#PAPA XANDERRR i'm crying

[yukiwrites]

Truly, a Blessing

ITTT’S XANDERSDAY!!! HAPPY XANDERSDAY EVERYONE! I’m so happy because of this that I’ll try to post something with Xander every sunday for as long as I can! Please don’t hesitate to send me nice messages encouraging me ;D  Of course, they’ll all range around him and his love for his wife Kamui and his three children Sieggy, Kana and Katie <3 Today’s is the first part of a single prompt that’ll end next week on Xandersday 2 ;D Enjoy~

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 -  Part 4

The sealing rites of Valla. After being crowned Queen of the Forgotten Kingdom, Kamui had many meetings with the people's representatives from Valla, Hoshido and Nohr alike, as well as their rulers (since she herself was also part of the nohrian rule, things ran smoothly on their side, for one) so as to determine whether or not the decaying land was still habitable.

And where to send its people to if evacuation was the solution.

First, search parties were sent all throughout the land so as to gather as many survivors as possible (rather, to find all of them) and then distribute them between the allying kingdoms.

However, after Anankos' defeat, the curse plaguing Valla and all of its portals connecting to the worlds above the Bottomless Canyon were unlocked. Anyone with vallite descent would be able to cross the borders were they so much close to a natural body of water. As the daughter of the ancient being who cut off all communication in first place, Kamui brought it upon herself to close every portal with the help of Azura's song and her own innate power.

She would need to travel through the land, sealing any possible portal as well as locking the area so no one could get close -- that way she would know which places were completely evacuated and were ready for a complete sealing. She would then erect a barrier  around the perimeter so that, when the day came that she was finally done sealing the entire land, she could close off the whole domain and lock it from the outside of the last portal inside Krakenburg Castle.

It had been two years since she had started the rites and she was only at the beginning -- her first pregnancy and nursing had also a hand at delaying them.

Crown Prince Siegbert was barely three when he pulled his mother's performing gown, mesmerized at how beautiful she was. "Mommy..." He called with a small voice, holding one hand over his mouth, almost biting it as though his growing teeth bothered him.

Kamui felt her heart almost explode with cuteness -- her son's pointy ears were even droopy because he was unsure of what to do! Too cute! -- and picked the boy up in her arms. "Hmm? What can Mommy do for her boy?" She smiled brightly, the crown and accessories that came with her gown jiggling over her forehead, catching Siegbert's attention.

"Sieggy go too..." He said, chewing on one hand as he reached out for her crown with the other.

The Queen almost cried as she dug her face into her boy's belly. "Of course Sieggy goes too!" She said at the same time a quick knock was heard on her door.

"Are you ready, my Queen? I have come to pick you up," Xander asked from outside, opening the door shortly after only to find his wife cuddling with their son, both of their matching hair colors standing out over her colorful outfit. A warm smile grew over his lips as he watched the scene with a bubbly feeling in his heart.

Kamui looked at her husband and trotted to his side, giving Siegbert for him to hold, her eyes shining with expectation. "You're coming to watch today too, right?" She exchanged glances with her son and they both looked at him with pleading eyes. "Riight?"

"Wiight?" Siegbert asked, copying his mother.

Xander stretched his neck back, feeling his cheeks redden with the adorable display of underhanded manipulation his wife and child performed. "You rascals," he covered his face with one hand, the other one securely holding his son by his chest, "planning to blackmail me, are you? A rather bold course of action to use on your King." He fought a smile under his hand, enjoying how both Kamui's and Siegbert's deep-red eyes sparkled.

Kamui simply put herself on her toes so as to steal a kiss and jump beside her husband. "It's going to be the first time Siegbert's watching me! I'm so excited!"

The King squinted playfully at his wife. "I never agreed to this coercion, my Queen."

"Oh!" Kamui let out a fake gasp, putting one hand over mouth so Siegbert would look at her. "A King who doesn't listen to his people!" She trotted towards him and placed her forehead on her son's. "Don't be like that when you grow up, hm?"

"P-pwomise!" Siegbert replied, not really understanding what was going on. But Mommy and Daddy smiled afterwards so it was probably what he was supposed to say! "Eehee... Mommy is sho pwetty." He giggled and kicked his small feet, excited to see what his Mommy did from time to time whenever she dressed like that.

"The future King has spoken." Xander said solemnly, then bended down to steal a kiss from his wife's lips. "I shall accompany him in his adventures, then."

"Yayy!" Kamui took both of Siegbert's chubby hands and waved them. "We're all going together!"

The young prince laughed happily. "Tog'der!"

The rites Kamui performed were unheard of -- so she and Azura had to come up with everything from the scratch. A dance to plead for the ancient gods to give her strength; a song to enhance the powers bestowed upon her; a myriad of priestesses around the area to contain the surge of power should it ever spiral out of control... Each ceremony needed a lot of people for it to go smoothly, and although closed off for the public, it was truly a sight to behold.

The water would bend to Kamui's every movement and Azura's every note -- the lake would seem as frozen as the dragon Queen would walk over the water and harness its power so as to seal it from the outside world.

"Wah! Mommy went poof!" Siegbert pointed, sitting on Xander's lap as they watched from a distance, under a large tree. "D-daddy, Mommy is..." His small cheeks puffed up and his face started to redden.

Before he could cry, however, Xander caressed the small face with his thumb -- so big for the boy, in comparison -- and urged him to keep looking. "Your Mother is truly magnificent, is she not? Look how she controls the water."

Sniffling, Siegbert obeyed and noticed that Kamui hadn't disappeared -- the water was simply dancing around her. Immediately he regained his smile. "It's Mommy again! Daddy, it's Mommy!" He bounced back in his sitting position, swinging his arms excitedly.

Xander chuckled and patted his son on the head, lovingly looking at his wife. "Indeed, there she is."

"Mommy made water go swooosh and waashh..." Siegbert muttered, trying to imitate his mother's hand movements. "A lot, lot, lot, lot, looot water..."

"Hm?" As though he remembered something, Xander looked back at his son. "Ah, yes... You still have yet to visit that place, Son." He mused as he put one hand over his chin in thought. Siegbert's head tilted in confusion, but he waited until his father would speak again. "There is a place with even more water than this, were you aware?"

The boy blinked. "MORE water?" He let out an exclamation of surprise as Xander nodded. "More swoooosh and waaash?"

"Indeed. Would you like to see it?"

"Can I?!" Siegbert got up on his father's legs and smiled widely. Xander's shoulders sagged as he placed a hand protectively behind his son's back.

"Certainly. We need but tell your Mother."

The boy's eyes sparkled again and, frankly, all of that rescheduling Xander had to do to accomodate a short trip to the Deeprealm would be worthy for that single smile. Siegbert snuggled on Xander's neck and strapped himself on him, rubbing his cheeks on his father's.

The King's fond smile grew as he stroked Siegbert's head. Curious just like his mother. Frankly, was there even something of himself in that child? He looked so much like his Mother it made Xander's heart almost let out a physical sound whenever they were together.

Once Kamui was done, Xander's back pats on Siegbert had made him fall asleep with a big smile on his face, melting her mother's heart. "Did he watch it through?" She asked as they walked back to the castle, taking off the crown and accessories.

"He was very excited about everything." Xander replied as he adjusted the sleeping boy over his chest. "Of course, I was mesmerized as well." He took his wife's hand and kissed it.

Kamui felt her face redden and took her free hand to cover it. "Just a word from you and I'm already flustered like this..." She giggled.

"It is only the truth," Xander replied, then added: "Siegbert was also very interested in your water manipulation, so I proposed we go to the Deeprealm so as to show him the sea."

He knew just how much his wife loved that place -- she was excited from the very first day they were there, and at all subsequent visits, as well. Her face brightened just as he expected it would, and once again no rescheduling would make him regret making that proposition.

"Can we really?!" She touched his arm, then glanced at their son. "Oh, I'm so excited for his first trip to the beach!"

The very same reaction, Xander mused as he caressed her hand with his thumb. Truly, I am blessed with her as my wife and a son who looks just like her. "Yes. Let us make the necessary preparations."