Dragon's curse

chapter ninety nine

I hope there is nothing wrong with me, I still feel like I am pregnant and my stomach went down quite a bit but I look like I am four months pregnant right now. Jaff wanted to stay in the room with me but I told him to wait outside for now just in case and he did not seem too happy about that but he agreed to wait outside.

Ash sat in her bed as she waited silently while Gray pulled out some items from a small duffel bag and walked over to Ash once everything was ready.

“Did you ever make out with anyone before Jaff?” Gray asked with concern in his voice.

Ash sighed, “There was Jeff but we did that a long time ago and well… he is… you know.”

Gray grabbed his stethoscope as he said “There is such a thing as a delayed pregnancy and I don't mean the menstrual cycle.”

Ash asked in confusion, “What do you mean?”

“You may have been pregnant after making out with Jeff but the egg was slowly growing and did not show any signs until now. You may be pregnant with Jeff's child and not Jaffs, now sit up and lift your shirt.” Gray said as he placed the eartips into his ears.

Ash slowly leaned forward as she slowly lifted her shirt and watched as Gray got closer to her until he was only inches from her. Gray slowly placed the diaphragm onto Ash’s back and the non chill ring lifted the diaphragm up an inch. 

Gray quickly said “Take a deep breath.”

Ash quickly inhaled deeply and Gray instantly said “Now breathe out.”

Ash slowly exhaled as she felt the non chill ring being lifted off of her back and watched as Gray removed the ear tips from his ears.

Ash asked, “Am I going to be alright

Gray replied, “Ash, you are pregnant and by the looks of your stomach you are only four months into the pregnancy.”

“Oh, thank god. There is nothing seriously wrong with me.” Ash said in relief.

Gray asked in confusion as he spotted something on Ash’s stomach, “What is that?”

Ash asked with concern “What is what?”

Gray instantly replied, “Keep your shirt up, I think I see a strange mark on your stomach and I should see what it is just in case.”

Ash asked, “Just in case I have a forbidden child right?”

Gray sighed as he replied, “I won’t answer that until I am sure.”

Gray slowly looked at the symbol on Ash's stomach and noticed the symbol almost looked almost like a human bite mark after someone bit into her skin. There looked to be a skull sitting in the middle of the bite mark on her stomach with what appeared to be some kind of arrow going through the skull.

“I am going to have to do some research but it is almost dawn, I see no reason to keep you here when you could be part of the celebration that is  meant for you and your family.” Gray said with a smile as Ash lowered her shirt while smiling at him.

Gray quickly left the room while Ash got up and got dressed for the day. Ash got into her wardrobe and pulled out a small, dark blue dress that was curved in tulip flowers. She quickly put on the dress and realized that her stomach was sticking out while still being curved by the dress. Ash sighed as she walked out of the room to see that Jaff was talking to Gray as he updated Jaff about what was going on with her.

Jaff sighed in relief as he said “Thank god.”

Ash smiled as she said “That is what I said.”

Jaff instantly looked at Ash and smiled as he said “You look very cute in blue.”

In an instant, Ash’s cheeks turned bright pink as she said “Thank you very much.”

“Well, you two better get out there before the celebration begins without you.” Gray said as he walked down the hallway and instantly walked out of the cabin.

Jaff and Ash were surprised to see a small bonfire with people surrounding the fire while staying eight feet away. Wolf held two of the babies in one arm while Black held the other two babies in his arms while they stared into the fire with a smile on their face. Jaff and Gray quickly joined them as the celebration began. There were people dressed in what appeared to be costumes that looked like every creature that has been seen and they danced around the fire in a indian type of dance while some people played the drum. Three hours later the dance was finished and a young man sat in front of the fire while people went silent.

“We are here today to celebrate the day of a new era and we have not one, not two but four kids to commemorate this day. Now Will Ash and Jaff please come up with their kids?” The man said slowly and quickly walked back into the crowd.

Ash smiled as she came up to Wolf and grabbed the two babies from his arms and walked over until she was standing in front of the fire. Jaff walked over to Black and did the same. Once they were standing in front of the fire, everyone that surrounded them started chanting outloud for them to hear. 

Everyone chanted, “Father, the sun and sky. Bless these people and keep them safe.”

Once they were done chanting, everyone cheered with delight as Ash and Jaff walked back to the house and waited until nightfall for the second celebration to begin. Ten hours later, the last celebration began as Ash and Jaff walked over to the large bonfire that sat in the middle of the prairie field. There were creatchers of all types dancing around the fire and Jaff quickly noticed that some of the creatchers looked human or human-like. The creatchers slowly danced around the fire, some of the creatchers raised their hands up into the air and quickly lowered his arms to the ground while bending over as they moved in a circle around the fire. Once they were done with their ritchual, Ash and Jaff walked over to the front of the bonfire with their children in hand. After every creature was back in the sercole and surrounded the bonfire, a young vampire walked up to him until he was standing only a few inches from them. 

The young man turned around to face the crowd as he said, “We are glad to share this moment with the humans and that is why they are standing among us.”

All the creatures looked around to see that there were humans standing among them silently and then quickly looked back at the vampire.

The vampire continued, “Now we celebrate this night but as you can see the moon is just about to come out and when it does we will… as the humans put it howling  to the moon. As for the humans, you can howl roar if you want and join us in our celebration.”

Everyone smiled as they slowly watched the clouds move out of the way for the moon to be seen and in an instant. All the humans howled at the moon while all the creachers howled and roared at the moon until they could no longer make a sound of exhaustion. Once they caught their breath and did it once more until they lost their breath once more. Three hours later, everyone stopped howling and retired for the night. Jaff and Ash laid in bed silently as they stared at the ceiling silently without saying a word. 

Jaff sighed as he asked, “So, is there something you want to talk about?”

There was a long moment of silence before Ash replied, “I was hoping we could talk about it tomorrow but I guess now is as good of a time as any.”

Jaff and Ash sat up, they turned to face each other silently as he waited for Jaff to say something to him. 

After a few more minutes of silence, Ash said slowly, “I think the child I am carrying belongs to Jeff.”

Jaff asked in confusion, “I see.. And when did this happen?”

Ash replied, “A long time ago but Gray seas I am having a delayed pregnancy. I guess I didn’t show any signs until now.”

“Ash, we will take good care of him and I will treat him no different from how I am going to treat our other kids.” Jaff said he watched Ash smile at him.

Ash sighed as she said “You don't mind that this baby isn't your child?”

Jaff replied, “I don’t even care about that, to me this child is one of my children. Nothing else matters except for you and our kids, including the baby that has not come yet.”

Ash smiled as she kissed Jaff on the lips for a brief moment and said “Let go to bed.”

Jaff smiled as he said “I like that idea.”