NOVEL SIMPLE Time Flows by
[Two months later/ 4 months Til Due Date.]
Shopping is hard. Now, Ordinarily it isnt, And We Usually don't Shop Anyway, having very little money, But I Suddenly Received a Job Offer two weeks ago. The Owner of a clothing Shop Saw The Alterations and Repairs I'd made to Petra and the other Four Girls Clothing, And Wanted to buy the design... Upon Seeing My Physical State, And the Condition of the Orphanage, He IMMEDIATELY changed his mind... And Hired me instead. Now I spend Six Hours a Day in the Noble District, Altering Old Cast out Clothes for Resale. The fabric is still good, So instead of Disposing of it, Sylvio, the Proprietor, Recycles it... He is a very... Flamboyant Man, Nothing he Wears Has a Lack of Garish Accents. His Favorite seems to be A Cloak Made of Devil Peacock Feathers and Demon Silk.
I Received my first pay, 5 gold Coins... more Money than I've ever seen. Moreover, Granny was surprised when a group of four large, Thuggish men Showed up, On Sylvio's Orders... At first she was afraid of them, until they introduced themselves as His "Brothers" And told her why they were there. The orphanage, once in Disrepair, Now looked completely New... The "Brothers" were Carpenters, Apparently, And their names Are Giacomo, Giovanni, Gino, And Paul. Paul runs the "Family Buisness" for Sylvio.
So The Shopping. I had Petra Along to help out, As well as a Volunteer From the Neighborhood, a young Lady Named Francine, Who Prefers to be called Frankie. And I was having Issues keeping up. Frankie was nearly Twice my Age, and She was As energetic As Petra... but me? I got winded after fifteen feet. Pregnancy Sucks. I cant See my Feet Anymore, Everything Is Swollen... And I can't Bend Over. This Kid had Better Be Grateful.
So yeah, Shopping is hard... Especially If you're Five Months pregnant.
We took a break for lunch, Petra is Excited to eat Food from a Street Vendor, and I just want to Sit down. Frankie handles the Purchases for me, And helps me sit on a nearby low Wall. The Skewered Meat is Delicious. The All too short Rest Comes to an end, and it's time to Walk more. It takes Both Of them to get me back on my feet. Then Frankie has an idea. She Ask if she can use A gold piece, And Runs off toward a nearby Building... and returns with a Medium Sized Pullcart.
"Now, We can load All the Shopping Bags into the Cart... And it Comes with a Seat, So if you get Low on energy, or your feet start Hurting Badly, Petra and I Can Pull You! I remembered The Grocer was selling this Old Cart for 60 Silver... So theres 40 left out of that Gold piece. This Should make Things Easier."
"Thank you, Miss Frankie!"
"NOW NOW! None of that Miss Stuff with me. It's just Frankie. Now... Climb on in, Your Chariot Awaits!"
The rest of the trip went a lot more Smoothly. Frankie is Surprisingly Strong. Turns out Shes Got Orc blood, and Her Great-Grandfather was an Orc Warlord from the eastern plains. She can out-lift most of the Men she's met. Pulling tha cart laden with Groceries and Necessities, And Me, was barely a struggle for her... but delicate things, like helping me stand up, Were... she was afraid to hurt me. We made it home Rather swiftly.
[Another Three months later/ Less than one month Til Due Date]
I can't move. I've been ordered to remain in bed, and its killing me. My Sixteenth birthday passed, And I couldn't even Celebrate. It's worse than I thought. The Doctor Used Scan Again, And gave me surprising news. I was Not Having A Baby... I was Having TWO. I couldn't even Work in this state. I'm so BORED! I've grown Suspicious of Frankie. She seems to always be around lately, And I heard her mumbling "As Expected. That Idiot. I hope he rots" after hearing I was having Twins. Shes starting to scare me.
[A LITTLE LESS THAN A MONTH LATER]
"Ayyyyyyyy! Ow! Ow ow owwwwww!" Pain! Severe PAIN! my entire Body Aches, And I feel Worse than When I had Parts Cut Off Before the Potion Restored me in my new body... These Arent Babies They're demons, And they Want OUT!
"Calm Down, Child. Its painful, yes, But that's Natural. Especially When You have Such a small Frame. But the infants Are healthy, theres no issues, So just Hold on until it's time."
The Midwife, Mrs Stewart, Is Here in her Husbands Stead, As Childbirth Is HER job, What comes After is His. Also, Hes Treating Frankie's hand... I uh... I kinda Broke it. Shes Still Creepy, but I need all the friends I can get. I got a new Special Skill, Called Mothers Strength... And my Str Went from Average To Massive. It Manifested At the same time as the first contraction... Unfortunately for Said Hand. I was Surprised when the door suddenly opened, And the pain began to Soothe.
"The pain is fading... What's going on?"
"I'm using a skill! You didn't think I'd miss This, Did you?"
"Oh! Hello Julia! I've got Demons Inside me, I think. Twin Demons. With Swords. OWWWWWWWW!"
"The Pain Supression didn't Work?"
"No, Girl, it worked. That Was just the Signal for Your Friend here To Push. It's time, Eina."
The pain was intense, It felt like my Brain was coming out Through my Stomach. But soon, it was over...
"That's it? Theres not a third one is there?"
"No girl. Eina Got both of them out."
"Good... [SAINT HEAL]"
The pain flew away... and the door opened. Frankie came in, took one look at the babies, And cursed... then used Identify and Cursed again.
"Fuck. FUCK. That Moron will Pay for this, I don't care How much Alcohol the other guards nade him drink! Sigh."
"Whats... wrong... Frankie?"
"Oh... well. Not sure how to say this but... When Granny told me how you ended up Pregnant, and Which Group of guards it was, I Was Worried... Then it was Twins... And now its confirmed. My Idiot, Drunkard of a Brother Works for that damn wizard... And, Well... I guess Just Call me Aunt Frankie. Dads Gonna Kill that fool, if his Wife doesn't do so first."
And that is how I met My Children's Aunt, And found out that Their Father is Named Tad, And they have Four Half Brothers. As for my Babies...
"Congratulations, Eina. Twin Girls, both Healthy. What will you name them?"
I thought hard... Names were something I didn't really Think about yet... Then it hit me. The things I never let go of during the Torturous Experiments, The Things I Held onto during the rape, The things that kept me sane...
"My Daughters Names Are..."