Chapter 10 A late surprise
June 5, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Angela and Astrid were officially married and after they kissed as wives they were surprised to see the words 'congratulation Angela and Astrid.' spelled out in fire in the sky above and when they looked carefully they saw a dragon with yellow scales and dressed in silver and black "Tiamat!?" Astrid screamed with joy and Angela "We thought you wouldn't make it." Tiamat told them "I already missed one wedding I didn't plan to miss another." After joining the festivities everyone talked and danced with each other Tiamat even took the newly weds on a flight through the clouds on her back
The next day after their wedding night the two of them revealed that Astrid had taken the miracle elixir and was now pregnant and immediately another celebration was thrown and over the course of the next few days and the two had received many baby gift and were constantly asked what were they planning on naming their child but all they said is "We'll tell you when they are born." which everyone respected and so the months went by Hela got pregnant again, Astrid gave birth to her and Angela new daughter they named Stella because of the star shaped freckles of over her little face
When it came time for Hela she gave birth to another girl with violet eyes just like Hela mother Hecate who they decided to name her after now with four children Dragon and Hela had their hands full and they still had an entire kingdom to govern but thankfully for them they had many friends willing to give them helping hand. During one of the few time either of them had a moment of peace and could hear their own thoughts Hela would think about her last visit to the Antlers still wondering what could've caused their fracturing
At this same time within the mountains of the Vulcan homeland two Vulcans had entered into competition on who could build the fanciest statue with a third Vulcan serving as an impartial judge in the beginning everything was fine both sculptors were hard at work until one of them noticed that the arm of their statue was broken they thought nothing of it and simply continue for a while this repeated itself mysterious defects would appear on both statues but neither Vulcan would think much of it and would simply work around it by the end of the day both showed off their statues and their competition was under way
Meanwhile among the Anansi and Chiron were happily coexisting some would be out hunting, some would be out training in preparation of replacing the water runes that hold back the water that once submerged their home and everyone else was just enjoying themselves crafting, baking, cooking meals for those that are hungry and teaching their young how to do the same in every sense the Anansi/Chiron city of Arcadia was at peace but one day a young Anansi girl went missing her parents found her dead stabbed by a Chiron crafted blade
When the evidence was presented every Chiron craftsmen was investigated until the one made the blade but that didn't change things the craftsmen had made hundreds blades with a similar design and had given them to both Anansi and Chiron many other deaths of the same nature would occur either a Chiron or Anansi sometimes adults mostly children this had lead to the streets of Arcadia to become empty and the residents of the city had become fearful and paranoid of every dark corner and alley no child was allowed to go anywhere alone
In the dead of night when everyone was asleep a lone Anansi was sitting on the roof top muttering to themselves "These creatures are a lot more entertaining than those children of stone and fire but it looks like the entertainment value had past, great." They lied down pondering what to do next "He told me to avoid them because they might succeed in killing me but." Jumps off the roof and onto the street "Maybe that's what I want." He says as he disappears into the night
The news of what was going on with the Anansi and Chiron had finally reached the Arcane kingdom they were mortified who or what would be capable of doing such a horrible thing they thought of everyway they could help but unlike before with Drakkia and Antlers they actually had a way to help, they called it the 'Guardian band' an arm band that you would believe is decorative but really it wields the power to defend anyone who wears it after many test they had perfected Aaron volunteered to deliver the bands himself with that decided he sent in his new arcane craft with box loads of guardian bands
Hela, happy at the thought of finally being able to aid a friend from their past, was on the floor with her toddles Orion and Magnus while Dragon carrying Dominique and trying to sooth Hecate to sleep was deep in thought trying to figure out what is going on with this continent what is the source of all this chaos and could they put a stop to it and whenever he would look at his little girls and his wife playing with their boys he would think to himself "What if this chaos finds it's way to them." he sighed
Hela noticed Dragon worried expression and when they finally by some miracle got their children to sleep Hela asked him
Hela: Are you okay?
Dragon wanting to lie but knows she'll see through it: No. It's just it was bad enough with the Drakkia and the Antler and the Anansi and Chiron what if whatever is causing finally decides to pay us a visit what then. Hela I'm scared
Hela: Hey, hey look at me that is why we are when one of us can't come up with solution we ask for help now then I'm not saying I have a solution to these problems but I do have idea
Dragon: I'm listening
Hela: We invite the leader of every race and kingdom to one spot and work together to help each other, what do you say?
Dragon: I say. . . [Get interrupted by a crying Dominique] We go deal with that and then tomorrow we send out some invitations
Hela smiled at that and the two of them with the help of some servants got to work on trying to get these crying babies to sleep so they can sleep