It was a warm summer night that particular night. Aida was wrapped a light fur pancho while everyone stood around a bonfire. Well, almost everyone.

Zander, Sky, and Jace were currently busy doing research and training. Zander and Sky were studying at a university at this moment and Jace picked up where he left off with helping get the boys to become knights. They all expected Zander to be home soon, they just weren't sure when. Sky and Jace still hadn't been told when they could come back home.

Right now though, Aida tried to not think about that. She tried to enjoy her time with the people around her. The bonfire was making such a beautiful glow in the woods tonight. The tents that were set up were so that they could stay overnight. They planned on staying here for one night, just long enough to enjoy the beautiful weather they were having before the predicted storm came in. They would only have a few nice hours left.

"Isn't it beautiful out?" Tillie asked, a blanket wrapped around her with her husband at her side. Aida nodded her head.

"Yeah, it is," Aida replied.

"It's kind of a disappointment, don't you think?" Tillie asked. Aida looked at her like she was crazy. Disappointment? The weather was a beautiful temperature. It was just cool enough to wear something light without getting burned by the fire. The surrounding was a beautiful woods with a orange glow from both the fire and the sunset. The birds were chirping above them, confusing sunset with sunrise. Everything was perfect. What was she talking about?

"What? was all Aida managed to say after thinking all that.

"You can just feel the energy in the air. It feels like a special night, but we aren't actually going to end up doing anything but eat and sleep," Tillie said. Aida could understand that much and she began to think of things to do to make the energy transfer, but Kole interrupted her thoughts.

"You feel that too? If even you can feel the energy, then maybe we should leave. I think the storm might be coming early," Kole said. Aida scoffed, but only because she really didn't want to go. Looking at the sky she could tell a storm was going to come within the next couple of hours. One of the benefits of living with thieves in the woods. Tonight was just so nice and relaxing though, it just didn't seem right to leave.

"Don't be such a wuss. I'm sure we will be fine, and even if we aren't, guess what? There has been centuries of people who didn't have mansions or basements or heat or even roofs. We have tents. We'll be fine," Aida said.

"What if it's a big thunderstorm? Or what if it turns into a tornado?" Kole asked.

"We'll be fine Kole," she said as a final statement, her voice showing her annoyance. At this, Kole put his head down and said nothing more. Tillie started rubbing her hands together and Airdan held her closer. The suddenly tense atmosphere was broken when Aida finally came up with a idea.

"I think I brought some ale. Do you guys want to make this night a little more fun? We could play a drinking game..." she suggested, using a singing voice for the last part. She looked around and noticed that no one seemed as enthusiastic as her.

"I probably shouldn't. I don't want to be hangover when we go to get the baby tomorrow," Tillie said. Airdan nodded, and Aida knew that meant he wasn't drinking either. Aida looked over to Faelern and Kole. Since Seena was with them, Faelern probably didn't want to drink. Would it just be her and Kole then?

"What do you say?" she said, directing her words to the red head. He lifted his head again and looked in her direction. He smiled shyly and shook his head. She didn't expect that answer from him. She sat back in her chair, disappointed.

The sun quickly set and since everyone was afraid of bugs, it didn't take long for everyone to put out the fire and get into their tents.

Aida and Seena were sharing a tent. Faelern was sleeping with Kole tonight. Their tent was the largest, but only because Seena was able to pull a spoiled princess and score the largest one. Aida was proud to say she taught Seena well. Aida was about to snuff the candle by her bed out when Tillie came in.

"Hey, do you want anymore medicine before bed?" she asked Aida.

"Well, I don't need any right now, but could you give me a little if it wears off while I am sleeping?" Aida asked. Tillie smiled.

"Sure," she said, putting a bottle on the table next to the candle. She didn't need that much. Aida smiled back anyways.

"Thanks Tillie," she said. Tillie just padded the side of her head before leaving the tent. Aida watched Seena's head slowly rise up from her bed, giving Aida a uneasy look.

"What is the medicine for?" Seena asked. Aida smiled yet again at the sweetness and concern on the little girls face.

"It's just for cramps. When you get older, you'll understand," she said. Seena looked very confused, but since she was tired, she simply nodded her head and rested herself back into her bed. Aida snuffed the candle out. She fell asleep soon after.

Everything was fine.

Until she woke up.

Aida sat up quickly, blown away by the amount of pain in her abdomen. She gasped for air, her adrenaline kicking in. He brain hadn't fully comprehended her situation. Was she being stabbed? Poisoned?

She looked around only to find a panting Seena, obviously awoken by Aida's sudden outburst. Aida felt guilty immediately. She didn't mean to scare her. Aida tried to calm herself a bit before speaking.

"I'm fine, I just... my, my stomach hurts. That's all," she said.

"Why don't you take your medicine?" Seena asked. Aida remembered the bottle and grabbed it quickly. Hey, sometimes this kid has some pretty good ideas. She grabbed a few pills while the tent flaps opened, revealing Tillie.

"I heard something, are you okay?!" Tillie asked. Aida rolled her eyes, watching the pills drop into her hand.

"I'm fine, I just didn't take my medicine. I'll be fine," she said. She placed the pills on her tongue and washed them back with some water she had next to her bed. A strange silence followed as Tillie and Seena looked at Aida and Aida looked back at them. Aida's annoyance grew as the silence continued.

"Will you two just go back to sleep?!" she almost yelled. The girls both jumped, but since they were both very tired, they simply nodded their head. Tillie walked out of the tent and Seena laid her head back down on the pillow. Aida also closed her eyes and laid out on her mattress before hearing a small, quiet whisper.

"If something was wrong, you would tell me, right?"

Aida smiled and turned her head to look at the sweet blonde haired girl on the other side of the tent. She sighed.

"Of course princess."

It didn't take long for the time to pass after that. Aida and Seena fell fast asleep, again. The pills Aida took happened to have a small bit of medicine that made her drowsy, helping lull her to sleep. However, like the first time, it didn't last long.

This time though, it wasn't pain, but the sound of thumping.

Aida slowly opened her eyes to the sound of rain thumping against her tent.

"God damn it, I just fell back asleep, now this..."

She nearly closed her eyes again, but she could faintly see a girls figure rise up.

"It's raining!" the girl whispered to her self, thinking she was the only one awake in the tent. Aida sighed and slowly raised. Seena looked at her with a small mix of surprise when she realized she was awake. Aida rose to her feet and took long, groggy steps to the entrance of the tent, raising it up above her head to find something new: lightning. UGH. She sat back down on her bed with a humph.

"Looks like that blind bastard was right. I hate it when he's right," she said. Seena gasped and looked at her disapprovingly. She always did when Aida cursed. She crossed her arms and Aida knew she was about to get a lecture.

"Aida. What if Kole is awake? He'll hear you!" Seena said. Aida chuckled with what little energy she had.

"I know. I have no doubt that he woke up a while ago since he could hear the storm," she replied. Seens looked even more displeased.

"Well then, isn't a bit mean to call him a blind b-word when you know he can hear you?!" she said. Aida mock rolled her eyes and began to actually laugh. She explained it to the kid.

"You see Seena, that's the point. It's all a part of the game. I say something mean from far away, I know he can hear me, but I pretend to not know and he pretends to not hear, and then he gets back at me by like, I don't know, spiking my ale or something," she said. Seena scrunched her eyebrows in confusion. Aida just smiled back. She would have said more, but the tent opened up.

It was everyone.

Not just one of them. All of them.

"Storm. We are all staying in here," Tillie said, obviously as tired as Aida was. Tillie said nothing as she walked over to Aida's bed and collapsed on it, leaning against Aida. Aida sighed. Airdan sat on the ground by Tillie's feet. Faelern sat by Seena, allowing her to lean against him. Kole simply stood by the opening, not knowing where to go. Aida watched him stand there and move his head around in different directions, obviously trying to get a sense of where everyone and everything was. She chuckled.

"You can come sit on my bed if you want Kole," she said. Kole smirked.

"Why would you want a blind know-it-all bastard like me to sit on your bed?" Kole asked. Aida just chuckled in reply. Seena looked up at Faelern and Faelern just shook his head at her, almost as if to say 'Don't grow up to be like them, please.'

"By the way Aida, I never spiked your ale," Kole said. Now it was Aida's eyebrows that were scrunched in confusion.

"Then who did?" she asked.

Just then she heard a snort come from a dwarf that she could have sworn had slept walked to her tent and had no idea where she was. Damn Tillie, she wasn't asleep...

Too tired to do much, she just shoved Tillie and Tillie giggled in reply. She continued leaning against Aida and Aida simply whispered nasty words into Tillie's ear, every once in a while making her laugh. When Aida looked up, she realized that Kole was now sitting near Seena, trying to block her ears just in case she heard what Kole heard. Aida actually began to really laugh at this.

As she was laughing, she leaned back into her bed and that was when the pain came again. Without meaning to, Aida crumpled into the fetal position and gasped for air because of the pain. It was a natural response that she didn't think about.

"Aida?" Seena asked, jumping out of her bead and out of the comfort of her guardian and ran up to the bed.

"Are you okay?" Seena asked. She petted the top of Aida's head as she continued gasping in pain. Now everyone in the tent was standing by Aida. None of them knew what to do and Aida was in too much pain to speak. She rolled onto her back and tried to stay still until the pain passed.

She took a deep breath in while the pain went away.

"What was that?" Faelern asked. Aida looked at all of the people who were looking at her, and she didn't really know what to say. She thought for a moment, but...

"I don't know," she admitted.

"Didn't you take some more medicine?" Tillie asked. Aida nodded her head, too tired to speak now.

"Even if she had, wasn't that something bigger then what that medicine was made for?" Airdan asked. Tillie began to nervously bite at the ends of her hair. Aida knew that meant yes.

"What exactly is the medicine made for?" Kole asked. Tillie didn't answer. Aida waited but there was nothing but silence. When she looked at Tillie, Tillie just looked back at her.

"Really Tillie?" Aida asked. She sighed in annoyance and answered the question herself.

"It's for cramps. That's all," she replied. Aida tried to get more comfortable in her bed because she could feel another one coming on. She braced herself.

"What kind of cramps?" Faelern asked.

"The period kind," Aida said casually. It felt natural to say... it was the truth after all. Aida looked up at everyone one more time and this time, it was only Kole that caught her attention yet again.

He was bright red. His eyes were wide and his eyebrows were practically in his hair line. His mouth hung open a small bit.

Uh oh.

"What is it Kole?" Aida asked. Kole sighed. And sighed again. Then he started breathing hard.

"What do you mean period cramps? You're not... on your period...?" he said. The last part sounded like a half-statement, half-question. Aida was now tired, in pain, and annoyed.

"Yes, I am. Why are you asking? What's wrong with you?" Aida asked, her annoyance was showing. She slowly began to sit up. She looked him right in the eyes, even though she knew he couldn't see it. Kole took a step back.

"Y-you mean... you really... don't know? You think you're... on your period?" Kole asked. This was ridiculous... why did he always have to be so squirmish and nervous all the time? What was with him?!

Aida stood up and took a heavy step toward him, knowing he would hear it. He took another step back, almost falling. She crossed her arms.

"Of course I'm on period. What is it you think I don't know, and why have you been hiding it from me?" Aida asked. Kole began to shake his head.

"No... it's just... I hadn't seen you in a while... and I... assumed that you knew. You talked about gaining weight and you know a doctor. When I heard it for the first time, I assumed you didn't want anyone to know yet and when I saw you again after all those months, I assumed you told everyone and forgot to tell me. I honestly didn't mean to..."

"SPIT IT OUT KOLE," Aida finally shouted.

"What did you hear?" Faelern asked. Kole turned bright red on his cheeks. It all of a sudden looked like a smile was on his face. Why would he be smiling?

Then he said it.

"The heartbeat," Kole finally said. Aida just continued staring at him, confused.

"My heartbeat?" she asked.

"No, not yours," he said.