Anna's Tale

Oh, Baby, uh, Babies

Sitting in the kitchen, eating my grilled cheese sandwich and thinking about Carter and Izzy, I smile. Then, there is an extreme pain in my stomach and I fall off the stool and crash onto the floor. A scream rips from my throat. I try to mind link but the pain is unbearable so I can't focus enough to do anything. I pull myself up, slowly, and all I can see is blood.

 My blood is everywhere. My babies! I need help but I can't get my mind link to work. I am stronger than this! I will not let my babies die! Shit, I feel the need to push, I know it's time. I can't do this by myself, I need Bryce, I need help. I pull myself to the drawer that has the kitchen towels in it and grab all of them and brace myself for delivering four babies by myself. I start to push and scream at the same time, the pain is unbelievable. I get the first baby out, a boy. I wrap him quickly in a towel to keep him warm as his cries fill the room. I lay him carefully in the sink and begin to push for baby number two. This time, a little girl. I quickly wrap her up and place her next to her brother. Baby three, a boy screams his arrival. Followed quickly by number four, a girl. I have to clamp and cut their cords quickly so that no one bleeds to death. After that is done, I look at all four of my beautiful babies and then it hits me, we didn't pick out names. That is the last thought before my world goes black. 

The next thing I know, I am in front of a lake on a full moon. The moon is reflected on the lake like a mirror. Then, the lake begins to ripple and A beautiful woman appears in front of me. She is tall with black hair and silver eyes. She smiles at me, "Anna, your babies are special. They will each have control of one of the four elements. Fire, water, air, and earth. They will come into their powers when they hit puberty so they will need great training and patience. Life will never be easy but you will always be surrounded with love. You have kept love in your heart instead of hate, for that, I have rewarded you and your family. Be happy, my child, for you deserve it." Then she is gone. 

I am in complete darkness, I try to move, but nothing responds. I try to open my eyes and get nowhere. I can hear the sounds around me start to become more clear. There is a beeping that is kind of annoying and voices. As the voices start to separate and become clearer, I hear one that stands out above the rest. Bryce, my love, my mate, my husband. 

"What happened? Why didn't she mind link me for help? Why is she still out? When will she wake up?" I can hear his pain and fear in his voice. Then it all comes back to me. Oh, my Goddess! My babies! Are they ok? Please tell me they are ok! This forces the blackness down and I am fighting for all that I am worth to wake up, to see Bryce and my babies. Finally, I force my eyes open and search for his face. He has sunk down in a chair next to my bed and has his head in his hands. 

"Bryce" I croak out and he jumps to my side. He looks like he hasn't slept in days. "Water? Babies?" He smiles and hands me a cup of water off the table next to me. I sip it and it is amazing. He touches my cheek and smiles. "You are so amazing. You gave birth to four perfect babies all by yourself. You even made sure they were safe and warm before you passed out. You scared me to death, I thought I had lost you though. You lost so much blood. Katy says if you had been a human, you would have died. The babies are safe and healthy." He places a soft kiss on my forehead. 

"I'm so sorry. I tried to mind link for help but the pain was too strong. I couldn't do anything but push. I am so glad they are safe and healthy. Can I see them? They really need names. How long was I out?" I ramble nervously. He laughs," You were only out for about a day. I will tell Katy you are awake and have them bring the babies in."  He bounds out of the room and I can't help but think about my vision of the Moon Goddess and what she told me. This brings a smile to my face. In walks Katy and Bryce, each has an armful of babies. Bryce sits next to me and beams a smile at me. "These are your boys." The first one he hands me has a thick head of brown curls with beautiful green eyes. He must be the earth. I look at Bryce and smile. " His name will be Adam Bryce. Adam means man of the earth." Bryce nods and hands me, my other son. His hair is jet black and his eyes are deep blue. He must be the water. "His name will be Cain Alexander. Cain means clear water." Bryce looks a bit lost but smiles and nods. He then takes the boys and Katy steps forward and hands me my first girl with a smile. I look at her and she has fiery red curls and hazel eyes. She must be fire. I smile at her. " She will be Seraphina Michele. Seraphina means burning flame." Bryce looks even more puzzled but smiles as the last baby girl is placed in my arms. Her hair is brilliant blonde and thick with silver eyes. She must be air. " She will be Moria Lynn. Moria means wind." Bryce looks downright confused. I can't help but laugh.   So, I told him about my vision and he laughed. "What's so funny, Mister?" I asked him with a cocked eyebrow.

"Leave it to you to have gifted children." He laughed. "Hey, these are your children, too, ya know." I smiled at him.  With that statement, he kissed me. "Don't ever scare me like that again. I thought I had lost you." He whispered against my mouth. I just nodded. Then the door flies open and Carter and Izzy burst in. "There goes the peace and quiet." Bryce muttered and I laughed. We went over the story and the babies names with them and they looked stunned.  This made Bryce laugh. 

As I am sitting at home on the couch a few days later watching Bryce holding Adam, Carter cooing over Seraphina, Izzy rocking Moria, and me holding a sleeping Cain, I can't help but feel the happiness and love that surrounds me. My life couldn't possibly get any better that this. Surrounded by my family.