Tell Him What?

Ellie stared at the girl giving her a slightly impatient look, the girl looked physically uncomfortable, and all three had been silent while giggles and singing came from the opposite side of the room.

Finally, the girl stood, then untied her cloak, letting it drop to the floor. Her hair obscured her body, but John was sure she was completely topless and could sense she was still uncomfortable. In the meantime, Ellie had taken a seat on John's lap.

"I'm not sure what's happening, but if you are uncomfortable, I'd rather you stop," John comforted while wrapping one arm around Ellie's waist.

The girl let out a resolute huff. "Thanks, that's very noble of you… but I need to do this." John didn't have time to reassure her that she really didn't have to do anything before a gust of air surged around the room and two black and white butterfly wings appeared from her back. As they did, the opposing colour braids split, and two large boobs and a slightly protruding stomach came into view. "So… t-this is me, sweetpea."

"I, uhm, I," John babbled as he stared at the girl in front of him. Then as if he'd had his senses knocked back into him, his eyes snapped back up to the girls. "Sweetpea?"

Ellie groaned, "God, I'm definitely not with you for your brains if you're this slow."

John kissed Ellie's nose. "Shush you." He then turned to the girl, "Are you really Lani?" The girl looked down at her feet but nodded. "Wow, that's pretty unexpected… Not a bad unexpected, though; I mean you are really pretty like you were before and how you are now, it's just… can all fairies shapeshift? And is that why you seem to be acting so differently to how you were last time we saw you?"

Lani shifted from side to side. “Uh, well not exactly… Uhm.” She turned towards the door. “Girls, could you bring that over to me please?”

“Okilidokili,” the little gorgon sang as she stood and walked over with what John now could tell was a bundle of blankets.

“Thank you for being such a good babysitter,” Lani said, taking hold of the bundle. She turned to John and unwrapped the blankets, uncovering a colourful head-sized egg and showing it to him. “So, say hello to our little one.”

"Wait, what? First, I thought you were pregnant, as in having a baby inside of you and, second, fairies lay eggs? My head kinda hurts from all this," John confessed.

Lani groaned, "No, fairies don't lay eggs, and I am pregnant… Fae dragons can both carry their young and have them hatch, we can actually alternate as we see fit. I usually carry them both while I sleep, it's easier that way."

John's mouth hung slightly agape, while Ellie laughed, "Oh come on, are you really that surprised. I mean, doesn't it make sense where the crystal thingy she gave you came from now? I thought you'd be more excited not sitting around trying to catch flies in your mouth."

"Uh, I, yeah. It's just a lot to process. The last dragon I came across almost killed me and was not in any kind of talking mood," John mumbled.

"D-do you hate me for lying to you?" Lani probed.

"Huh? What? No!" John nudged Ellie off his lap before standing and hugging Lani. "I'm not angry, I promise. It's just not what I expected. I wasn't expecting, ’Hey, I'm a dragon, also we are having twins…’ Today has been a long day. Also, you being this worried about what I think is really heartwarming, so don't be scared that I'm not happy about any of this," John explained as he rubbed his hand up and down her back.

"I… well of course I'm going to worry; you're… you're my husband after all." Lani looked up at John with tears in her eyes. "You're sure you don't hate me?"

From behind him, John heard Ellie groan, "Oh, just kiss already."

John wasn't going to argue and leaned down, capturing Lani's lips with his, earning them an "Ewww!" from the two young girls.

“Oh, shush you two, it’s cute. I’m sure you two will be wanting to kiss boys sooner or later,” Ellie teased, causing the two to stick their tongues out.

“Nuh-uh, boys are icky,” Mimi said.

“Yeah, they’re super icky,” Yatina backed her up.

“Well, if you still think that in a few years you might be kissing girls instead,” Ellie laughed.

“I kissed Yaya already, watch,” Mimi said before turning and kissing Yatina on the cheek, then turning back with a smug look on her face. “See!”

Ellie laughed again, “I guess you showed me." She walked over and ruffled both girls' hair, making sure to mind Mimi's snakes.

John pulled back from the kiss. "See, nothing to worry about… do you mind if I hold the egg?"

Lani smiled warmly and nodded. John took the egg from Lani and was surprised by its warmth. Looking over the egg, it had diamond-like shapes all across its surface, and as he moved it around, the colours seemed to shimmer like a bubble.

"Wow, this is beautiful. It’s weird to think that this is my kid; it’s also scary to think I’m gonna be a dad,” John muttered, tracing the defined lines across the egg.

“You don’t have to be scared; there’s nothing for you to worry about. I’ll take care of them… I wouldn’t mind you being like my dad and checking up on them from time to time; I remember when my dad would come by, it wasn’t extremely often, maybe like a handful of times a year, but it was always great to see him,” Lani smiled.

“So, dragons can just choose to be pregnant or lay eggs then?” John asked curiously, passing the egg back to Lani.

“No, fae dragons are unique in that they are able to switch between pregnancy and eggs, all other dragons do one or the other and it depends on their species,” Lani explained.

“Wait, so you can just decide to have them be eggs or inside you?” he asked.

Lani held out her hands signifying that she wanted the egg back and he complied. She brought the egg closer to her stomach when it began to glow brighter until it hurt John’s eyes to look.

When the light vanished John was surprised to see her stomach go from looking like she was mid-first trimester to mid-second trimester; John reached out without thinking and stroked her stomach before flinching back. “Uh, sorry.”

“It’s fine, what do you think? Do I look like a hot mom? I know some guys like pregnant bellies, does this make you want to have your way with me?” Lani teased.

John chuckled, but Ellie piped up before he had a chance to say anything, “If you don’t say yes, I definitely will, she looks super hot like that.”

“God, you two. The girls are there, we shouldn’t be talking about this kind of thing while they are around,” John complained.

“Oh please, those two are in their own world right now, we could say almost anything and they’d not hear us,” Ellie laughed.

John just groaned. “Well, either way,” he turned to look at Lani, “was that really all that was bothering you? I thought it was something more serious than that.”

“Uhm, well, I can’t change back into my fairy form right now, whether I have the little ones inside me or as eggs… and because of that, the girls all know that I’m not actually a fairy anymore. They are all talking about it and it’s possible I might not be welcome here anymore.” Tears began to form in her eyes again. “I don’t want to lose them.”

John wrapped his arms around her and was quickly joined by Ellie. “You shouldn’t worry so much, they are probably just shocked like we were,” Ellie comforted.

“Yeah, I’m sure things will be fine,” John agreed. “And even if they aren’t, we will be here.”

A knock rang out from the door and Lani stiffened up. “I… I guess that’s for me…” Another flash of light and the egg reappeared. “Girls, would you mind babysitting again?”

“Yay, bestest babysitters are given another QWEST!” the two cheered.

They were quickly joined by the plant-like creature joining their calls of “QWEST!”

Lani handed the egg over, pulled her cloak up and looked back to John and Ellie before exiting the room.

“I hope everything’s going to be okay,” John worried.

Ellie nestled up to him. “Stop being such a worrywart; plus, why are you so worried anyway, we’re still basically strangers with her. We only met her once before.”

“I mean, yeah, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have to worry about her, she was nice the last time we were here even if she was a little direct and overactive. Not to mention the weird spontaneous marriage thing,” John explained.

“I was only pulling your leg, and I’m sure she will be fine,” Ellie reassured. “Anyway, you have to tell me what happened with you in the volcano now. I mean you had those lizard things all crowded around the Gate, I need to know the story behind that.”

“Well, first off they’re kobolds, and secondly thanks for reminding me I still have that problem to deal with.” John sighed.

John sat on the bay window seat pulling Ellie down onto his lap before proceeding to tell Ellie about how he thought she had been captured, the lava girl goddess, the fight with the leader and how the kobolds basically almost wiped themselves out before still trying to get him to be their leader.

“Wow, and I thought I had an adventure,” Ellie laughed. “I shouldn’t have split off, should I? Though if I didn’t, I’m sure Sprout and the girls would have been captured by that kobold.”

“So what do you think I should do with the kobolds now? I am not being some kind of tribe leader and there is no way in hell I’m letting them come back through the Gate with us. But I also need to figure out what to do with Agni; she’s been **** up for who knows how long, and even if she had a home, it might not be there anymore.”

“Just ask Lani for help, I’m sure she could house the lava girl and then we can somehow ditch the kobolds probably?” Ellie suggested.

“I can’t ask Lani, she already has her own problems to worry about; she looked about ready to burst into tears when she was leaving,” John argued.

“Fair enough. Well, we will just have to figure it out ourselves then.” Ellie nodded. The two sat in silence just watching the three little ones across the room playing and taking care of the egg.

“Hey.” John nudged Ellie, causing her to turn to look at him. “I love you,” he said.

Ellie laughed and began kissing and nibbling on his bottom lip. Eventually, Lani returned, and the two could tell she was feeling much better; a cute smile adorned her face and the air around her seemed lighter.

“Uhm, well. The girls weren’t happy that I lied to them for all this time… but they said they all already knew and made me promise never to keep secrets from them again,” Lani explained. “While they were in their talks about what to do, we also had an unexpected return of a fairy who we’d thought had been killed a long time ago. She explained that John had freed her, but as soon as I told her that you were here, she vanished again; I’d assume she’s being too prideful to thank you in person.”

“That’s fine, so long as she’s safe now,” John laughed. “I’m also glad that everything worked out well. I’m not sure what we’d have done if they had banished you or whatever, but I know we would have figured something out… I don’t really want to just up and leave you now, but we have been here for quite a while. I might have a problem that I need to figure out and we also need to get back to our world,” John explained, rubbing the back of his neck.

Lani walked across the room, and put two fingers under Ellie’s chin before kissing her on the lips. “I was promised some fun with you; if you have to go, I hope you return soon so we can take care of that.” She then leaned over to John and kissed him. “And as for you, dear husband, next time you are here, I’ll let you decide whether you’d want to fuck a plump pregnant dragoness or if you just want to have a little fun with your cute wife.”

John’s dick twitched at her playfulness and he laughed it off, “Sure. Next time, though. I’m sure you want to stay around the girls to smooth things over more?”

Lani looked into John’s eyes with a kind smile. “Yes, I’m sorry I won’t be seeing you off today, but I hope you come back soon.”

John and Ellie managed to navigate out of the grove and out of the woods without losing the hyperactive trio. Back at the Cullis Gate, John was surprised to see a makeshift camp had been constructed in his absence. A large house-like structure made from branches and leaves stood roughly ten metres from one of the stone pillars that lined the Cullis Gate circle. Along with the makeshift house, there were several smaller piles of branches and leaves that looked more like small tents.

“MASTER BACK!” one of the kobolds yelled.

Suddenly the entire tribe appeared all crowding around John’s group. “Not this again, I’m not your master,” John complained.

Ellie looked at John slightly confused. “Uh, the hell was that?” she asked.

John looked back at her. “What do you mean? I already told you, they keep trying to get me to be their leader or whatever and I don’t want to be.”

“Yeah, but were you just speaking to them?” Ellie asked.

“Well yeah, I… Oh, have I mentioned that my powers let me understand and speak certain languages? I thought I had?” John said, scratching his neck.

“You might have, I’m not sure. You have a lot of powers, and it was all a lot to remember. Either way, I didn’t expect that to come out of your mouth,” Ellie explained.

The two larger kobolds approached. “We have made somewhere for the goddess to sleep as you requested. This way if you’d like to ensure it is up to your standards." The two walked towards the larger house before flanking the door and motioning the group inside.

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