Starchild
shook his head, "I do not know if Miranda told you everything. Come sit down and I will try and fill in the
gaps."
Andrea
and Starchild sat down by the fireplace.
"We
are immortal."
"But
I had always been told that immortals cannot father children. Now I am confused."
"We
can have one child but it requires all of us.
That child is destined to defeat The Dark Ones and evil in the
world."
"Miranda
told me about that. I don’t know if I
can do that." Andrea was starting
to get uncomfortable with this discussion.
“We
understand Andrea. But it is not time
yet and maybe when you get to know us better it will make your decision
easier. If you do not feel that you can
do this then you are not The Lady we are looking for and we will have to wait
for another. It is still your
decision."
Andrea
stared into the fire. "I want to
help you and be The Lady but this is beyond what I can understand. None of this makes sense to me." Andrea was on the verge of tears, this time
not from fear but from frustration.
Demon
walked into the room and saw Starchild and Andrea sitting by the fire, he saw
the look on Andrea's face, and he saw the tears that were forming.
"What
did you do to her?" He said
angrily startling both Starchild and Andrea.
"She is crying, what did you do?"
Demon
knelt down in front of Andrea and gently wiped away her tears. His very rough
voice became soft. "Andrea he did not harm you did he?"
Andrea
was not prepared for this gentle Demon
After all, she was afraid of him.
But, he was trying so hard to be nice to her.
In
a shaky voice, "It is just that I am confused."
"I
will walk you to your room." Demon said.
"That's
okay, I can go alone" Andrea quickly got up and left the room.
Demon
hung his head. "She does not like
me."
Starchild
looked at his friend, "She will get used to you Demon, you just have to
give her time. We have dropped many
things on her today and she is just a little overwhelmed."
Starchild
looked at Demon, "It must be her decision. Time will tell."
Demon
said, "Maybe if we give her enough time she will understand."
“Maybe she will." said Starchild.
Andrea
went to her room. She was
confused. She had never been so
confused. She always knew what she was
supposed to do. Now, they wanted her to
have a child? With all of them? And to mate with a dragon? She did not think it was possible.
*****
"Andy"
‘Oh
no, not Dot, not now. What will I say
to him?’
"Andy,
Andy"
"Yes
Dot"
"I've
been thinking."
"Yes
Dot, what have you been thinking?"
"I've
been thinking that maybe you should marry The Masters and have a baby."
Andrea
was shocked at this announcement from her brother. "Dot, where did you get such an idea?"
"I
had a dream last night Andy and it was all about you, and me, and you had a
baby and I'm gunna take care of the baby and no body is ever gunna hurt the
baby. You have to get married to have a
baby so I thought you could just marry The Masters and have a baby."
"Oh
Dot, I will have to think about that.
You should only marry someone you love."
"When
will you know if you love them?”
"Dot,
that is not something that just happens."
"Don't
you love them Andy?”
"It
is not that easy."
"Well
why not?”
Andrea
did not like this discussion at all.
How could she explain to her baby brother that falling in love was not
that simple? And having a baby? The world was suddenly turning against her.
"Andy,
why don't you just fall in love with them and have a baby right now?"
"Oh
Dot. I will have to think about
it."
"Andy,
don't think too long cause we need to have a baby soon."
"We
will talk about this later Dot."
"Okay,
but could you work on it tomorrow Andy?"
"I
will think about it Dot."
"Okay. I love you Andy."
"I
love you Dot."
Oh
what a mess she had gotten into now.
*****
"Starchild…..Starchild?"
"Stephen,
is that you?"
"Yes."
"What
can I do for you?"
"I
want you to fall in love with my Andy and have a baby."
Starchild
was shocked at this announcement.
"You what?"
"I
want you to fall in love with my Andy and marry her so you can have a
baby. And I want you to do it right
away."
Starchild
was amused at the announcement from Andrea's little brother. "Why do you think we should do that
Stephen?"
"I
had a dream last night and in my dream Andy had a baby and I get to take care
of the baby that is my job so I want her to have a baby right now."
Starchild
was puzzled. The prophecy had said that
the child would have a protector but it never said who the protector would
be. Now Andrea's little bother… could
it be? Could Stephen be the
protector?
"Starchild. I want you to fall in love with Andy and
marry her okay?"
"Stephen,
it is not that easy. Sometimes it takes
time."
"But
I want a baby now. I don't want to be
the youngest anymore. I want Andy to
have a baby and I can take care of the baby that way I can be with Andy
too."
The
reasoning of a five year old sometimes was more than an adult could understand.
"Well
Stephen, I will work on it. I will see
what I can do.”
"Okay,
but you better be falling in love with her tomorrow."
"I will work on it Stephen."
The
next morning The Masters had again gathered in the great hall and Starchild was
relaying his conversation with Stephen.
"So
Stephen only wants you to fall in love with her?" asked Demon.
"I
am just the one he talked to, but I do not think it would matter to him which
one just as long as one of us falls in love with her today and gets married and
has a baby right away."
Celestial
joined in the conversation, "The prophecy did talk about a protector. You don't think?"
Starchild
looked at Celestial, "I never imagined the protector would grow up with
the child. I always assumed the protector would be an adult when the child was
born."
"I
wonder if Andrea knows about his dream?" said Demon.
"What
dream?" inquired Andrea, as she
was entering the room.
"Stephen's
been talking to Starchild and you are supposed to fall in love
today." beamed Beast.
"Oh
that." said Andrea, "He talked to you did he?"
Starchild
smiled and nodded.
Andrea
folded her hands and nervously paced the room not knowing what to say. "Stephen has some wild idea that we
should fall in love and get married."
Starchild
continued to smile.
"He
thinks we should have a baby. And of
course, he doesn’t really understand what that means. I…I…it is not that I do not want to have a baby and it is not
that I do not want to fall in love with you, I…I…I."
The Masters looked at Andrea understanding her uncertainty.