Changes of Fates: Afterstory

Baby Issues

"Come on sweetheart it's bedtime"

The baby was crying in Mephiles' arms. Exe had to work a night shift and Mephiles was stuck with the baby. Samara missed Exe a lot and wouldn't stop until he came home. Unfortunately for her, Exe wouldn't be back until the morning. 

"Daddy is really tired. Please stop crying" Mephiles said, trying to console the baby. The rest of the castle wasn't so happy about this either. Elise couldn't sleep due to the sound of the baby crying. She decided to go do something about it since apparently Mephiles isn't doing his job. 

"Mephiles you need to calm her down soon. I have a meeting to attend tomorrow," she told her friend. 

"I'm doing all I can Elise. But this baby isn't hungry or in need of a diaper change" Mephiles said. "She misses Exe"

"And he isn't coming back until the morning. Have you tried singing to her?" Elise said. 

"Elise you know I can't sing to save my life" Mephiles said. 

"You have to try. I'm far too tired to sing to her myself" Elise said. Mephiles gave it a second before he sighed in defeat. 

"Fly me to the moon. And let me play among the stars…" Mephiles began to sing. Fly me to the Moon was a special song to Mephiles because that's the song that reminded him of Exe. They played it at his wedding and Exe would sing it all the time. He loved that song so much and hoped that his daughter did too. 

Samara began to yawn as her daddy kept singing. Eventually she had fallen asleep in his arms. Mephiles and Elise sighed. 

"That wasn't so hard" Elise yawned. She then left the room to go back to bed. Mephiles fell over, still holding Samara. And the two fell asleep on the floor. 

When Mephiles had awoken in the morning, he found that he had been placed into bed, Exe sleeping next to him. He smiled a little before deciding to get up. As he went to check on the baby, he saw Elise getting ready. 

"Morning Elise" Mephiles said. 

"Hey Mephiles. Today's the National United Federation meeting. You don't have anything to do today, right? I need a few more people to represent Soleanna in the meeting. Someone's gotta cover for me when I die" Elise giggled.

"Don't worry Elise. I'll go with you. Exe has the day off and it'll help him get along with our daughter" Mephiles said. 

"Great! The meeting is in 2 hours and our ride should be here too. It's a long way from here to the White House"

"I'll go leave Exe a letter"