Happily Ever After After All

After Everything, We Did It! Part Two

Azara yelped as she felt another contraction hit. She heard the portal door slammed open, followed by several footsteps as they rushed over. She looked looked up, seeing Hunter's worried face as he held her hand.

"I'm back! I got Eda and someone from the healing coven!" He panted. She noticed that he was strangely out of breath. Azara smiled at him then looked over at Eda.

"He panicked the whole way back." The owl lady told her.

"It's good to see you, Eda. How are the others?" Azara asked the witch.

"Why not ask them yourself!" Azara's eyes widened in surprise to see King and Luz reveal themselves from out of thin air, smiling. King was riding on Luz's shoulder.

"Surprise!" King exclaimed.

"Hey, you two!" Azara smiled, happy to see them. "What are you doing here?"

"We wanted to pop by with a surprise visit." Luz said. The healing coven witch stepped up, walking over to the couch. She helped Azara up, supporting her by her shoulders. Hunter did the same, helping her stand up.

"Let's get you upstairs, to be more comfortable." The healing witch replied and the two walked up the stairs, while the others followed behind them. Lil Rascal flew back into the nest, resting next to Jewel.

They headed to the bedroom and opened the door and walked over to the bed, placing Azara down on it. She laid back against the pillows, taking in deep breaths while trying to suppress the pain of the contractions. Hunter sat down beside her, taking her hand, holding it, while the healing witch checked Azara over.

"It's going to be awhile, the baby's not ready yet." She said. Azara's eyes widened in disbelief.

"You got to be kidding me!" She groaned. "I'm in terrible pain here! What do you mean not ready?!"

"Not ready, means not ready. The baby's not ready to come out yet." The witch laughed a little at Azara's response.

"Hey, hey, hey! How about we talk about something else to take your mind off of the pain?" Luz suggested.

"Okay, how is the glpyh master teacher doing at Hexside?" Azara asked her. Luz smiled.

"It's coming along well! Everyone's starting to get the hang of it!"

"John?" Azara questioned.

"He's becoming a great alchemist. The kid's definitely has a knack for it." Eda told her. Azara smiled before looking back at Luz with a smirk.

"And Amity?" Luz blushed. She looked away, while rubbing the back of her head, smiling sheepishly.

"I proposed to her."

"What?! No way!" Azara gasped. "How did she take it?"

"She fainted from over excitement." Luz chuckled.

"You should've seen how red her face turned!" King laughed.

"I'm happy for you two." Azara smiled. "You both deserve each other."

"Thanks. I'll let Amity know you said that." Luz smiled back.

Suddenly, Azara felt the worst pain imaginable. It felt like she was being torn apart. She screamed, painfully, and accidentally squeezed Hunter's hand too tight. She shot him a sorry look in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!"

"I'm fine. I had worse." Hunter told her. The healing witch quickly checked Azara again before looking up at her.