Chapter 55:

Pythia POV:

Last night was probably the best I had felt in a while. There was no weirdness at all and the twins stayed over for the night, they couldn't seem to break away from Apollo. Today I am briefing my coven and we are going to be rotating shifts to go out and hunt for the missing elders. As we walked through the forest I realized I needed to make sure the boys knew not to say anything about our dad. I stopped and turned to look at them. "Remember what I told you boys last night." I said. "We remember, we are certified guards and babysitters." Jasper laughed. "Yeah, we got this. No worries. We don't really like talking to people much anyways. We will stay mysterious." Jenson said, waving his hands around making me laugh. "I don't see how you two slept well at all last night sleeping on the floor like that." I replied. "We shifted after a while, we were more surprised that he slept all night." Jasper replied. "Lots of love and a full belly will make any boy sleep all night." I replied. 

The closer we came to the building the more eyes I saw on me. This is the first time most of them have seen me since I had Apollo. Truth be told their eyes weren't entirely on me but on my son and my brothers. They wore matching black cut up jeans with black t-shirts. They had their hair styled differently but it screamed bad boys and I knew some of these girls would be trying to gain their attention. I pushed the stroller forward, not really sure how I am supposed to feel about women ogling my brothers. Lillith and Stony were waiting for us by the front door. "It's nice to see you are doing well Pythia." Stony said with a smile. "It's nice to be back. How is everything going?" I asked. "Things are a little crazy right now, everyone is walking on eggshells with the elders missing. It's more of a they want them found and dead." Lillith replied. "No one appreciates them threatening our queen as well as our future king." Stony added. 

It seems everyone is banning together closer than I thought they would. "Let's round everyone up for a meeting so we can go over everything." I stated. Jasper and Jenson helped me lift the stroller and stayed glued to my sides as we walked through the door and towards the media room. Stony and Lillith walked in the front and I could see others starting to walk behind us, I knew that if something like this would happen people would start to worry. Elders were not supposed to be out of line like this and it was not common for them to fight with a king or queen. This was all new to us but together we will figure it out. When we entered people started to take seats where they could while the rest of us walked up to the stage. I checked on Apollo to see him wide eyed looking around. I placed the bar over the top to let toys dangle just above his head. 

I waited patiently for the rest to come in, I stood in front of the stroller while Jasper and Jenson stood behind me on the sides of the stroller. "Thank you everyone for coming on such short notice. I know things have been crazy lately and I do apologize for my absence. I am sure all of you have heard the elder Damien and elder Storm are on the run." I said looking around the room, I watched as a lot of their faces hardened . I took a deep breath and cleared my head, "For those of you who don't know what is happening or why they are on the run allow me to fill you in, both elders have been caught plotting against my mate, myself and our son. Not only that but the great white witch and her family." I added. Protests sparked up and as hard as I tried to catch what they were saying it was quickly drowned out by how fast they were speaking. "Alright everyone calm down! Speak one at a time." Lillith yelled. "So what are we going to do? Just let them live?!" A young witch yelled back. "No, some of you have been helping the wolves with a search. They have cloaked themselves so we can not use a locator spell to find them. I want us all to work with the vampires and wolves. We need all hands on deck." I replied. 

"How are we going to do that?" A male witch called out. "We will be splitting into groups with Lillith Stony and I leading. Everyone is to report to us over anything they find big or small. When they are found they are to be brought back alive." I replied. The door opened and we all turned to see my father, aunt and Phil walk into the room. No one said a word as they walked up to me. "May I?" My dad asked. I took a step back and let my dad have the room to speak. "I haven't had the time to properly meet you all but I am grand elder Adam, this is grand elder Olivia. We have been tasked in aiding however we can. Please feel free to speak to us. We remain passive to everyone but fully back Pythia and what she says." My dad said. A few people looked shocked. This is the first time grand elders have really made themselves known. "If I may ask, but we heard rumors that we are merging with a pack? Is this true?" A female asked. "Yes, it is true. Tye and I have decided to create a pack with wolves and the coven to further maintain the peace. We will be a part of the Emerald Moon pack. Any objections?" I asked. 

I looked around and didn't see that anyone wanted to say anything, "Is that why they are here?" A young witch asked and I knew the look in her eyes all too well. "The two you see are wolves, yes, one of them is my official guard while the other is my sons official guard. They are not looking for a fling or a good time so ladies and men get that thought out of your heads now." I said, narrowing my eyes. I heard one of them cover a laugh with a cough and I knew they would say something later about it. "So how will that work? We have never merged with a pack. Will anything change?" Someone else asked. "Nothing will change. We will all live like we normally do. The only changes are the ones we are currently making, we want to get back to how we used to be." I replied. "So can we actually do good now? There won't be any punishment?" A young girl asked. "There will be no punishment for doing good. We were once highly respected and the ones everyone turned to. We helped when needed, the only difference between us and the white witches is we can tap into dark magic while they can't, they can tap into white magic while we can't but we used to work together to accomplish what was needed." I replied.

I could see that everyone was a lot more relaxed by my words. "Lillith and Stony have the lists of who will be with who. Find out where you will be. Anyone that will be with me, meet me by the forest edge." I stated. Lillith started calling off names as the rest pushed more towards the back of the stage. "I wish you would stay out of this." My dad stated. "You don't get to tell me what I can and can't do when it comes to my coven." I replied. "She is right Adam, let her do what she wants to do. You know she will do the right thing." Phil stated. "What are the three of you going to do?" I asked. "We will be going through all of their stuff to see if we can find a hint of where they may have went." Olivia replied. "Alright, we will meet up later then." I replied. Apollo started to fuss so I grabbed a bottle out of the bag and set it in the cup holder while I gently picked Apollo up and cradled him close. He of course took the bottle with no issues. We walked back out of the house and walked straight for the forest's edge. 

I could see a small crowd that had already formed, as we got closer their eyes fell on us and they stopped talking. "I must say Pythia, our future king is just precious." Natalie said. Natalie wasn't much older than me, her family came to us from Scotland and I always loved talking to her just to listen to her accent, but goddess help whoever pisses her off. Besides Lillith and Stony, Natalie is the other closest person to me and I am so thankful for her. "Thank you Natalie." I replied smiling. "So we are teaming up with who Tye picks, we will search during the morning hours until lunch when the other group will take over. We will meet in front of our house at five in the morning, if you want to continue searching just tell me." I stated looking around. "This will give us the perfect chance to get to know the other races a little better." George stated. "Yes it will, I fully expect everyone to get along. We have a threat that needs to be eliminated quickly." I replied 

"Don't you worry, we would never let anyone harm you or the wee one." Natalie said, looking over my shoulder to be greeted with a piercing stare from Apollo. I smiled at her knowing that she is true to her word. "So who is who?" George asked, looking at Jenson and Jasper. Neither of them said anything. "This one is Jasper and that is Jenson." I replied pointing at both the boys. "So who is your guard?" George asked. "Jenson is my guard. Jasper is Apollos guard, although he will switch from time to time." I replied. "They don't talk much do they?" Walker asked. I laughed a little. "No we don't." Jasper stated. "We prefer to keep to ourselves." Jenson added. "How come?" Natalie asked. "We've been alone our entire life. We eat, train and sleep, now we are guards." Jasper replied. "You will have time to get to know them, but for now I want everything torn apart looking for clues. Whatever you guys find, report to me immediately." I stated. Everyone started walking off but Natalie stayed behind. 

She was looking at the twins in a way that made me heavily curious. "They are not full wolf are they?" Natalie asked. "No, they are half white witches but we don't know who their parents are." I replied easily. "They will be blessed soon." Natalie said with a smile. I swear this woman had a six sense or something. "Blessed? What does that mean?" Jenson asked. Natalies smile got wider as she looked at them. "Very soon to be exact, you two are more than what you think." Natalie said before she turned around and walked away. I stayed stunned for a moment. What does she mean? Being blessed means they will have an element but what does she mean that they will be more.....?