Aw, RIP Dubstep. Poor Luna. Indy and the snake are great XD
You know, I didn't realize I was going to miss
Dubstep. Thanks for always dropping a note, Wolfie, it means a lot that you've stuck with this over the past however long it's been. And to all the silent readers, as always. You guys are awesome!
Remember how boring the last chapter was? Hold on to your hats, cause it got crazy after that.
Chapter Forty-Six - The Debut of the DivaRiver was concerned. She had developed a bit of a cold and was now starting to have digestive distress. Being River, the idea of any doctor except her brother Simon was out of the question. It was doctors, after all, that had turned her from a happy genius of a little girl who loved to dance into the big ball of crazy killing machine she now was. So she turned to the next best thing. Gytha.
"I think it's the sanitation at the restaurant," she said, worried. "Maybe we should burn it down and start all over again?"
"Erik could blow it up," Gytha mused. "But let's give this a few days, love. I think you'll start to feel better soon."
But the stomach upset turned into full on vomiting.
"Gytha? I hate throwing up. I used to throw up all the time..."
"Here," Gytha said soothingly, "you come and have a lie down and I'll see what fruit Our Legolas has handy. Fresh fruit will be just the thing."
Melons did settle River down and Gytha made the diagnosis.
"You're havin' a wee one, love," she told River. "You just rest and do what you feel like doing, and leave the rest to Nanny, alright?" She thought for a moment. "But run any wild ideas past me first, just to be safe."
While Luna was taking the Goblins on a trip to the Art Museum, Gytha called a quick meeting in Legolas' room.
"We've run into some spacing issues," Tia said. "I really don't want have to redo the house again just yet."
"So we're moving you in with the elf," Gytha told Erik. "The baby will go into your room."
"What about the inventing bench?" Erik asked.
"You haven't touched it in weeks," Jareth pointed out. "Surely there's nothing left to be done to Opera House."
"There's a reason we don't go to the movies anymore, man," Legolas added. "You've got that place booby-trapped from top to bottom."
"Can I take a weed whacker to the walls?" Erik asked, looking around. "Is that a mosquito? And a squirrel?"
Legolas shrugged. "Chop away, dude. It all grows back anyway. Elf magic."
Jareth facepalmed. "It doesn't work that way."
The elf grinned. "LO!" he said.
***
"Luna, my dear," Jareth said, sticking his head in the doorway of the kitchen. Luna, surrounded by Goblins dressed in little aprons and mixing industriously, looked up.
"We're making pie, Jareth," she told him. "No, Jayli," she said, turning to one of the Goblins, "we don't eat plasma fruit, remember? That's a special treat for you and Peggy the Dark."
Jareth cleared his throat, and Luna looked back up at him. "Was there something?" she asked him.
"Could I, er, borrow a few this afternoon?" he asked, fighting to hide his smile.
"Of course," Luna beamed. "Once we're done with this, you'll be able to help His Majesty," she said to her small charges. "Won't that be fun?"
"You're making them move furniture?" Indy asked. "Does Luna know about this?"
"They are still my subjects." Jareth said, with as much dignity as he could muster.
"What's with all the redecorating?"
Jareth sighed. "I'm feeling a little homesick, that's all. Arlo sent some plans for renovations he's doing in the Goblin City. I didn't realize this would take so long."
Indy patted him on the shoulder sympathetically. "There were a few setbacks," he said. "But Seven is on her way."
Legolas, after spending a day with Erik trying to get the extra bed into his room, which included a lot of "an inch more to the right, no it looked better the other way, do you really need all this stuff in here anyway," decided to call up Derek and see if he was up for an afternoon of bouncing on the trampoline.
They ended up telling jokes on the lawn all day instead.
River was feeling more and more uncomfortable and went in search of Gytha.
"Legolas? Derek? I think that labour thing has started. Do you know where Gytha is?"
She wasn't prepared for the response.
"Labour KILLS people?" she shrieked.
"No, love, not at all," Gytha said, coming up and trying to soothe her. "Just bad timing, that's all."
But then...
"ANOTHER ONE?" River screamed.
"Come into the house, my dear," Jareth said, taking the shaken River by the arm. "I can assure you this is not a common occurrence."
And since it only made sense to have all the wailing people in one room...
"Stay away, Indy," she said, taking an attack pose. "The baby is killing everyone!"
"No, it's not," Gytha said. And a few moments later the little girl made her appearance without causing anymore fatalities. She did cause the laws of physics to bend a bit.
"For heaven's sake, Legolas, stop that caterwauling!" Jareth snapped, on his way to meet the newest member of the Dynasty. He had to use the mood manager eight times before the elf calmed down. Since it had only taken once for Rain, this raised some speculation about his relationship with Derek. But...
"What's all the noise? Is she here?" Luna asked, rushing past Jareth. He shook his head and entered the room where River was regarding the baby nervously.
"Miss Christine Daae," he said, making a bow, a bit of a smile twisting his thin lips. "You always did know how to make an entrance."
