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Memories With You: Bracken x Kendra

Notice: Hello, everyone! Thank you all for reading my story so far. I wanted you all to know that there will be one more chapter in this installment before I lay it to rest. Due to that, please feel free to comment on other one-shots or ideas you might have for my future writings. If you are interested in seeing anything other than Bracken X Kendra check out my fanfic.net bio for the other ships I support. Now enough of me, to the story!

fanfic.net Chapter Five: Baby of Mine

     “Bracken, dear, can you hand me the spoon,” Kendra called from her position in the kitchen. The smell of the warm soup was comforting given the slightly cold exteriors of their cabin home. It was late October and Fablehaven’s forests were alight in colors of red and gold. The family had celebrated Kendra’s birthday earlier this month and were now enjoying the comfort and quiet of their home after all the celebrating.

      “Sweetheart, you should sit down. You’ve been on your feet all day. I can finish making the soup.” Bracken called, ushering into the room to slide up next to his wife placing a hand lightly on her lower back.

     “I’m not glass Bracken just pregnant.” Kendra pouted placing a hand on her hip and moving to grab the spoon resting on the side counter. Though walking was not the right word and she more waddled to retrieve the utensil. She was about 30 weeks and it really showed, her belly had expanded greatly and with her small stature, her natural gait was highly altered.

     Over the course of her pregnancy, Kendra had experienced both normal and miraculous symptoms, from morning sickness to burping up glittering sparkles. Thankfully, she had faced it all with her wonderful husband by her side. Bracken was a force to be reckoned with when it came to taking care of Kendra. If she wanted fries with mashed up blueberries as a dipping sauce he was her man, never questioning her wants and needs. Kendra thought it was very cute how dedicated her husband was towards her condition, but with dedication came clinginess. Bracken had the iconic first dad syndrome, constantly worrying over Kendra’s condition, making sure she was eating nutritiously, getting enough exercise, and when he wasn’t worrying over his wife he had his nose deep in a pregnancy book. If Kendra was keeping count, the one situated by his bedside table was his 25th.

     “Yes Kendra I know, but you’re almost due and you need to be mindful of how much you’re doing. In one of the books, it says that prolonged strenuous activities could cause complications in pregnancy.” Bracken stated, his brow scrunched in worry before one arched in curiosity, “Did you make sure to drink the veggy pure I made you for lunch?”

     Kendra’s immediate reaction was to scrunch her face in disgust as she recalled the slimy texture the first time Bracken had made her the noxious concoction. After repeated experiences, she had grown accustomed to the taste, but it was the texture that through her off every time. Regaining her emotions she looked towards her husband and confidently spoke, “I was able to consume half of that abominable drink.” She smiled in victory as she gazed at her shocked husband. His expression morphed into a light smile as he wrapped his arms around his wife pressing her to his back.

     “I’m so proud of you,” He cooed, “I know how much you hate it, but it’s packed with nutrients and it’s good for both of you.” He smiled moving to bend down and place a small kiss against her stomach. Taking the chance he slipped his arms under her knees and shoulders lifting her into a princess carry. Kendra let out a small yelp as her center of balanced tipped causing her to unconsciously latching onto her husband for support. Bracken strode into their living room only stopping to delicately deposit his annoyed wife onto the couch grabbing the nearest blanket and wrapping the princess in its fuzzy warmth.

     Kendra looked up at him arms folded, mouth set in a frown, “Happy?” She asked. He cheerfully nodded his head before turning to head back to the kitchen. Slightly exasperated Kendra whined, “Wait!” Bracken halted and turned waiting for her request. She blushed under his adoring gaze quietly saying, “If you’re going to leave me stranded on this couch can you please get me my crochet? I want to try finishing the hat and socks for the baby.” Bracken gave a small nod heading into their bedroom to retrieve the needed materials for her activity.

     As Bracken was retrieving the yarn and needles he heard a cry from the living room. Racing back in he saw that his wife was standing, one hand braced against the couch while the other was placed on her stomach. Her face was contorted in pain and looking down he noticed the small puddle of liquid that surrounded her feet. “Bracken, it’s the baby, the baby’s coming!” Kendra cried looking towards her husband. Her cries moved him into action. Immediately, he raced back into their bedroom slinging the satchel he had prepared with all Kendra would need for traveling to have the baby. Rushing back to the living room he paused closing his eyes. “What are you doing?” Kendra cried as another contraction overtook her body.

     “Just telling my parents that were coming. Don’t worry sweetheart, everything is going to be fine.” Bracken spoke not only to reassure his wife but also himself. He then bent down lifting his wife into the air securely against his chest making his way towards the closed door. Not wasting a beat Bracken’s foot collided with the door, the action causing the frame to break, but successfully opening the door.

     “Bracken you could have put me down to open the door!” Kendra cried as they passed through the threshold and into the chilly expanse of their yard.

     “No time Dear. Raxtus should be here any second.” As if called upon by Bracken’s words silver-white scales flashed against the bright full moon. Instantly, the hulking mass of muscle and scales that was Raxtus stood before the two. “Raxtus, thank you so much for getting here so quickly,” Bracken called as he moved towards the dragon.

    “Anything for you two. How are you doing Kendra?” Raxtus asked, lowering himself to the dry grass below allowing Bracken to situate Kendra on his back before hoisting himself up.

    “I’ll be better when we get to the Fairy Realm,” Kendra spoke leaning back against Bracken’s chest, breath labored with pain. That was all Raxtus needed to hear before he took off towards the shrine.

    Even in the middle of autumn, the fae creatures made a priority to keep the shine and the lake flourishing with life. It was a small glimpse of eternal summer which helped to settle Kendra’s stomach slightly. There was no need to wait as the three moved towards the island. The portal was readily open allowing them to pass through with ease. Breaking through the barrier Kendra's senses were engulfed in intense floral aromas. It was nauseating, to say the least, but she had very little time to reflect as another contraction had her clutching her stomach. Bracken’s words of encouragement flooded her mind as did feelings of love, his telepathic powers delicately caressing the chambers of her mind.

    The two lurched forward as Raxtus collided against the lush green grass. Bracken then went to work, quickly hopping down from the dragon before reaching up to cradle his wife to his chest once more. Now, all Kendra could feel was the warm rush of wind as her husband raced towards the castle. Even with closed eyes Kendra could envision the colossal structure of glittering white stone constructed and shaped into pillars, rooms, and towers. It was a second home, and at that moment she was very glad to be having her baby here. Thinking of the child made her still with realization. Shifting in Bracken’s arms her eyes wide she asked, “What about my family? Bracken, we need to tell my family!” She cried out.

    Bracken smiled down at her explaining, “I sent Raxtus to get them, they should be here soon, but first, we need…” His words were interrupted as they were both overcome with feelings of excitement, love, and a bit of anxiety. It was then that they were graced by the presence of the Fairy Queen. She was radiant as ever covered in gauzy cloth, and a simple but elegant crown. Her husband, the Fairy King, beside her while a few attendees stood some paces away.

    The Queen stepped forward making a quick examination of Kendra before gesturing to Bracken to follow her. “A room has been prepared for the birth. The best healers we have are to be present,” She smiled gesturing to the fae behind her, “and I heard from one of the astrids that your parents have arrived. Raxtus will have to make a few trips to allow them to all be here, but I assure you that they will arrive shortly.”

    “Thank you.” Kendra smiled relaxing slightly in Bracken’s arms.

    The group ventured into one of the many rooms located in the castle, everyone individually different from the one next to it. The room they were currently in was a light powder blue with stone floors and ornate silver furniture. Bracken drifted to the four poster bed laying Kendra in the center. He deposited himself next to his wife taking her hand into his palm. Immediately, it was crushed in a tight grip as Kendra let out her loudest cry since arriving.

    Quickly the attendees moved forward pouring water into basins, pulling cloth from baskets and began to fuss around the couple. One of the girls handed Bracken a moist towel instructing him to place it on Kendra’s forehead. The eldest looking of the woman situated herself towards the end of the bed between Kendra’s legs. “Good evening, your Highness. My name is Sanza I will be helping to deliver your baby. I’m going to lift your skirts and remove your underthings so as to see how close your contractions are.”

    Kendra gave a shake of her head and the healer began to examine her. “You are about 5 centimeters, your highness. You still have a ways to go, but depending on your contractions the baby might be here sooner rather than later.” Kendra again nodded her head.

    Time seemed to pass slowly for both Kendra and Bracken in those moments. For Kendra, it was a continuous battle of wanting to quit altogether and to keep pushing on, literally. For Bracken, it was trying to maintain a calmness for his wife while giving her the needed support and encouragement a husband could offer. Kendra’s labor was now rounding to an hour. Thankfully, Kendra’s family had arrived within that time allowing Kendra to breath easy knowing her family stood waiting just outside the bedroom doors. Currently, Kendra was fully dilated and so all that was left was for her to push.

    “One more push, Your Highness!” The midwife called.

    Kendra gripped onto Bracken’s hand giving another push, her cries filling the bedchamber. It seemed her efforts were in vain though as the midwife asked her to do it once more. Kendra, exhausted and soaked with sweat fell back onto the pillows turning to give her husband a tired and watery-eyed look, “I can’t do it, Bracken. I’m so tired,” she cried.

    Bracken’s heart constricted as he looked down at his wife, but his resolve hardened as he cupped her face. “Kendra, look at me.” He commanded gently earning her attention, “You are one of the strongest people I know. You have conquered and battled adversities most couldn’t even come back from, but you, my dear have. You are brave, and smart, and beautiful, but most of all you are strong and I know you're tired and you’re in pain, but you can do this Kendra. I believe in you, love.” He smiled bending down to place a soothing kiss against her head.

    Bracken’s words seemed to calm Kendra as she gave his hand a small squeeze before nodding to the midwife. The midwife, in turn, went back to focus on the baby, again commanding the princess to push. Kendra at that moment pushed with all her might, clamping down on her husband’s offered hand and the bed sheets. She gave another cry, but soon felt a release of weight and right after the room was flooded with the sounds of tiny cries.

    The midwife popped up cradling in her arms a white bundle. She smiled walking over to place the bundle into Kendra’s arms the babies cries instantly stopping. “Congratulations, it’s a healthy boy,” the woman smiled as she and the rest of the rooms company made their way out, allowing the family of three some peace and quiet.

    Kendra looked down at the bundle, shifting the blanket to reveal her son’s face. Kendra could not stop the tears of happiness that cascaded down her cheeks as she gazed at her child. “He’s beautiful,” she whispered, lightly caressing the babies soft cheeks. “He looks just like you, Bracken.” Kendra laughed gazing up at her adoring husband.

    Bracken’s eyes were wide as he took in his son’s face, having to agree with his wife. Indeed the baby had his coloring, as a silvery tuft of hair was plastered to the babies head, his skin a creamy-porcelain color. Bracken only smiled wider as the baby’s lids opened to reveal a pair of ice-green eyes. “Not all of me,” Backen remarked.

    Kendra gave a happy smile in recognition before asking, “Do you want to hold him?” Bracken eagerly opened his arms and it gave Kendra comfort that she didn’t have to guide her husband on how to support their son’s neck, as he had thoroughly educated himself on the matter. She watched as her husband began to lightly bounce with the baby, “What should we name him?” Kendra asked.

    “Well he needs a strong name, naturally,” Bracken stated, “but I think it should also be original, nothing that aligns with our families.”

    Kendra fell silent mulling over possible names. Backen and Kendra had planned to have the gender of the baby kept a secret. Wanting it to be a surprise the two parents had picked out both girl and boy names. “How about, Alaric? We both liked that one and it has a wonderful meaning.”

    “Alaric, I love it.” Bracken smiled holding their son close to his chest, “Prince Alaric, a future noble ruler.” Bracken cooed.

    “You’re going to be such a great father,” Kendra spoke her words dripped with exhaustion.

    Bracken took notice of this, “You should rest sweetheart, I can take Alaric with me if you would like.”

    Kendra shook her head, “No, stay.” She smiled patting the vacant side of the bed. Bracken understood her reasoning walking around the bed to deposit himself and the baby next to his wife. Alaric was sound asleep and as Bracken looked up, he too found Kendra to be adrift in sleep, her face a perfect calm.

    With his watchful gaze, Bracken whispered, “I love you both so much,” before he too succumbed to the calls of slumber.

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Photoshop October 6th 2020: Posting this late, but a belated celebration of another amazing year, now as a 22 year old!!! If you follow me, you know that I’ve re-done this piece two times over. So as I gain another year so does this piece. If you could leave a comment or share on your feed that would be a wonderful gift to me.

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Procreate 2020 Dec: Merry Christmas

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Photoshop 2020: March

An update for my map. It probably won’t be changing anytime soon. Hope you like it.

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Photoshop 2019 Jan: I’ve always wanted to create my own alphabet, and now I have! It took almost a whole day to complete and it's a lot harder when you include the lowercase set, but it was so worth the time and effort. My goal was to simplify it enough that it would be easy to replicate with a nice ink pen or a pencil, and I think I did a decent job. I'm excited to use it for my book and future art projects!

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February 2019 Photoshop: This piece is dubbed, “The Starlight Queen,” and is apart of my portfolio for school. It incorporates some of my favorite things like stars trails, glitter, and the color silver. I'm excited about my other pieces, and I hope you will like them.

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Photoshop March 2019: This piece is dedicated to the amazing and beautifully crafted anime, Violet Evergarden. It is by far one of my favorite animes. It focuses on the main character Violet and her journey as a memories doll, a writer of letters for others. As she goes about her journey she is introduced to different types of emotions, mainly love and works on developing her own through them. I recommend it highly to those who yearn to feel raw emotions. I hope you all like it and make sure to CLICK FOR BETTER QUALITY!

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Photoshop 2019 April: Hello, everyone! I have some exciting news! I’ve currently joined a D&D group. I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of D&D and a friend of mine asked if I wanted to join their group, so of course, I said yes. For reasons explained below, I have only a few days to work on my character and I finally finished. This is Astraea, a High (Moon) Elf who performs the role of Cleric in the group. I took from the colors of the moon elves in the Netflix show, The Dragon Prince. Teal, silver, and blue are some of my favorite colors so I was eager to use them in this piece.

However, I have possible sad news as well. I recently got accepted into my dream college and will be transferring their this week! The sad news is that I can’t take my desktop out there until around August so, I might not post digital art until that time comes. I will try to find a workaround, but I can’t promise, sorry!

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Photoshop November 2018: I have been dying to post this birthday present for almost 2 weeks now. It was supposed to have been done for her birthday last year, but I wasn’t able to complete it. Thankfully, I didn’t because the one before looked terrible! Anyway, happy birthday @fairykam ! I wish you the best birthday and I hope you enjoy my illustration of Patton and Lena Burgess! Sorry, it was so late!

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Photoshop 2019 Feb: So this is a redraw of a piece I did last year (link).  I loved it so much, but it was very rushed and the lines weren’t as clean. Hopefully, you all like this one too.

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So this is my first work of 2019! It’s the colored version of the sketch I did last year from my Kendra/Kenna Mash-Up! I really liked how it turned out and I hope you do too. Click for better quality!!

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Photoshop 2019 Feb: Last month I posted a portrait sketch and loved how it turned out, so much so that I decided to finish the rest of the body and change up the clothes so that it resembled a student from Harry Potter. I was never really into HP when I was younger, but I am slowly starting to get attached to the series, though I still have yet to read the books. I tried my best to stay authentic to the clothing while adding a few of my touches here and there. The image is in black and white so as to allow the house for this character to remain anonymous.

I’m thinking of writing an AU set in the HP world featuring the characters in my book. My hope is that it will help me to better develop my characters by placing them in a setting that’s already been created so that I can focus on constructing their personalities, strengths, weaknesses, etc. Hope you like it and MAKE SURE TO CLICK FOR BETTER QUALITY!!

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