As soon as they arrived, Luna had bought a fancy new phone and registered it under a fake name, paid in full and she was off teleporting to take pictures. She quickly returned and her Father asked, "where did you run off so quickly?"
Luna showed him the phone and the pictures and told him, "I'm dressed as a human to lighten the mood so I figured I'd snap some pictures to show the Elrods."
"You know I can just open a portal window," but her Father was caught off guard when Luna waved her hand and said, "they're meeting the Father of the universe, let's not give them a heart attack today," Luna said anxiously.
"Good point. Well, now we just wait until 6 PM their time, when they usually arrive home. It's 5:30 PM now, anything you'd like to do," the Father asked.
"I say we go check out their hospital, school and housing facility, unseen. That should give them an hour to unwind and then we knock on the door. If they don't answer the door you can teleport us in but I doubt they'd deny a doorbell ring or knock," Luna suggested.
"That's a great idea, let's meet back here at 6:55 PM," the Father suggested.
"Sure, but what are you going to do, stay here?" Luna asked.
"Tej activated his link and Zintan is awake so I'm gonna watch my first grandson for the time being," Father stated.
With that Luna was off teleporting invisibly from one location to the next and quickly realized the amazing things the Elrods did and the amazing people working for them.
"I guess the days of harmony aren't all lost, but it's not perfect like it was before Theo," Luna thought.
As she teleported to another apartment complex for foster parents and foster kids, founded by the Elrod family, her cell phone started vibrating.
It is now 6:55 PM and her alarm buzzed.
Luna quickly teleported to her Father, who was lost in a trance with a giant smile on his face. Luna's reappearance didn't catch her Father's attention so she gently pinched him and said, "I guess we're doing this and this isn't a dream, as the humans say?"
"Shall we," the Father suggested as he changed his appearance to be that of a man in his late 70s.
Luna left her appearance and as her Father waved her to walk with him, she realized her silver hair might be an issue. In a panic, she grabbed it and noticed it was dark brown.
Her Father's normally golden eyes were a pretty teal color and she checked on her cell phone camera, only to see that her normally silver eyes were the same color as her Father. Her Father was always so much quicker than everyone else.
"We're going to ease them into this, so we're hear due to a medical condition I have and my concerns and my single daughter heard of Sebastian and Savannah Elrod's great deeds, so we got an address from a member of their staff afteryou suggested you would see him tonight but not have him rush back to work. I feel so torn lying, I've never once told one, I'm probably gonna break our cover quickly," her Father chuckled.
Just then, Luna nervously knocked a few times until she heard Savannah exclaim, "I will get it dear, thank you again for dinner!"
As the door opened, Luna and her Father were greeted by a beautiful smile from a beautiful woman in her mid twenties. She had brunette hair, blue eyes and stood around 5'6.
"Oh, hello, forgive me I'm so sorry I wasn't expecting company and I don't recognize you so what can I help you with," Savannah joyfully asked.
Rather than following her Father's plan, Luna immediately took the lead.
"My name is Luna and this is my Father. We heard of all your great deeds and wish to give you a life changing offer as a thank you. Your staff gave us your address from the hospital after they treated my Father for a fall. They didn't think he would make it, but thanks to your team he stands here fully recovered," Luna said calmly.
Her Father gave a big smile and added, "are you the wife of Sebastian the minister? I'm a big believer in the Kingdom of Solace and all it stands for so I'd like to ask the both of you a few questions."
"Sebastian we have company, can you please meet us in the living room, " Savannah shouted.
"Yes babe, I'll be down in five minutes. I was just changing into something more comfortable," Sebastian shouted back.
They all waited silently until Sebastian came down, in pajama bottoms and a 'Find Solace in the Father' shirt, which made both Luna and her Father smile. Sebastian was very handsome, also in his mid 20s with a neatly kept goatee and stood about six foot.
"Sorry babe all my regular clothes, I forgot to wash them since we got back, I hope you two don't mind," Sebastian apologized.
"I genuinely love your shirt, where can I get one," the Father asked.
Sebastian asked what size and quickly ran upstairs again, only to come back with two of them.
"I hope they fit! Savannah here designed them and a friend in my ministry got a bunch printed through donations. They're completely free. I hope you enjoy them," Sebastian proudly stated.
The Father took out around $1000 and handed it to Savannah, "I'm wise enough to know the minister will refuse, so let's not make this awkward and please take this donation for the shirts. As I said, we are here today to try and change your lives."
"This is far too kind but thank you, this will help a lot of people," Savannah said.
"Oh, I almost forgot, you must promise the Father that you will only use this money for you, because you are so selfless, you never know when a big surprise comes your way," the Father calmly stated.
"Thank you from both of us," both Savannah and Sebastian said in unison.
After some small talk, Luna used her mind to message her Father, "I think it's time."
With that, the Father asked Sebastian what he thought the Father would look like.
Sebastian answered, "to me, it matters not what he looks like on the outside, but I'd guess with how great he is on the inside, he and his children must all be very breathtaking, including the Phoenixes from the new scripture and of course Tej from the oldest of scripture."
As Sebastian finished his answer both Luna and the Father disabled their disguises, and the Father simply said "those are very kind words and forgive me but I have been watching you for quite some time. This indeed is my daughter Luna, and the phoenixes are the very thing we came to discuss today."
After a moment of pure shock, Savannah and Sebastian fumbled around and finally stood up and kneeled and said it is the utmost honor to meet you on Earth and from the description of Luna in the scripture, it has to be you. Although there is no description of you, I'm sure for good reason, you truly do look like an almighty Father." Sebastian said with a glow in his eyes.
Before Savannah could speak the Father asked them to both rise and stated they need not bow to them ever for all their great deeds.
As if Luna was reading Savannah's mind, she handed over her fancy phone, which had nothing on it, with the exception of pictures and captions with names.
Savannah pinched Sebastian and jokingly asked, "I'm really not dreaming but they are all so beautiful and is that a baby?! How old is the little Golden guy?"
He hatched yesterday and is happy and healthy with his parents, Tej and Soraya, for the time being. This is their first child together.
"What do you mean for the time being," Savannah and Sebastian, for the second time, had spoken in unison.
"That is why we are here, " the Father explained. First it should go without saying you are not to tell anyone about this, whether you accept or not. The world is no longer in perfect harmony, and the truth is Theo betrayed our Kingdom while I rested. We decided this was something to leave out of the scriptures to avoid mass panic. One day, I may ask you, Sebastian, to re-write the scripture with the truth, depending on the result of the next chapter of humanity,"
Sebastian and Savannah listened intently.
"You see, due to my foolishness, Tej was bound by not only my command, but also my children's command. Once Theo commanded Tej to act, he had to follow the command. Now, you see, Tej and I are linked, Luna and Zephyr are linked and Leo and Nixie are linked and they are not bound by commands. They are essentially free," the Father continued.
"That very night, Tej and I both experienced a dream, which we concluded was a prophecy. I believe you two are the perfect fit to this prophecy," the Father stated, giving them a chance to catch up
.
"What do you mean?" Sebastian asked curiously.
"What if I told you that despite not being able to have children, that after tonight Savannah would become pregnant and in 20 days I would return with Luna and we would intertwine Zintan, the first born of Tej and Soraya, to the baby's heart and soul and my daughter would infuse something called "a Phoenix system," that would give the child of prophecy the tools and safety he needed to fulfill his destiny? It has a 99% chance survival rate for Savannah, although Tej insists it's 100%," the Father asked.
Both humans' jaws dropped wide open and they fumbled for words before making out, do you think us two could talk in private for a second?
"Certainly, call 262-456-7777 and we'll return shortly, Luna, let's let them talk," and with that statement the Father and Luna teleported out of the room, back outside.
"Did they really teleport or do you think they're invisible or something? He said he's been watching us for quite some time," Savannah asked.
"I doubt he'd violate our privacy since we asked, so teleporting is the likely option. But can you believe it?!?! They're actually in our house, in the flesh," Sebastian explained joyfully.
After deliberating for 20 minutes and having a strange feeling, Luna teleported and asked Tej and Soraya if she could take Zintan to Earth. Soraya and Tej wrapped him in a special white flame warmly and cuddly blanket.
She returned and kept them hidden and when the phone rang, they teleported right back to their seats on the couch.
"Amazingly, it really was teleportation. Anyway, I think we have come to an answer," Savannah said nervously.
At that moment, Luna pulled out the blanket wrapping a sleeping golden Phoenix, Zintan, with white warming flames around him, and set him on Savannah's lap, explaining the flames would not hurt her. Sebastian quickly rushed over and asked if they could pet him, and with a nod from Luna, both of them broke down into tears and Sebastian said, "As much as it will be hard to raise a child we won't fully understand and we won't be able to do our charity as often, after seeing him we accept your offer," Luna said, with a few tears forming.
"That is great news," exclaimed the Father. "I am going to give you both a part of my soul for 12 hours and Luna will as well. What this means is you'll be immortal and do things normal humans cannot, but I would stay focused on the task at hand. Creating a baby, if I remember correctly, it's like when you consummate your marriage," the Father explained with a grin.
Luna and Savannah blushed up and Luna went to grab Zintan and said, "we will see you in 20 days. That will be the day we intertwine your son and Zintan. The name of the baby is completely up to you, but everything the propechy tells us it will be a boy."
With hugs, some soul sharing and a temporary goodbye, Luna and her Father teleported back to Tej and Soraya and gave them the great news.
Leo rushed in with excitement and Luna and their father brought the Zephyr family over and went over the entire day. Finally, Soraya asked what everyone was thinking.
"Why did you need to bring Zintan to them? Didn't you have pictures," she asked.
"I had a feeling of dread come over me that they wouldn't accept our offer, I guess we will never know for certain. I knew if they saw and held a being only told in scripture, and a Golden one at that, they would certainly accept," Luna explained.
"That makes sense, you've always had the best intuition sis," Leo said with a smile.
As the Kingdom of Solace rested, the Elrod's succeeded in creating a baby and both, for the first time in, well they couldn't recall, called off work, turned off their phones and enjoyed their day together.
As they went upstairs to go to sleep around 4 PM, after realizing how much the immortal soul pieces within exhausted them, they noticed their spare bedroom was open.
They took a peek inside, and to their amazement was a perfect nursery with a crib, baby monitoring system, an extra bed, a play area, clothes folded and labeled neatly in two dressers toys and a note with a picture of Tej and Soraya proudly sitting by an egg.
The note read,"you have spent your whole lives dedicated to others. We will make sure to continue assisting you in the legacy you carry and I can't wait to meet you," signed Leo.
"I guess that means they know? They both welled up in tears of joy. That note was from the oldest son as well! Looks like we have another secret to never share," Sebastian said joyfully through the tears.
Twenty days had passed so quickly and as promised, Leo, Luna, Zintan, and to their surprise a much smaller version of Tej sat on their Fathers shoulder and Soraya sat on Luna's shoulder, leaving Leo with Zintan.
"It's so great to meet all of you and Tej and Soraya, whenever you want to see your son please don't hesitate to come. We are both so grateful to all of you," Savannah said.
"My wife is the toughest and bravest woman I know, so I know we will get through this together," Sebastian confidently said.
"Shall we begin," the Father asked.
Tej and Soraya told Zintan to be good and that he was special. He should always help his new family and would never forget his original family. Zintan seemed to understand as he chirped proudly three times, almost to say I love you, before shedding a tear on Savannah.
"I guess that's his way of telling me this binding process will be a success," Savannah smiled.
Before she knew it, Savannah was fast asleep and only Leo, Luna and their Father remained with Zintan. The phoenixes took Sebastian to the baby's room and asked how they liked it.
"You are far too generous but we are very thankful and well, it's perfect," Sebastian said.
Meanwhile, using his powers of creation, the Father was able to open Savannah's chest, and after instructing Leo to use his water magic to part the tiny human heart, the Father placed Zintan into the heart.
"Luna, you've found the soul, correct? If so, put in the system now and I'll summon Tej to seal it with his bond," the Father instructed.
"Summon him I'm ready," Luna said as she inserted what looked like a natural, human organ into the baby and Tej came, sealed said goodbye and quickly left."
The father used his creator power to close her chest up and did a thorough check of her organs, using some healing magic here and there to ensure they were in top condition.
"Luna please hurry, you have to restart the heart with lightning," Father stated.
Just then Zephyr appeared and used a small shock on the heart to no avail, "second times always the charm," and with that Savannah's heart started beating normally again.
Zephyr smiled and told Luna "I never doubted you, but you've done so much I wanted to have a part in this! It's the child of prophecy after all."
Luna would never admit it to anyone but she knew Zephyr only came because she was too stressed and tired to perform her newly acquired lightning magic. It was the one she worked at the hardest because it was far more difficult than Earth or wind.
A few hours later, Savannah woke up, much to Sebastian's relief and smiled and said to his beautiful wife, "we're going to have a beautiful baby boy!"
"Yes we are, I can tell Zintan is happy inside of the baby. I don't know how, I just know. I'm really thirsty can I please have some water," Savannah faintly asked.
Leo noticed her temperature was near 120 degrees Fahrenheit and cast a cooling spell on her chest, as well as her head, and provided her with plenty of water and her temperature finally went down.
He kept the cooling spell on her, just in case and told everyone, "I'm no Phoenix expert, but I'm guessing little Zintan is missing his parents and a bit stressed so he's running hot. As long as we monitor it all should be good," Leo said with a smile.
"Thank you Leo," Savannah stated as she and Sebastian finally drifted off to sleep.
Deep within Savannah's heart, Zintan finally began to relax as he saw everything outside still and realized he was now part of a human and wanted to learn about this tiny creature inside this woman's belly.
Back in Eden, Soraya was happy to be watching over the new egg as she missed Zintan dearly. She took Tej's advice and every time she thought of Zintan she reminded herself "if all goes well it's not a sacrifice and our baby helps humankind live on."
Luna finally linked with Zephyr and thanked him and showed her memories of her failing that ran through her head when trying to restart Savannah's heart.
Zephyr insisted she get some rest and come spend time with him and Nixie.
All of Eden rested peacefully and slept beautifully, limbo was calm and the Underworld was on its best behavior in years.
As Luna fell asleep, she had a very vivid dream that Zephyr also experienced.
In the dream, Luna was walking with someone with a big smile but everything was blurry.
Next she was somehow flying and woke up after seeing herself at a giant celebration, she just quite couldn't put a finger on what the celebration was and if this was a dream or a prophecy.
Just then Zephyr linked with her and explained the dream and Luna shared her memories of the same one.
Zephyr couldn't help but think this was a prophecy about Luna and love, but why, who and when he hadn't the foggiest idea.
"You've been around all this love and all these baby phoenixes and humans lately, I probably just shared your dream Luna, I wouldn't dwell on it, at least it was a nice dream," Zephyr explained.
"You're right Zephy and I was incredibly tired," Luna said before she drifted back off to sleep.
Her Father went to see her and realized how much she had been through and how he should give her a nice 8 month break.