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David stood beside Rhiannon's crib, watching his daughter sleep, a smile playing across his lips, brushing one finger across her cheek. "Your so beautiful, daughter of mine. I hope that you don't have the same problems with your Wereside that I did."

Sayuri walked quietly up behind David, wrapping her arms around him and looking down at Rhiannon.
'Doesnt she look peaceful?' she whispered, loathe to wake her daughter as she had slept little the night before. She stifled a yawn, kissing David on the cheek.
'Pity she doesnt let us do the same at night yet.'

David smiles, and wispers back. "Well, it is near the full moon. Just 2 more days. Come, lets leave her to sleep." David takes Sayuri's hand, leading her out of the nursery, and up the stairs to the sun room, one hand in his pocket, feeling the box he has there, a small smile on his lips. "I love you dear."

Sayuri made a face of mock anger;
'More sleepless nights!' she giggled softly. She followed David when he took her into the sun room and she smiled at him;
'Well I love you too dear,' she said, a little puzzled as to why he he had taken her up her to say that.

David has Sayuri sit down in one of the chairs, and stands in front of her. "Ummm. I'm not sure quite how to say this, so i'll just be blunt about it." David drops to one knee, getting out the box and opening it

"Sayuri, Will you Marry me?" David blushes a little, looking into Sayuri's eyes.

Sayuri's heart raced so fast in her chest when David knelt down before her that she was sure she would faint. She took a deep breath, gripping one shaking hand with the other as he opened the ring box. The light caught the silver band, and she bit her lip at the beauty of the ring. She looked at David, tears of happiness filling her eyes and she nodded;
'Yes,' she managed to say, finding her tongue finally.

David smiles, taking out the ring, and slipping it onto Sayuri's left ring finger, standing and pulling her to her feet, gently kissing her, tears in his eyes. "Oh gods I love you. You've just made me the happiest man alive!"

She smiled softly, moving the ring a little and looking at it.
'It's perfect' she said, cupping his face and kissing him back with tenderness.
'And you're perfect. I love you David. Spending my life with you, and our children is all I want.' she said, through her tears.
'I'm the luckiest woman in the world.'

David smiles, and holds Sayuri in his arms, gently kissing her. "And i'm the luckiest guy in the world." David takes Sayuri in his arms, and goes to carry her into the bedroom, and just then, the Rhiannon starts crying up a storm. David looks sheepish. "We should go see whats wrong with Rhiannon." He sets Sayuri down, and walks over to the Nursery.

Sayuri nodded reluctantly, giving the bedroom a longing look before following David.
'Shh..shh.' she said, as she picked Rhiannon up, trying to calm her. Rhiannon just continued to howl, her face scrunched up and her mouth wide open.
'Well she's been fed, her nappy was changed before I put her down - maybe Daddy should try?' she said as she handed Rhiannon over.

David gently takes Rhiannon, rocking her gently in his arms, making little soothing sounds at her, smiling the entire time.

Sayuri watched, occasionally touching the ring on her finger to make sure it was still there. Rhiannon slowly began to quiet, her howling turning into hiccupy sobs and then sniffles.
'See - Daddy's little girl.' she touched David on the shoulder.
'She loves you alot,' as she said this Rhiannon finally stopped crying, reaching out to her daddy with a little grasping hand, her big blue eyes looking at him intently.

David smiles, cradling Rhiannon in one arm, while he gives her one of his fingers to hold onto with his other hand, sitting in the rocking chair and smiling at her. "That she is I guess. And I love her back." David smiles, looking down at Rhiannon.

Rhiannon grabbed the finger tightly, jamming it in her mouth and sucking it. She carried on blinking up at him, while Sayuri tidied the nursery up some.
'Pity her timing isnt better,' she grinned impishly.

David chuckles. "True true." He looks down at Rhiannon, rocking back and forth in the chair, trying to rock her to sleep, creating a small silvery orb of light that looks like the moon.

The finger was dropped and forgotten as this orb appeared. Rhiannon squinted at it, waving her fists and even managing to point once. Sayuri smiled, as Rhiannon suddenly yawned widely, rubbing sleepily at her eyes with one hand. She struggled with her eyes, trying to keep them open but another yawn came and she let her eyelids drop, her long lashes curling on her plump cheeks.

David smiles, and sets Rhiannon in her crib, taking Sayuri's hand and taking her to the bedroom, stiffling a chuckle as he does.

The sound of paws against earth joins the chirping of the crickets outside of David and Sayuri's home, though no creature can yet be seen. Whatever it is, it is has tracked the way to this home through scent and skill, as the path had not been guided nor told.

Still without giving away any hint of physical form other than the sound of paw pads pressing grass against the ground, the four legged creature makes its way around the house a few times, sniffing here and there to be sure it has the right location.

Once it has assured itself that it has indeed reached its goal, a gray and black spotted paw steps out of the shadows, gaining a form of solidity despite the constant swirling of the patterns on its fur as another paw joins the first.

Alimus leaps out of the clinging darkness and shakes himself, glad that he finally can drop off the gift intended for the pup of Eirnae's friends and return home to oversee Shina's combat training. He pads for the front door, the small bag hanging around his neck swaying to and fro as he goes.

Halfway there he freezes as the sound of a wolf snarling fills the air, his hackles lifting up just a bit out of instinct before Alimus snorts and continues on. 'What have I to fear from some common wolf?' he thinks contemptously as he makes his way to the front door of the home, only to stop a few feet from it to stare down the glowing yellow eyes of a dark gray wolf, one that he gets a feeling from that marks it as 'not common'. Not common at all.

Of course the fact that it also smells somewhat like Eirnae reassures him, and Alimus goes forward despite the warning growls from the wolf. With a grunt Alimus shifts his form while in the wolf's line of sight into a near perfect copy of the wolf itself, this serving to confuse the hell out of the animal for just a moment before it ceases its growling and takes a sniff of Alimus before deciding what best to do from there.

"You smell like her," the wolf barks roughly, finally accepting Alimus's presence with a slight wag of its tail, "Yet your form shifts like the seasons. I don't understand."

"No need to," Alimus gruffs back, wriggling the bag off from around his neck and catching it in his teeth. "Here. Wear this for when they find you," he manages with clenched jaws, continuing once the wolf noses the bag's strap over its neck and settles the bag against its chest, "You were sent here to be a companion for the new pup, right?"

"Yes, that I was," the wolf replies, ears perked forward in curiousity, "You know of this?"

"The elven woman, she is my mistress," Alimus offers as explaination before turning and heading away from the house and the wolf now in front of it, "Remember to tell them Eirnae sent you and the package!"

10th July 2004

Sayuri looked at the clock, before going back to Rhiannon's side. She was changing her nappy. She sighed a little. She hoped that Sati was having a good time at the prom - that she was being good and having a nice time. She would have liked very much to have gone for a while herself but Rhiannon tended to scream alot at new people. She didnt think it fair to disturb the Fa'e children with Rhiannon's piercing cries - besides Sayuri knew she wasnt looking her best. Rhiannon still wasnt sleeping all the way through the night, and after she finished cleaning the babies bottom and securing the clean nappy on tight she put her daughter down to sleep then looked at herself in the mirror.
'I look like crap,' she said bluntly. Her hair was a little lank, and she was pale with circles under her eyes. She poked the reflection.
'No one would recognise you now.' she picked up the baby monitor and left the nursery. Entering the living room, she put the monitor on the table and curled up on the couch.

Dear Diary,

>> This is more difficult than i thought. I forgot how much care babies took. She loves when i hold her though. She is very much daddy's little girl. Just a look of those blue eyes melts me away. I can just imagine when she is a teen. >> I better go start sharpening my swords so i can carry them to the door to greet her boyfriends. No one is going to hurt my baby. No one. *grin* Well, it is time for her bottle. I'll write more later.

15th July 2004

Sayuri looked around the hotel room as she packed up her travel bag. She was ready to go home now - rested and rejuvenated she was missing Rhiannon, Sati and David with an ache in her heart. The break had done her good - she had realised she wasnt a bad mother; just over tired and over wrought. Besides she couldnt miss any more of her family life - she needed to know how Sati had got on at the prom, if David was coping okay - besides she thought with a little grin as she put her toiletries in her bath-bag - she had missed him in more ways then one. Plus as Rhiannon was so young she was developing fast - she didnt want to miss anything important like her first full word or anything like that as it would never happen again. The bath bag went into the travel bag and she zipped it shut. Hefting the bag onto her should she left the room, walking to reception to check out before going to her car. She left the tranquil surroundings with only the smallest amount of reluctance and began the drive home.

16th July 2004

Sayuri hummed as she got out of bed, slipping from under the covers and walking to the nursery.
'Good morning Rhiannon,' she called, walking past her daughter to open the curtains. She turned back and looked properly into the crib, a hand fluttering to her now open mouth.
'R-Rhiannon?' she managed to say. Her daughter looked up at her, sitting up fulling and bouncing on her bottom. She stretched her arms out to her Mother and made a 'bababa' noise. Sayuri smiled at her through tears of joy. Her beautiful little girl had literally sprouted over night! She had a thick head of brown hair, which had a little silvery streak running through it. Her big eyes had changed colour and when she tickled Rhiannon's cheek, the little girl grabbed her mother's finger with her mouth, chewing a little. Sayuri winced and taking the finger out, opened Rhiannons mouth to see.
'Little canines already? Daddy will be pleased his daughter is a little fighter so soon.' she chuckled, resting Rhiannon on her hip and bouncing her. Rhiannon fluttered her hands around, laughing out loud. Sayur bounced her once more and then carried her over to the changing mat.
'Time for a clean bottom and a clean nappy my darling.' so saying she removed the dirty one, cleaned her bottom and secured on a new one.
'There! Now we can put on some of those newer clothes I got for you.'
A few minutes of wrestling later, Rhiannon was dressed in a flower pattered top, pinafore dress, and socks. Rhiannon's face wrinkled up and she looked like she was going to cry.
'Now now sweetie.' soothed Sayuri.
'You cant go around skin to the wind when we go visiting - besides you look very cute.' Rhiannon rolled over on her back, and started tugging the sock off. Sayuri laughed, leaving her there whilst she cleaned up.
'So - we will fetch Daddy and then we can all go out okay?'




Later when they had all returned home again, Rhiannon wriggled out of her clothes, socks, top and pinafore all in a little trail in the living room. She had tugged and tugged until they were all off, then she shuffled around, half-crawling in just her nappy. Sayuri gathered the clothes up, heading to the nursery to put them away, leaving Rhiannon with Wolf. She tidied, then picking up the book she used for diary entries and a pen, went back into the living room. She wrote, occasionally looking up to see Rhiannon who was now curled up against Wolf, his tail covered her and she dozed, one little hand clutching onto a tuft of his fur;

This is the first time I have written in this since I returned from the health retreat. I feel so much better, rested and satisfied with my life and lot. The ring on my finger, my daughters and the wonderful man in my life - I have these as blessings and I intend not to lose them. Rhiannon has grown considerably in a short space of time! She is toddler age now, she has changed in appearance. She has a mop of brown, silky hair with a silver streak running through it, eyes that are green now and tiny canines. Which she likes to n** fingers with the little minx! She is a precious, beautiful child - I am reminded of how proud I felt with Sati grew - this time its an even stronger feeling. I see so much of her father in her. I worry about when the other side of her will emerge - she is half-werewolf after all. Will she be able to cope? David will be there for her every step of the way I am sure - he loves her very much. She is still completely Daddy's little girl and somehow I can see myself become the strict Mommy - the disciplanarian!
Yesterday evening we took Rhiannon to the clinic - Jiora was there with her baby son Cyrus, and Kaioto also turned up with her two twins. They have tiny wings! They looked adorable but I'm sure they will become a handful - I have slight relief that I never birthed twins - Rhiannon was a painful enough delivery! And now I must put this to one side and get Little Miss Sleepyhead to bed..

Dear Diary,

Whew. Its been a long day. Rhiannon has somehow found a way to get out of her crib and about, so i've had to reinact some of the safeguards I put into effect when silver was her size. I've installed some babygates on the stairs, and into the areas of the house that might be dangerous for a small child, and magicaly locked them so only Sayuri or I can open them. I've also put up a fence around a section of the front yard, so that she can go outside, but not wander too far. >> I find it humorous that she is managing as much as she is. Though I have a feeling that Wolf is helping her. The two of them are nigh well inseperapable. Though I trust Wolf to guard her with his life. So its not a bad thing. Well, i'm off to double check the wards I put on the doors to my armory and workshops. Write in ya later.