Chapter Six

My sweet baby Crystal. Oh how I loved her. Feeding her, holding her, snuggling her. I was so happy to have a child. I was getting on in my years and so was Cinder - in fact he was much older than me. I worried about that a little but my worries often melted away when I held my sweet little girl in my arms. She wasn't a fussy one, unless she was taken outside for any reason. We kept her in her nursery for the most part because of this.

See I told you being near her made me happy. I often found myself jumping for joy or doing a little dance. My life was progressing not quite how I wanted it but I had Crys and Cinder, what more could I want?

And speaking of Cinder....How supportive was he? For not being sure about having a child, he adored her just as much as I did. I still worried about what he had said, about her discovering something important. Wasn't that supposed to be my job? Wasn't I supposed to save the tribe? He found me worrying about this in the nursery and gently pulled me away from our daughter.

"Don't think about it Lefia. It's not something you can fix in your lifetime" He whispered in my ear as he held me close. How he always knew what to say and what I was worrying about I'll never know. He always made me feel better though.

For all the love I had for my daughter, she had some good lungs on her. She could scream. Whenever she wanted something, scream she did. No matter the time.

But often before I could even get out of bed to tend to Crys, Cinder was already there, holding her close and murmuring words to calm the child. I was always able to sink back into bed and drift back to sleep, knowing my husband was taking good care of our daughter.

Just look how happy they are together! I wonder who she really resembles more though? I can't wait till she ages up and we can see.

And it wasn't too long before it indeed was time for her birthday. Cinder was ready to celebrate - or maybe he was just waiting for some cake.

My phone was ringing as I sat our little girl down. Cinder was still celebrating off to the side, next to his plants. They're growing quite well by the way. Who knew Cinder was such a keen gardener?

Okay, so maybe I'm not the best mom in the world to be answering the phone while my baby ages up. As least she had her father there for her.

And there is our beautiful baby girl in her daddy's arms. She got my shade of hair and golden eyes. I don't know where she got the eyes from - I have purple eyes and Cinder has blue eyes. Maybe Cinder's side of the family? Yeah...that's it. She got it from his side. Certainly not mine.

But we were proud to have our little toddler. It did put a damper on my heart though, I wanted another child. Another part of our curse was that we could only have one though. So tiny little Crystal was all I would have. I had to come to terms with that and I wasn't quite sure how I was going to do that.

Now that Crys was a bit older, we found it a good idea to upgrade the kitchen a little. Not that we had a true kitchen...But we bought a better fridge and a better stove. I rather like how they look. It's different, that's for sure.

While Cinder worked, I often spent my days teaching Crys her life skills. I helped her gently to her feet and then took a few steps back. "Come here Crystal! Walk to Mommy!"

"Mama!" She giggled, tottering towards me. She fell last minute but I scooped her up into my arms.

"That's right baby girl! You almost got it!" I snuggled her close. She was looking quite like her father. I was happy to see she got my ears though - or at least thats what I thought they looked more like. My ears were more pointed that Cinders and hers seemed to be taking after mine.

Oh well, only time would tell.

Every night, I tucked her into her crib and gave her a kiss on the head. "Good night Crystal"

"Nighnigh Mama"

Of course, Cinder would come home from work and scoop her up into his arms. She never minded being woken up by her father. She seemed to be more excited than anything every time he woke her to snuggle and play a little before laying her back to sleep.

I did note though, now that Crystal was born, he spent less time in that room of his. It did make me a little happier. Though, I wanted to get rid of that stuff in there. I had no idea what it might be good for but I didn't like having it anywhere near my daughter.

Time passed as it always did and Crystal showed herself to be a bright child. My leave from work would be ending soon so I worked to get her educated as fast as possible. I never had many toys as a child and we had spent the little money we had to get her things that would help her later in life. I wanted her to have the best education possible. I often sat with her for hours on end, trying to push her to learn. Cinder would scold me for it later, but he didn't understand. I felt like I was preparing her for...

Well I didn't know. Something. Something important.

Maybe Cinder was going to be right after all...




Alright, well it's been a while huh? I've been pretty bogged down with life. School just ended though for the semester and I'm free till around my birthday when I have to go back to college. So I'm hoping to get far in the next few months. So sorry for the shorter chapter, which was pretty much toddle spam.

Besides that all, I think Crystal turned out rather cute. Coming from two "Ugly" parents, shes really quite pretty though her golden eyes confuse me a little. Oh well, she's still a beautiful little girl. I can't wait till she grows up and I can find her a suitor. Yes I'm evilly planning ahead >:)