Originally Posted: Sun May 01, 2005

The Marriage Braid Torvil woke to the sound of humming. His mother was out in the kitchen, obviously making breakfast. He got out of bed, making sure his clothes were on straight. He kissed Ala on the forehead and headed out of the room, to talk to his mother about the events that had happened the night before. Ala woke a short time later and sat up blinking looking around for a bit before remembering where she was, fixing up her own clothing she wandered out of the room trying to figure out where to go "Oh I'm sorry dear I didn't realize it would do that..." Came Mitizimi's voice from down the hall. "It's okay Mom, really. She's fine and as far as I can tell so is bump." Ala followed the sounds of the voices figuring it was probably a safe bet to finding her way back out of the back area Torvil stuck his head out of the kitchen. "Over here love..." He waved, and stuck his head back in. Ala smiled seeing him and moved more reassuredly in his direction one hand on her belly the other scratching her shoulder as she padded into the kitchen Torvil smiled at her and moved over to her, nuzzling her ear with a light purr. Mitizimi smiled softly. "Sorry dear, I did not know it would affect the little one so..." Ala smiled softly as he nuzzled her "It's ok mom, my pregnancy is totally unlike any Dragonic one so I wouldn't expect you to have known... but then I didn't know either" Mitizimi nodded and smiled softly. "Though I am happy the two of you enjoyed yourselves..." Torvil chuckled and started to nip Ala's ear softly. Ala laughed "As much as possible till one throws up" she purred softly at her husband Mitizimi giggled. "Well it's sometimes like that..." She seemed to not notice her son's actions. Torvil ran his tongue along Ala's ear softly as his teeth nipped roughly. "The joys of a longer pregnancy" she said with a bit of a shiver Mitizimi nodded. "Be glad you are only carrying one..." Torvil purred happily and started to nibble roughly on her ear, his tongue brushing against the skin he bit roughly. Ala chuckled "I think them oysters still effecting him..." she said with a small smirk pointing at Torvil Mitizimi smirked and shook her head. "I would think not... Even with the amount he ate, they should have run through his system before he awoke..." Torvil purred and broke away slowly. "Can't I show my wife some affection without her automatically suspecting I'm either urged or induced-urged?" Ala chuckled at both and turned her head giving him a soft kiss Torvil purred into the kiss, holding it for a bit. Ala purred softly kissing him and feeling a flutter in her belly of a calm bump Torvil purred happily and breaking away, his hand going to her belly and rubbing softly. Mitizimi watched happily, a smile on her face. Ala smiled "Bump is calm now" she said with a light chuckle then looked towards his mother again Torvil beamed. "I feel this..." Mitizimi smiled at the pair. "Did you rest well?" Ala nodded "Yeah once bump and my stomach settled I did" Mitizimi nodded. "Are you hungry? I made some steaks..." Ala nodded "Yes please, long as there isn't red oysters in them " she giggled Mitizimi giggled. "I'm afraid the two of you ate the last of them..." She smirked, going to get the steaks off the fire. Torvil chuckled and pulled Ala close, his hands resting on her belly. "I love you, and I love bump..." Ala smiled and looked at him "We love you too love" she said giving him a gentle kiss Torvil purred happily into the kiss, returning it with equal gentleness. Ala slowly broke the kiss and looked into his eyes Torvil purred and rested his forehead on hers. Ala smiled and rested her hand on his on her belly Torvil purred happily. "Okay you two, can you break up the love long enough to eat?" Mitizimi joked, putting the steaks on the table. Ala chuckled and pulled away from him and walked to the table Torvil walked to the table and jumped up, sitting down and starting to eat. Ala climbed up to sit on the table and began to eat, she noticed the portion was again too big but figured she'd not say anything and just stop when she had her fill Torvil ate and finished quickly, looking to Ala and waiting for her to finish, he would eat her portion, or what was left. Ala smiled and pushed her plate to him when she ate what she wanted "Thanks mom" she said looking towards her Mitizimi smiled. "You're welcome dear..." Torvil finished off her portion as well. "I'd have to say this is the longest we've stayed at the cliffs out of all our visits" she mused Mitizimi smiled. "Perhaps it has something to do with that..." She pointed at bump. Torvil smiled. "It was late..." Ala laughed "Perhaps it did I don't know, Torvil carried me most of the way here" Torvil smiled softly. "I thought it better you rest in a bed for the night, instead of in the air..." Mitizimi looked like she was ready to say 'awwww' Ala giggled "Thanks love" she glanced at Mitizimi "Get everything done yesterday you need to when you went out those couple times?" she had a small smirk on her face Mitizimi giggled. "Yeah... I'll go get them... Its just juice, nothing special..." Ala nodded "Ok" Mitizimi stood up and headed over to the kitchen area... Ala watched her move running a hand over her belly as she did Torvil purred softly and moved over to Ala, sitting behind her, his hands coming around to rest on her belly. Mitizimi returned with three glasses filled with a orange colored liquid. Ala relaxed against him and smiled as Mitizimi returned Mitizimi handed her a glass. "Don't be fooled by the color, it has a much stronger bite than oranges..." Ala took the glass "What is it?" she asked bringing it to her lips and taking a small sip Mitizimi smiled. "Its a citrus, kind of a mix of an orange and a lemon..." Ala nodded "Ok" she sipped at the drink Torvil took his and drank, he smirked. "Just like when I was little..." He chuckled. "And I stole some..." Ala chuckled and shook her head "It's nice, a little strong yes, but still overall it's nice" Mitizimi smiled. "We drink it a lot around here... The trees grow in the main circle by the pond..." "Must make it fairly easy to get then" she said drinking a bit more before putting the unfinished glassed down to finish in a bit and digging in her pouch for some crackers Torvil smiled and finished his, putting his glass aside. "Yes, one can just pick the fruit if they wish, but its easier to have someone else juice it..." Ala chuckled "Did you manage to grab much of it when you were younger?" she asked him Torvil shook his head. "Too busy avoiding dad..." "Speaking of your dad......" she looked over her shoulder at him Torvil nodded. "It's the weekend now isn't it..." He said softly... Ala nodded "The beginning of it yeah..." Torvil sighed. "I should get to work then... It's going to take awhile..." He unwrapped from her and kissed her ear. Ala smiled, she was going to stay here with Mitizimi while he worked "Stay safe love" she told him munching on crackers and drinking the juice Torvil nodded hopping off the table. "I will love... Don't wait up for me..." With that he left. Mitizimi looked to Ala. "How long do you think it will take him? "Probably till either tonight or tomorrow morning, he's getting help from Asmodeus on the other side, but her has to ... collect the body together first" she said climbing down from the table Mitizimi nodded and smiled at Ala. "I really can't thank the two of you enough..." "Mom... this is all his doing, Only part of it that's me is telling you before you had a heart attack seeing him walk in here... I saw Korvil on the other side, first time I saw him he was much different towards Torvil, myself and our children then he is now.... " Ala told her Mitizimi nodded and touched Ala's shoulder, steering her towards the couch. "Well... That's somewhat easy to explain... Shezar... He would often point out that the White hairs were very, very different from us... And would use that against them..." Ala nodded "That's the impression I got from Malkar when I sat talking to him at well the not-a-funeral funeral... I don't really know what to call what that turned out to be. But I also know Shezar isn't here anymore, and what he tried to do to me is part of the reason for that" she climbed onto the couch and sat down Mitizimi sat down and moved Ala a bit, taking her hair and starting to braid it. "Shezar was a vile man... No one would speak up about it, but we all knew it... deep down... But he had power... He was the eldest of the council..." Ala nodded slightly as the woman braided her long hair "At least until Malkar was brought back, Shezar told me the council asked him to step down, he blamed Torvil and me for that, more Torvil then me" Mitizimi nodded. "He would..." She said softly, working with Ala's hair with a small smile. "It's been so long since I've done this... I hope I can still do it right..." "I don't often do anything with my hair cept run a brush through it so I'm sure you are doing fine" she said with a smile Mitizimi smiled softly. "Well I haven't had a daughter small enough to braid her hair for months, not since Merisime left..." "I've seen her a few times, she cares for one of the Balan our shop finds homes for" Ala told her Mitizimi smiled. "She's been by here every once and a bit..." She smiled, moving on to do another braid. "Well soon you wont have a very quiet cave I'm sure... Probably no more quiet then Mikiri's is... who is Jokar anyways" Mitizimi smirked. "He would be your nephew..." Ala laughed "Had another clutch did they" Mitizimi nodded. "Recently in fact..." "I can tell since she called the boy 'young Jokar' I have a feeling he's one of the mob of youngsters that uhmmm found Torvil and I yesterday" she blushed slightly Mitizimi giggled. "It wasn't hard to find you... I could have if I'd wanted, seeing as I could hear you from up here..." She pointed at the hole in the wall with her free hand as she finished up the second braid, then started on a third. Ala's face went a brighter red as she stared at the hole Mitizimi giggled and worked on the third braid. "It sounded like you were having fun..." "You could say something like that" she said still blushing "Not that I planned it" Mitizimi giggled and grabbed all three braids, and started to braid them together. "Torvil probably didn't either..." "Hard to say what he planned" she laughed "As much as I've gotten used to the urge, I haven't at the same time" Mitizimi smiled as she finished up the braid of braids. "Perfect." She beamed, turning Ala around to look at her. Ala looked up at her and reached over her shoulder to feel the braid "That feels neat, thanks" she said with a smile. She paused "Wanna feel something Torvil likes to feel? It has to do with bump" she added quickly after her question Mitizimi smiled. "Of course dear..." She patted Ala's cheek. "I think Torvil will like your hair..." She had a soft smirk. Ala smiled and took her mother-in-law's hand from her cheek and placed it on her belly just before she felt the flutter of Bump moving inside her Mitizimi giggled. "Wow... It moves..." Ala nodded "Yeah it does it pretty often actually, even more so yesterday" she chuckled Mitizimi nodded and smiled. "Very special, you're blessed..." She nodded and patted Ala's cheek again. "Well dear, what shall we do till our husbands return..." Ala shrugged "I don't really know, there's really not a ton about the cliffs I really know, Torvil never really told me much about it, for the longest time he had no intentions of returning here at all" Mitizimi nodded. "I wouldn't have blamed him..." Ala nodded "Perhaps you can tell me more..." Mitizimi smiled softly. "About what? The Cliffs, his past?" "The cliffs, I already know most of his past. I don't really know much about the cliffs, how things tend to be around here and stuff like that" she said Mitizimi nodded and put a finger to her chin. "Well... There's really not much to describe, we go about our lives... Some hunt, some heal the sick or injured... Some work on making things others need. We barter, we trade, we pay for things with gold if we must..." Ala nodded "Sounds like a pretty normal place I guess, might explain why that healer drank till he knocked himself out that one day" Mitizimi giggled. "Yeah... You kinda did his job for him, and he had nothing else to do..." She shook her head. "You also scared the living 'ell out of him..." Ala laughed "That's just the normal skills from my Kerrsalian side, they are accompanied by this..." she said as her eyes shifted green and she created a small ball of water "and this" she created the energy in her other hand which she did not yet bring together Mitizimi watched, not so much awe as fascination. Ala shrugged and brought them together and placed her hands in her lap as her eyes returned to normal. she looked at Mitizimi for a few moments before opening her hands Mitizimi gasped and reached for the gem almost compulsively before stopping. Ala chuckled and took one hand and reached taking the woman's hand, the other she placed the crystal in her hand Mitizimi smiled softly. "Thank you.... Its absolutely gorgeous..." Ala smiled "It's a water crystal, afraid I've kinda gotten addicted to making them... easier to collect then other shiny things. Made the first one the first time I met Malkar and Mikiri the day they both showed interest in the one no one but me could ever have" Mitizimi smiled and nodded, getting up and putting the crystal on the kitchen counter then returning. "Torvil seen your horde yet?" She giggled like it was something dirty. Ala nodded "A couple nights ago he found out I had one" she had to chuckle Mitizimi smirked. "Bet it drove him nuts to see it..." She looked around and lowered her voice... "If you don't mind me asking... How big is it?" Ala smiled about 3 dozen of those crystals about the same size maybe a few more and a couple other little things, fit's in a fairly small box. Mitizimi nodded softly, a small smile. "He obviously hasn't told you has he..." "About which?" she said with a blink and a curious look on her face "The significance of a horde..." She giggled. "Visha! He hasn't has he?" "Uhm, he said it's a huge turn-on...." now she looked confused Mitizimi nodded. "It would be... Showing someone your horde is like showing them your body..." "Oh.... I don't really know as much as I should I suppose considering I'm more Dragonic then I am what my birth race " she said looking at her hands Mitizimi just giggled. "It's alright deary... The two of you were married... Has he shown you his?" Ala nodded "Yeah a while ago" she said looking up again "Definitely wont fit in a box" Mitizimi blushed. "Shhhssh!" She waved her hands. "I don't need to know that about my son..." Ala blushed "Uhm ok" Mitizimi smiled weakly. "Its alright..." She patted Ala's cheek, calming down. "You've still got a lot to learn, and I'm afraid Torvil isn't teaching you is he?" Ala sighed "Obviously not everything" she said digging in her pouch for more crackers and nibbling on them Mitizimi smiled. "Well that can be corrected... There's not much really..." She smiled softly. "I've told you the basics kinda sort of..." Ala nodded as she munched "I probably could get more out of the book Torvil let me read, but I didn't really put a ton of effort into it, kinda figured he'd tell me the stuff I needed to know" Mitizimi nodded and smiled. "Well, what shall we do now... I have a feeling Torvil is going to take forever..." Ala laughed "I'm open to suggestions Mom" Mitizimi tapped her chin for a moment. "I'm all out of ideas actually... I usually do house work and things, keep the cave clean and such..." "Then how bout we do that then, it's kinda what I do at home when I'm not spending time snuggling with Torvil, though most often it's the shop I'm cleaning as it gets dirtier then the house" Mitizimi nodded and stood. "You can dust the lower things... Their a pain for me to reach..." Ala nodded "sure" she said climbing off the couch Mitizimi left quickly and returned with a rather large feather duster. "Smallest I have..." Ala giggled and took it from her holding it with both hands "point me in the right direction" Mitizimi smiled. "Every thing you can reach..." She said, going off to do her part. Ala nodded and started humming softly as she looked around and found a good place to start then started Mitizimi cleaned and cleaned, not noticing that it was growing dark outside. Ala dusted stopping now and then to eat some more crackers and at least once to go locate that bathroom and lose her lunch, she didn't notice the time or darkness either as she kept busy Heavy footsteps were heard outside the door when the sun had set. Mitizimi had stopped working to light some candles. Ala smiled dusting the last of the areas she could reach, when she finished she looked up and towards the opening of the cave to notice it was dark outside Korvil entered, Torvil lay spread out in his arms, looking very pale and his breathing was super shallow. Ala dropped the duster seeing them enter "He did it again" she murmured quietly Korvil nodded, and lay Torvil down on the couch, looking very worried. "He said he was fine... Then he just fell over..." Ala nodded and walked over to where he was, "Happened when he brought Mikiri and Malkar back too" she said reaching his side she looked at him then reached forward and brushed his white bangs aside before touching his gem glad this time she hadn't been using her energy to heal herself beforehand Torvil twitched. "Ala stop... bump..." he gasped... "Bump is fine" she said softly she had one hand on her belly "Bump doesn't feed off my energy in the same way" she didn't move her hand, she knew where she needed to stop, she could feel it Torvil just nodded weakly, closing his eyes. Ala held her fingers on his gem for a few more moments before pulling her hand away and sitting down beside him Torvil sat up slowly and shook his head. Ala smiled looking at him then looked towards Korvil, whom up to that point she hadn't paid a whole ton of attention to Korvil however was a tad occupied, Mitizimi having him pinned to the wall in a rather passionate kiss. Ala chuckled and looked back to her own husband Torvil smiled at her softly. "Did I do good?" Ala smiled "Considering your mom has him pinned to a wall I think you did, and considering you are alive" Torvil nodded slowly with a soft smile. "You'll have to thank As for that..." "You are right, I'll have to thank him" she said with a nod "After bump isn't inside me" Torvil nodded with a smile, and slumped against the couch. "Ugh... That took everything outta me..." "Relax love, I can't give you more energy right now, a couple hours from now I can, but I've reached my limit for now, well at least the limit I set upon myself" she told him Torvil chuckled. "No need love..." He purred lightly. "I'm fine..." Ala smiled and nodded and brushed her bangs out of her face "I'm sure your mom really appreciates what you have done" she said softly Torvil nodded slowly. "We might want to flee the room soon." Korvil's hands started to wander. "Like now..." Ala chuckled "How bout we go either see what our daughter is doing or what your sister is doing, you mom says she recently had a new clutch" Torvil nodded, rising shakily to his feet to flee as his parents hit the floor. He was out the door by the time the clothing started to fly. Ala helped him out of the cave "So where should we go, neither of us is ready for the trip home" Torvil nodded. "I'd say my sister... But I have the sneaking suspicion we'd run into the same scene..." "Even with kids there?" she inquired "One of the kids was in the mob that found us yesterday" Torvil chuckled. "You'd be surprised love..." Ala laughed "Actually with your kind, no I wouldn't" she said an arm around his waist "And if your sister has followed through with what she said yesterday Vina might be a lil busy too" Torvil chuckled. "I'd doubt that... She's picky as hell my daughter mine..." He headed for Rhazar's. Ala chuckled "She's not picky about Rhazar though" she grinned Torvil chuckled. "Last I asked Rhazar, the both had pretty much stopped doing anything but talking..." "Interesting concept since both like the company of other females" Ala said with a slight frown Torvil chuckled. "It's natural... Rhazar is feeling her age and Vina... Well Vina she says... Has been having issues..." Running came from the path ahead. Ala nodded "I suppose now and then we all go through strange times in our lives" A young DL ran by them. "Get outta here! She's a freaking monster!" Torvil stared as he ran past. Ala raised a brow watching the young DL race past "Uhm ok.... has Vina got demon blood too?" she asked Torvil quietly it was the only thing Ala could think of Torvil shook his head. "She was before..." He said softly walking along. Vina stood in the doorway tapping her foot, a low growl could be heard from where they walked. Torvil winced. "Bad timing on his part if he tried anything..." He pointed at Vina's wings. Feathers were falling off whenever she flapped. "Ohhh that" Ala said remembering the last time Vina had been losing feathers Torvil nodded. "Worse than PMS she says..." Vina seemed to calm a bit when she saw them. She nodded slightly "Hello Vina hun" Ala said as they got closer Vina smiled softly. "Hello mother... Did you happen to see a pervert run by you on the path... He and I still haven't finished our little... Chat..." Ala laughed "Yeah he ran past us a few minutes ago" Vina nodded. "I'll finish it with him later... He needs to learn to keep his hands to himself in the presence of a lady..." She grinned her teeth flashing. Torvil chuckled and shook his head. Ala chuckled "That he does. How are you keeping?" Vina smiled. "Fine... Quite fine actually..." She smiled and flapped her wings. "That's good to hear, I'm doing pretty good, and so is bump... and I think your grandparents are doing even better" she chuckled Vina smiled. "That's great!" She seemed very bubbly for someone who'd just been about ready to murder someone. Torvil blinked. "Who gave you that?" He quirked a brow, pointing to a small red flower in her hair. Vina looked up at it quickly. "NOBODY!" Ala giggled "awfully defensive 'nobody' there " Vina looked around. "Okay... Okay..." She sighed. "There's this guy... His name is Joman..." She blushed. "He kinda... sorta... gavemethisflowerandaskedmeoutsoIwentoutwithhimandnothinghappened atallandheaskedifIwantedtogooutagainandIsaidyesandlater heandIaregoingtothetopoftheclifstowatchthemoonrise..." Ala had to blink a few times and think for a moment before she raised a brow "Uh Vina... I caught about 7 of those words" Vina blushed. Torvil chuckled. "She said... Joman gave her the flower, asked her out, nothing happened that date, he asked her out again, and tonight they're going to the top of the cliffs to watch the moon rise." Ala smiled "Well now, it sounds like you are finding yourself someone who has feelings for females, I wish you the absolute best in that field hun" Vina blushed bright red. "T-thanks..." Torvil chuckled and hugged her, giving her a kiss on the forehead. "He's not a DL is he..." Vina blushed even more. "Well now, seems more then one of our children is shy about giving details of their potential mates" Ala said with a giggle as she ran her hand over her belly Vina looked down at her feet. "Jomanisn'taDLhe'saDrow..." Torvil raised a brow. Ala raised her own brow, she'd never actually seen a Drow though she had heard of them "Where did you meet him hun?" Vina looked around. "Weeeeelll... I was exploring the under caverns, where only the council is allowed to go... And I kinda... Bumped into him... Literally..." Torvil tapped his chin. Ala looked to her husband who had been very quiet for several minutes "That would explain... Why the council has technology the other DLs do not..." He finally said. Vina's eyes widened. "ShhhSh!" She waved her hands. "You, I, and the Council knows that... but the others don't... The culture shock would kill them!" Torvil nodded. "I know..." Ala chuckled and shook her head Torvil shot Ala a, 'by the way I'm dying every time I go to the clinic from CS' look. Ala raised a brow looking at him Torvil sighed and hugged her. "You know I still have trouble there..." He sighed. "And I was exposed to the technology the Council had... Imagine what would of happened if I hadn't?" "I know you do Torvil" she said "I've known that since you started tagging along" Torvil nodded and hugged her tighter, but not tight enough to hurt bump. Vina nodded. "Well I have to go get ready..." She flapped her wings, feathers falling. "Have fun Vina" Ala said Vina smiled. "Thanks... I will..." She curtsied and walked back into her house. Torvil smiled. Ala nodded a goodbye to her stepdaughter then turned and started to walk away Torvil walked with her, nuzzling the side of her head. Ala pushed away a bit without a word Torvil sighed and walked slightly distant. "Sorry..." He said softly. "I'm more then aware your feelings of the clinic, I'm aware of your feelings about light bulbs, about running water, among everything else Torvil, you don't need to keep reminding me, especially in front of others" she said sounding a bit grumpy Torvil sighed. "Sorry..." He said softly, looking down at his feet. "And I mean it, I am... I'll stop..." He said, his voice starting to break.... It had been a long day for him. Ala stopped walking and looked up at the moon "Yeah... I know" she replied, her moods were playing topsy turvy right then Torvil looked at her, and quickly wiped his eyes. He didn't want her to see that he'd been crying, even if it had only been for a moment. He held back a sniffle. Ala sighed softly then looked down from the sky and started walking again Torvil joined her, and quickly wiped the back of his hand with the other, trying to get rid of the red stain. Ala looked over at him as they walked Torvil smiled at her softly. But below his eyes were stained and there were single tear red lines down his cheeks that he had not gotten rid of yet. "Why are you crying" she asked stopping again Torvil shook his head. "I'm tired..." He said softly. "I'm tired and you were upset... and that made me upset... upset that I made you upset..." "I'm tired too, I spent the day with your mom and helped her clean then shared my energy with you....." it wasn't all that was bothering her but she let that sit Torvil sighed. "That's not all love and I know it..." He said softly. "Nothing" she mumbled and kept walking passing him not even sure where to head since Mitizimi and Korvil were very likely still at it Torvil followed her and touched her arm lightly. "Tell me please love..." He looked at her. "I want to know... It's not nothing..." Ala stopped and turned "fine you want to know? how long have you known me Torvil?" she asked Torvil counted it out. "Months... We've been married for two... I met you a good two months or more before then..." "And have I once done a single thing that's changed my appearance besides getting pregnant, in those months" she said sounding both upset and ready to crack Torvil shook his head. "Not that I've really noticed..." "So for the first time ever something about my appearance changes and you can't even be bothered to notice!" she said her voice cracking as she spun around again and started walking away Torvil froze and chased after her. He grabbed her arm and spun her around, his eyes going over her features. He blinked and his jaw dropped. "Oh lord... I'm an ass..." He let her go and flopped down onto the ground, burring his face into his hands. "Oh dear lord I'm an ass..." Ala didn't look at him, in fact she didn't look at anything, hadn't even been as she was walking, she coulda run into something and wouldn't have known beforehand that she was about to, her eyes were closed and she was crying Torvil got up a few moments later and ran after her. He grabbed her again, and pulled her to him. He hugged her close. Even if she were to struggle he would hold her close. He buried his face into her shoulder. "I love you... Love of my life, my heart..." He kept a firm grip on her. Ala didn't struggle she simple stood in his grip crying, she was having a hard time stopping Torvil brushed her back. "I'm sorry I didn't notice... I was wiped and I wasn't focused... I've been terrible haven't I?" He clenched her close. "Our Vows today are again consigned, and to the cliffs our blood is bonded. You and I, together, are one. First for unity... Second for love... Third for the mother of us all... Combined as one... You and I, forever wed, one." He kissed her forehead, and put his to hers. "And it's getting closer to 3 months" she whispered her crying slowing though not stopped "I know..." He said softly. "I've been trying to keep track..." He said softly. "You do realize that mother married us again, when she made those braids... Started it anyways... I finished it..." He moved his hand to her face, and held them there. He moved it so she looked up into his face, noses touching. "I love you Ala. You are my everything. If I lost you, I would die..." He rested his forehead on hers again. "I've been a terrible husband I know... I'm going to fix that... From now on, I will be the best husband I can be..." His voice choked. "I can't lose you... I can't have you not love me..." Tears started to flow from his eyes again. His red mixing with her pink. Small sparks occurred when the two touched, falling to the ground as a bonded pair. "Seems there's much about the Dragonic side of me I don't know" she said quietly not meeting his eyes Torvil brushed her hair. "I didn't know we would be coming back, or that you would exhibit such behavior..." He sniffled. "I will teach you though, if that is what you want... Love of my life..." He brushed her cheek with his hand. Ala stiffened when he said the 'exhibit such behavior' part of his words her eyes closed and she pursed her lips trying not to lash out at him for how she took what he said Torvil felt her stiffen. "Sorry..." He said softly, his hand softly caressing her cheek. "I meant I didn't know you would start acting like our people..." He whispered softly. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." He touched her face lightly. "I did not mean to hurt your feelings..." "I'm like over 3/4 quarters Vampiric Dragon how did you think I was gonna act" she said shortly Torvil sighed. "I don't know love... I really don't..." He hugged her to him. "But I see now... That I have a lot of things to make up to you... And I will, every single one..." He kissed her forehead. "Starting with the braids..." He touched her face softly. "You look wonderful with them love... Ravishing..." He kissed her gem. Ala relaxed a fair bit and rested her head on his chest, she really hated when the mood swings mixed with her normal moods "Thankyou" she said very quietly Torvil touched them lightly. "Traditionally I'm supposed to take them apart before we consummate the marriage..." he said softly. Ala looked up at him not being completely sure what he meant He smiled. "In other words... On our honeymoon, before we do it... I have to unbraid your hair..." Ala blinked "Ok..." she stared up at him, she'd finally stopped crying though her cheeks were still wet Torvil leaned down and kissed her cheeks lightly. He was starting to grow deathly pale. Ala blinked and looked at him "you are pale" she said quietly "paler then normal even" Torvil shook his head. "I'm fin..." His eyes fluttered shut, and his hold on her slacked completely as he fell back and hit the ground with a hard thud. "Oh no" she whispered as she knelt down beside him leaning forward she took a small breath and pressed her lips against his Torvil shivered awake. "Don't burn yourself out on my account... This was my fault..." He shivered weakly. Ala pulled away looking down at him Torvil looked up at her. "I didn't notice the braids... I should have... I really should have... This whole thing is my fault..." He closed his eyes. "I love you Ala... Shade of my heart... Light of my life... Keeper of my heart and soul..." "I love you too, but I don't understand how you not noticing them makes you passing out your fault" she said quietly Torvil sighed. "I upset you... Which in turn upset me... I burned too much energy during then, and passed out..." He opened his eyes and lifted a hand to her weakly. "Another kiss... Please... I didn't get to taste the first..." Ala smiled softly and leaned down again giving him a soft kiss Torvil purred and closed his eyes happily. He tried to lean up into the kiss but found that for now, he could barely move... Ala kissed him a little deeper closing her own eyes and not noticing anything else, including her own gem lightly glowing Torvil felt more energy rushing into him slowly. He broke the kiss with a slight smile. "I hope you're alright... I don't want you passing out on me..." He chuckled weakly. Ala smiled softly and shifted her position so she could comfortably rest her head on his chest Torvil brushed her hair, slowly undoing the braids. Ala relaxed, she didn't really care what they looked like right then if anyone was around, she felt weak as she lay there feeling him undoing the braids that were in her long hair Torvil started to hum softly, getting the three braids back into separate braids instead of one large one. "Today I proclaim my love for you..." He whispered softly when it came undone, he began on the nearest braid. Ala nodded softly Torvil got rid of that braid and whispered. "Today we are one, from now until forever..." Ala smiled softly Torvil moved to the next one, deftly removing it. "Two souls, now one, I swear my blood to you..." Ala purred softly Torvil smiled and moved to the final braid. He took his time removing this one though. For this one was the most important. Ala laid quietly on his chest a hand on her belly Torvil finally removed it. "And now we are united, as one, forever, so too, are our hearts, and our blood. Our lives belong to each other, and as one, we shall raise our family. As one we will live out our lives to the end. I love thee, Alatariel, Alatariel Rakamash. Forever shall that name be yours... My name is yours... My heart is yours... My soul is yours... My blood is yours... We are one, so may Visha be witness..." "I am..." Came a soft female voice from nowhere. Ala smiled and opened her eyes looking at him, she heard the voice but it kinda felt like it was in the back of her mind as she listened to him speak Torvil smiled, and brushed her hair. "I love you, love, wife, mother of my children, the woman who I came to love long before my first marriage collapsed into pain..." "I love you too Torvil, my husband, my first love and the father of my children" she said softly Torvil brushed her hair and sat up slowly, pulling her into a kiss. Ala moved with him and closed her eyes as she returned his kiss Torvil purred and stroked her hair as they kissed. " 'scuse me..." Came a child's voice.