to leave the room. Before we even knew it though, she had disappeared… Almost like she was never there… “Where did she go?” My husband says, looking for her- “Teleportation?” I say, with a shrug, and he simply nods. “I guess.” We finally exit the room, and walk down the hallway into the throne room again.

“I’m just glad we’re done.” My husband says, as we take our seats again. “I like meeting the kind people of our kingdom. Besides, I would have never met that kind girl if I didn’t step out of bed today.” I say, as I motion Sirius to approach me again. “You only like her, ‘cause she looks like a kid.” He says, as Sirius shares his Mana with me again. “I’m just so full of excitement right now. Just look at me!” I say, as I gesture to my belly. “Look at all this excitement!” I shout, as I laugh to myself.

My husband simply smiles, and places his hand on my belly. “It should only be a few more weeks now… And our first child will be born.” He says, as he leans in to embrace me.

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Pain.

That is the only way to describe how that felt- “Congratulations, your highness. It’s a Baby Girl-” Wait what- Everything went blank, as the doctor hands me my first baby- “This is the greatest day of my life…” I say, as she is slowly lowered into my arms…

I could write for eternity, and that still wouldn’t be able to describe this feeling.

We hear light knocking from the door, as I look over to find that my husband is staring at his daughter and I through the glass window on the door. A look on his face that I can only describe as near loss of all self control. “Y-You can come in, your highness!” The Doctor calls out, as the doors swing open, and my husband appears in front of me- He seems so reluctant to do anything else, like his brain is working full process, to find the only appropriate course of action…

“Would you like to hold her?”

*Thud*

And just like Sirius before him, he faints. I pull my baby back into my embrace, as I look over the bed. Two of the men in my life lay on the floor unconscious, both fainted from ME having to give birth to this thing. Sirius was in charge of supplying mana to me, while I’m- Anyways, I think it was my screaming that may have knocked him out. “Could you share some Mana, by chance? My personal guard seems to be… Out of commission for the moment…” I say, as the Doctor simply nods, and gives me his hand. Mana slowly flowed into my body. I feel my strength return to me again, through his own mana. It’s a little denser than mine, but it’s nice that I can start feeling my full strength return to me.

I look at the floor again, at the two most useless men in the world right now… “Hey, wake up…” I say, as I try to find something to wake up my husband with- “Ah- Your highness, I’ll go get some of your guards.” One of the nurses says, before running out of the room.

A few hours later, my husband and I find ourselves in the castle… “Come on honey... “ I say, as he drags his feet.. “I was really hoping for a Son... Our daughter won’t wanna’ play catch with me…” He says, as he finally sits on his throne, and mopes…

“Well, maybe we can try again, in a few months.” I say, surprising him entirely- “W-Wait- Are you sure?!” He exclaims, stunned by my willingness to go through that hell again… “Yes, of course.” I say, and I finally lean in for a kiss.

End of Chapter: 1√Z “Gemini.”

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