The Best Present (An ACOTAR fanfiction)

Chapter 21

We picked up seven kids this morning at Velafe. There hadn't been any kids for days, but today seven showed up. I decided to spend the day at the KK House to help the new kids feel comfortable, while Rhys spent the day with Tria and Cayden. Tomorrow, I would go shopping with Mor for her wedding dress, along with Nesta and Amren, while Karshia went to buy her dress with her maid of honor, Raelia, Madelyn, a longtime friend of hers from the studio, and Elain.

Out of the seven kids we picked up today, four are girls and three are boys. The girls are Laurena (6), Aubree (7), Juliana (10), and Scarlett (8). Aubree has magical abilities, and Juliana is old enough to train. The boys are Jeremiah (12), Ayden (12), and Ryder (8). None of them have magical abilities, but Jeremiah and Ayden are old enough to train. Apparently Catalina and Jeremiah knew each other, because they shared a hug when he got there. I could definitely see hearts in both their eyes. The kids were all playing with their friends. The new kids had all made friends, but right now they were eating, then they would shower, and take a short nap. I counted everyone off, and realized everyone except Diana and Catalina were in the playroom.

I went to find them. I walked all around the house, checking the second floor. I was about to go back down when I heard some noise coming from the third floor, where the training room was. I followed the noise upstairs. I walked into the training room to find an astounding sight.

Diana had a sword in her hand, Catalina had two hunting daggers. They were back to back. There were dummies set up all around the room. They had set five up in a circle around them. My first instinct was to jump in a stop them, but they weren't hurt, so I figured I should see how they were doing. Catalina sprang out with a dagger, plunging in the heart of one of the dummies. Diana ran her sword through the chests of two of the dummies around them. Suddenly, black energy tendrils shot out of Catalina's hand, incinerating the dummies around them. I thought the energy was going to hit Diana, but it bounced off an invisible wall. I realized Diana could make shields of hard air. The first two rows of dummies were knocked out. There were two rows left.

"Catalina!" Diana called out. Diana thrust a hand upward, and I looked up but didn't see anything. Catalina backed up, started running, and her black energy shot out of her hands, thrusting her upwards. She landed on a platform of hard air, made by Diana. She leaped off of the platform, heading toward the ground at an intense speed. She slowed herself down, and landed in a kneeling position. When she landed, black energy flew out in a wave all around her, knocking out all remaining dummies. I was totally shocked. The girls were great together! I began clapping, and they looked up startled.

"I don't normally use curse words around you, but damn guys," I said. They chuckled. "You guys make an unstoppable pair."

"So you're not mad at us for sneaking away and training without permission?" Diana asked nervously.

"Not at all! You guys are great. I think that Cassian would love to personally train you," I said, smiling at them.

"Wait really? General Cassian?" Catalina asked, shocked. I nodded.

"You guys fight like Aunt Mor. I think she would love to train you too," I said. Mor fought in a similar style. She was teaching Karshia anyway, she could always teach these two as well. "You guys look tired, so we won't train anymore today. And tomorrow we're busy, but day after tomorrow, we can start your first lesson with them." I smiled at the two girls.

"Oh my gosh!" The two girls squealed.

"Thank you so much, Aunt Feyre!" Diana yelled. They both hugged me, and I chuckled.

"You're welcome. As much as I love this girl hug, you guys stink. Go take a shower," I said, grinning at them. They both laughed loudly.

"Yes, ma'am," they said, going downstairs to their bedrooms, talking to each other. I started cleaning up all the dummy remains, fixing the ones I could. I heard footsteps coming up the stairs.

"Feyre?" Rhys called.

"In here!" I yelled back. Mor and Rhys came up the stairs, with Astria and Cayden.

"Hey!" I said cheerfully, giving the kids a kiss.

"What are you doing up here?" Mor asked. I explained everything I had just seen, and both of them were shocked and pleased.

"I hope you don't mind that I signed you up to train them," I said to Mor apologetically.

"Oh I don't mind. I'm eager to see how they fight," she replied, cheerfully. "I'm already training Karshia and Raelia, so what's two more students?"

"That's what I thought. How are Karshia and Raelia's training going?" I asked, holding Astria. Mor was holding Cayden, and Rhys had taken over cleaning up the dummies.

"It's going well. Oh, Feyre, I had a question for you. And one for you too, Rhys," Mor said, getting nervous suddenly. Rhys looked up.

"What's up?" Rhys asked.

"Feyre, I was wondering if you would be my maid of honor?" She asked, smiling quietly at me.

"Aww Mor, I would love to!" I gushed. She hugged me.

"And Rhys, would you step in for my father and give me away?" She asked, hopefully.

"Of course! I would love to, Mor. I'm really happy for you," Rhys said, hugging his cousin. Mor squealed happily. We finished cleaning up the dummies, and spend the rest of the day talking and laughing with the Inner Circle and the kids.

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