Keeper's Knowledge (Balancer's Soul cycle) (92 page)

Veronica bowed slightly and
his
parent
al figures
returned the gesture.

Once all the introduction were over,
Sarah’s
three in-laws began to
slowly
relax
throughout the day
.
It was getting late it the evening, but the excitement
remained
electric.
David sat close to Sorono and Veronica
for the most part
and kept asking questions about all the history they’ve seen. Kara and Mark sat close to Jenny and Rhoda. Jenny absently rubbed Kara’s fur and they kept asking questions. Connor and
her
parents sat off to the side with
Sarah
.
They
all watched with curiosity of how normal humans
can
interact with immortals
without hostility
.

Connor
eventually
said “Everything is actually working out.
Fate isn’t always a cruel mistress.
Just look, Mom and Grandma are having a normal conversation
,
like Kara still looked human. And my Granddaddy” Connor grinned. “
is having the time of his life. He isn’t the least bit phased that Sorono is speaking telepathically. It all seems so natural for some reason.”

Sarah
placed
her
hand on his now clothed back. “It only works because of you. You have a knack, like I said, for making things work out.”

He shook his head slowly while still watching everyone’s interaction. “It’s not that. Some people are open-minded and can adapt to new things, but some people don’t like the supernatural and think of it like a blight. Kin
d of like Mathew and his father;
t
hey couldn’t accept that someone was better than them and they fought against us.” He sighed. “Ok, enough of that
pity talk
,
”
Connor stood up and everyone quit talking to look at him. “Alright before we wrap this up… Kara
how about
you
show us what you made
?”

Her ears perked. “Oh right.” She pushed herself up on her back legs. She walked over and retrieved her pack. She opened it and pulled out the first painting.

They
all got up and formed a line
,
per her instructions.
They
all stood in a semicircle and shoulder to shoulder. She turned the painting around to
reveal their contents
. “This painting is for Jillian and Jack. I captured your paintings from the baseball game.” It was
Jillian
in motion,
swinging the oversized
Keeper
bat and
Jack
in the dark corner catchin
g the ball with his fire whip. They
walked up
together and accepted
the painting
with grins
.

Kara took out another and said “This is for you Mom
. I thought you would like a picture of all of us together. I had a little fun with it though.” It was a beautiful picture with
Sarah
,
Jillian
, Jenny, Rhoda and Kara
all on one side
. Kara was flying on
the end in her Fwen form. Jillian
had two large balls of blue and white water
above her running hands
.
Sarah had fire in her
hands and Jenny held a huge
, two handed
syringe. Rhoda
charged with
a large wooden spoon. On the right side
ran
Connor,
Jack
, David, and Mark. Mark too was in his dark Fwen form and flying.
Jack
held a f
laming
Haunt and David held a large
war-
h
ammer in his hand. Connor held
Tool in one hand and water in the other. Kara finished her
explanation
by saying “This is the conflict
imaging
and battles between men and women.”

Jenny walked up and laughed. She asked “Why does Mom have a spoon?”

“To hit Granddaddy with
it
,
” Rhoda began to laugh.

The next painting was a flat representation of the timeline painting that Sorono told the story of the Hallowed Mother and Harmonizers. “This is for you Grandma and Granddaddy. I will tell you the story later, but it’s about
the
Harmonizers
,
like Brother.” They took it gratefully.

There was only one last painting in her pack. She pulled it out, but hid it behind her back. “Sarah, this is a painting for you and Brother. Don’t worry I left my personal painting at the apartment and you can come over
any time. I call your painting
Balanced Harmonizers
!” She pulled the painting to her front.

H
er painting was of Connor and her
self. It was a picture of
them
dancing.
It
i
s a picture of
her
in
the
Wood Nymph costume and Connor in his Pa
n outfit. They
were dancing in the air along with Sorono and Veronica in the background. It was a truly beautiful work of art.
Sarah
walked forward and barely touched
her
painted hair.
It was slightly tacky.
She
looked up into
Kara’s
silver eyes and asked “When did you make this? We danced only yesterday morning.”

She smiled with her sharp canines. “Right when you all left I began working on it all night. I had to use my hairdryer to set the paint
for travel, I hoped it would be fully dry by now, but alas it isn’t
. Your aerial dance was so beautiful I just had to capture it like this. How did I do?”

“Can I hold it?” Kara handed it to
her
and
Sarah
walked
over and handed it to Connor. She
walked back and gave Kara a hug.
“It is priceless and I’ll cherish it always.”

“Did Kara just say you can
fly
?”
Sarah
t
urned around to look at Jenny. She
nodded and then
Jenny asked
“Can you show me?”

Connor jumped in saying “Before that, I have a surprise for you and Grandma and Granddaddy.” He walked over and gently sat
their exquisite
painting next to a tree.

“What do you got for us, son?” David asked once Connor walked up behin
d Sarah
and rested his hands on
her
shoulders.

Her
face flared once
she
remembered the last of his plan. He spoke confidently and said “Do you remember that gag gift you got me when you go
t the materials for my house?” She
looked down at
her
suddenly important feet. “Well let
’
s just say I threw them out.”

“You mean…”
David’s
tone
became happily excited. “Sarah? Are you going to make me a
great-grandfather?”

“Sarah, are you pregnant?” Rhoda as
ked with a similar excitement. She
looked up at her and smiled
while biting her lip
. Rhoda squealed like a little girl and ran over to give
her
a hug.
Rhoda then
dropped to her knees and lifted
her
shirt up a little bit. “How far along are you, Sweetie? You’re barely even showing.”

Sarah
said quietly “
I’m about seven
months or so. Our children take longer to come into the world. You’ll get to meet your great-granddaughter in about another year. Her name will be Pearl
M
ay.”

Rhoda rose back up and gave
her
another hug. Jenny w
as just as excited and kissed the
tiny bump. David gave
Sarah
a nice fatherly hug and he slugged Connor on the arm.

Connor said “We’ll call this a day. I need to get home
because
I have many things to do.”

“Before you go
,
”
Sorono interrupted.
“I wanted to say it was a pleasure meeting everyone
, but I m
ust be off to my home as well. W
hen I get a break I’ll come back to visit.”

“As will I,
”
Veronica smiled.
“Oh Sarah, don’t forget we need to set up some play dates when our children finally arrive.”

Sarah
waived and said “I won’t forget and have a safe flight home.”

“Wait, before you go.” Connor called for his brother’s attention and got it. “Where are you going? How will I be able to find you?”

Sorono looked down at Connor and smiled.
“We are going to my home. You have enough to worry about, but when you need me
,
you’ll have the skills to search me out. You will be able to see me anytime once you figure it out.”

The
Keepers
gathered their powers and took off into the sky. David laughed and whispered under his breath.
He was like a child who received the best gift.

Kara said “Mom would you like to ride me and Grandma and Granddaddy can hitch a ride with Mark?

“I can ride you?” Kara’s eyes lit up and her hair began fusing into
a sleek
armor. Once she finished and looked s
treamlined
did Mark transform himself and his fur fused as well.

“Hop on Mom. Hold my hair like a leash and you won
’
t fall.” As Jenny slowly threw her leg over Kara
,
her parents hopped onto Mark
’
s
sturdy
back. Once they became situ
ated on their rides Connor and Sarah
walked a few steps back.
Jack
held Jenny and Rhoda’s paintings while
Jillian
carried hers.

Sarah
said “Goodnight everyone. We’ll see you in the morning.”

She
brought
her
power forth and began lifting in the air and Connor adjusted
their
painting under his arm. He too began rising with
her
. Jenny and her parents
smiled at them
as they realized
they
really could
actually
fly. Kara and everyone began heading into the
forest while Connor and Sarah
flew home.

That night once
they
went to bed
Sarah
didn’t feel an ounce of stress on
her
as
she
cuddled next to
her
mate and
her
daughter was slowly
and safely
growing inside of
her
. Everything had turned out perfectly
all thanks to finally finding her
one true love; Connor.