The Strongholds, your average white picket fence American family, right? Steven and Josie Stronghold, the definition of a power couple, in more ways than one. If you asked the neighbors what they did, you would hear about their very successful real estate empire. What you wouldn't hear was their real career, superheroes. Yes, you read that right, cape and tight wearing, crime fighting figures of justice.
They went by the hero names, The Commander and Jetstream. One of the most powerful duos to ever hit the hero circuit. The homecoming king and queen that lived happily ever after. It's what came from this union that this story is about though. A few years into their marriage they had began to worry that children might not be possible in their marriage. Adoption was just too difficult of an option when you had superpower. Just as they had given up having kids a miracle happened, well that's how Steve tells it. He had always dreamed of having a child to carry on the Stronghold tradition of saving the world.
For five months the couple was walking on air, you could never find them without a smile on their face. Josie was on maternity leave and running their real estate business full time. Flying just isn't safe when you're almost six months pregnant. It was at her six-month checkup that they received news that stunned them. They knew they were having a boy and had already picked out the name William, named for Steve's dad. As they were looking at him as they had before on the sonogram the nurse made a sound of shock.
There hidden behind their baby boy, was another baby, a daughter. Apparently, she was much smaller than her brother and had been hidden towards her back, so they hadn't seen her until now as the babies began to spin. After a few stunned moments it finally sunk in. "TWINS!" yelled Steve, crying from happiness. Josie had been thrilled with the idea of having a son, but now also knowing she would have a daughter, she didn't have words. She would have a daughter to teach all things girly and have spa days with. Life couldn't get any better for the Strongholds.
A few months later after a panicked ride to the supers hospital the Stronghold twins were born. First born was their son, William Theodore Stronghold. A whopping 8-pounds, which is amazing for a twin. His tiny sister slipped out at moments later barley 4-pounds. They thought they had chosen her name, but when they saw her, they instantly knew what her name would be. While her brother had blond hair, hers was pure white. They realized that she had inherited Josie's mother's power over ice, her temperature already showing signs of being low as a newborn. They decided to use her grandmother's hero name.
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They welcomed Isolde Josephine Stronghold to the world. After a moment, as they handed her Will she realized that she hadn't seen her daughter since they went to clean her. She noticed the team in the corner, and they seemed to be slightly panicking. Josie began to panic, why weren't they bringing her daughter to her? "What's wrong with my daughter?!" she yelled towards the team. One of the doctors broke from the group and made his way to the new parents. He looked slightly stressed, "Mr. and Mrs. Stronghold, Isolde seems to be having some kind of seizures." The couple were devastated, wondering what this meant, what was going to be the fate of their tiny daughter?
