• Butterflies of Daria • [Complete]

• Chapter 2 •

Over the next four weeks, Reign remained a small female while Asra was still looking for a cure constantly. Reign had been feeling really sick lately but was pretty sure it was the unusual magic.

It was midday and the two were once again skimming over books for a cure. 'Reign, I can't tell you how sorry I am' Asra rubbed his eyes.

'It's alright! I'm not dying' Reign chuckled understandingly 'Besides, we fought off the devil, this is nothing' This made Asra feel a little better. Reign hadn't seen any of their friends for the four weeks and had just told them that Reign was really sick, which was technically true. Julian was stopping by every few days with some medicines, Portia and Nadia brought flowers twice a week. Asra's parents even offered to help but were denied. All their friends were beginning to worry, but the only person they hadn't seen the entire time was Muriel. It was normal for him to disappear long periods of time, so no one paid too much attention, but Reign had a bad feeling in his stomach. Like he knew that Muriel knew that they both knew what was going on.

Asra and Reign continued flicking before Reign stopped. He felt his stomach begin to turn and ache. He suddenly jumped out of his counter seat in the shop and dash upstairs to the bathroom. Asra quickly followed.

Reign head was hovering over the toilet bowl as he continuously threw up. Asra sat on his knees next to Reign until he was alright. Reign looked up and all he could see in Asra was extreme guilt. He wished he would feel bad though. Suddenly, an idea popped into Reign's mind. A though that made his face go pale and his legs go numb. At the knew found fear, Reign threw up again.

'Asra...I need to see Julian' Asra looked at Reign with the strangest look.

'Of course but...why?' As Asra reflected on the question, it sounded very stupid.

'I just need to know something...Can we go now please?' Asra picked up on how unstable Reign felt, but he has misunderstood that feeling with the feeling of Reign not trusting him anymore. It broke his heart but he was willing to do whatever Reign wanted if it made him feel better.

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'Ilya!' Asra knock quiet a few times before Julian actually responded. He swung the door open, almost falling over in the process. Upon realising who was at his door, he quickly straightened himself up.

'Asra! Reign! I'm really glad to see you're alright!' He opened the door further allowing the two to enter. Reign was wearing oversized clothes to hide his new body. He entered first.

'Asra...Do you mind if I talk to Julian alone for a while?' Asra's face flushed a light pink. He knew Reign wouldn't do anything but he still felt a little betrayed. Never the less, he smiled sadly and nodded before plopping himself on the cobblestone stairs, hearing the door click behind him. Faust slithered our of Asra's pink sash.

'Friend hurt?' Faust squeezed Asra's hand and he squeezed back.

'It's alright, Faust. Reign knows what he's doing'

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'Is everything alright?' Julian sat on the black leather couch next to Reign, handing him a cup of green tea. The house was bright and full of fresh air, surprisingly. The windows were wide open with small succulents sitting peacefully on the window sill, the dark wooden shelves were filled with jars of leeches, containers of herbs and a desk in the corner stacked with papers.

Reign was quiet, mainly to stop himself from crying. He carefully put down the white cup and turned in Julian's direction.

'I'm gonna show you something, just try not to freak out please' Julian nodded, worry building up in his chest.

Reign stood, taking off his oversized jumper and carefully putting it on the couch. The air in Julian's house stood still, neither of them spoke as Julian looked up and down at Reign's new figure and although he was still wearing the same clothes from the night before, it was still visible what was going on.

'Oh...' He clasped his hands together and rested his elbows on his knees 'Uhm...you...' Reign choked on a small laugh

'I have tits' That made Julian cackle.

'I mean...you look just as beautiful as before...but how?'

'Ahaha...uh Asra was trying to change my skin colour to blue but he must've done something wrong...but its alright'

'I see, you did look a bit smaller and more...feminine than usual' Julian smiled softly, but he knew this wasn't the whole truth. Reign rested one hand on his hip while the other wiped away newfound tears that steamed helplessly down his pink freckled cheeks. Julian slowly got up and wrapped Reign in a gentle hug, which was returned.

'Julian...There's something else, but you have to promise not to tell Asra, not until I'm ready. He whispered. Julian contemplated this.

'Alright, I promise' Julian sat back down but Reign stayed standing, his arms now wrapped around himself.

'I think I'm pregnant'

Julian's jaw dropped to the ground. He didn't know what to say or how to respond. Having a baby was a beautiful and exciting thing, but Reign almost looked broken. Julian could feel his hands start to shake. He knew that Reign wasn't supposed to have a children. It was most likely far scarier for Reign than it was for Julian.

'That's...honestly that's amazing...' Julian rubbed the back of his neck. 'And it's Asra's?' He almost sounded desperate. His stomach dropped when Reign tears increased and he shook his head.

'Uhm...do you have a quill and paper?' His voice was cracked. Julian shakily got up and retrieved the two items.

Once Reign had the two, it took him a whole minute to write out two words

I was...

His hand shook violently as he wrote the last word in messy scribbles.

raped