Chapter 512: Baby Star, the bomb.
Suddenly, Old lady Mayfair realized that Phoebe's stomach was too small for a pregnancy that was already in its fourth month. She was almost at five months, by now, her stomach should have been the most noticeable thing about her.
"Pheebs, are you binding your stomach to hide the pregnancy?" she gasped, terrified at the thought. "Please don't tell me that you are doing the same thing Esmeralda Cunningham did in order to hide her pregnancy!!! It's insane, take those things out right now."
She literally jumped up, grabbed a hold of Phoebe and tried to undress her right there.
"Nana, relax, that's not it!!!" Phoebe fought off the old woman. "I have been hiding it with magic." she rushed to say.
She chanted a spell, and the real appearance of her stomach was revealed to them.
"Holy shit!!" Maureen exclaimed. "Look at that, a new way to use magic has been invented. I should try that."
Old lady Mayfair glared at Maureen and Maureen folded her lips together. Meanwhile, old lady Mayfair examined Phoebe's stomach and then sat back down, satisfied that all was well.
When she was done, Rekha slid where she had been and started poking the stomach gently. "This is so weird I cannot believe that you are actually pregnant..." she said.
"So dear does this mean that you already did a sonogram? Can I see the picture?" She asked, a wistful flicker shadowed grandma Mayfair's gaze for she had missed out on that.
"No Nana, I actually haven't been to a hospital at all. The spirit tells me all I need to know about the development of the baby. As for the sex, if I doubted the spirit before, I don't anymore. That baby voice is definitely girly and let's be honest, baby boys would not choose Star as a pet name." Phoebe replied smoothly, rubbing her tummy gently.
Grandma Mayfair bounced lightly on her toes. "Are you crazy!! You are taking pregnancy notes from a ghost! You need a hospital Pheebs, you are having a human baby not a ghost baby. I will make an appointment with Dr. Sanders immediately or do you prefer the Mayfair free clinic...."
"Don't you dare send her to a hospital Rebecca Mayfair." The spirit threw in, it's voice stern. "This is not an ordinary baby she is special. Keep in her mind that her mother is a also special. We do not need humans monitoring Phoebe or the baby. Imagine what would happen if baby Star suddenly fried the obstetrician because mommy here cried out for some reason during the checkup.
Right now, she is only forming and very unstable. She has no control over her magic, think of her to be a destabilized EMP or a bomb with a few loose wires. If the wrong one is touched, it could explode." The spirit cautioned, there was a lot going on that it still did not quite understand yet.
This was the first time it was seeing a supernatural baby form, and so far, things were not going like it expected. For example, how come Star was already using her magic? What was even more puzzling was the fact that she could interfere in its spells.
An awakened baby could land Phoebe into trouble if it took her body for a ride. The other thing was that Star could communicate with her mother, give her commands and already could funnel energy to her which was a good thing and a bad one at the same time. It was good because then perhaps Phoebe could control the baby and more still have a bottomless source of energy. But it was bad because one of them could drain the other if they lost control which might result in the death of one.
Why did the baby have too much energy already? The spirit had so many questions swirling in its mind and there was a lot of research to be done.
"Maybe we should not compare Star to a bomb when she is still inside my body." Phoebe suggested.
Grandma Mayfair rubbed her chin, winning inwardly. "I agree, please don't say bomb. I have to admit my girl you are very strange but why does Zephyra call you magical? Is it because you are a shaman? How did you even wake that kind of ability by the way? I know the Mayfair's have had shamans in their lineage but not the last two generations. Will Star also be a shaman?" She asked.
"Aha? I want to know that too?" Rekha leaned forward, propping her clenched on one side of her cheek.
Maureen rolled her eyes, wasn't the answer about how Phoebe got her abilities obvious? It was in her blood. Even if some generations had been skipped, it did not mean the gift had been lost. "She got her gifts from our ancestors, you already know this mother. Let us stick to relevant questions" She pushed herself forward. "So, what does this mean for your training Pheebs? No more hunting? Because I do not want to get in any trouble if something happens to that baby." Maureen made her feelings known, a flash of worry crossed her eyes.
Grandma Mayfair nodded strongly, agreeing with Maureen, her feelings on the matter matched strongly with those of Rekha too.
"I agree, we should postpone all this vigorous and reckless hunting until Phoebe has little Star." She stated in support.
"And you wonder why I took so long to tell you? It was because I knew that you would react this way." Phoebe added a suppressed scoff. They were going to start treating her like an invalid.
The spirit raised its brows and let out a weary sigh. "None of you needs to worry about Star. She can protect herself; you need to concentrate on eliminating the demons that have been roaming around for years and finding the keys." It assured them.
"Are you certain the baby that is as soft as butter, has no teeth and still living inside of her mother can protect herself?" Maureen asked, her words came from a place of doubt.
Nodding, the spirit smiled reassuringly. "Very much so, and again you do not have time for this with all the things that you need to do." It reminded them.
"Please highlight that part, with demons running crazy, an immortal demon commander on the loose and a supernatural war on the horizon we do not have time to worry about a supernatural baby that has magic. Moreover, I think that you have all forgotten that we have been hunting all this time, and I have managed just fine. Do not try to babysit me, we have a world to save." She chanted the spell again and her stomach took on a normal appearance once again. "Also keep the news about baby Star to yourselves. I don't want others aiming for my stomach deliberately in a fight." Phoebe added.
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