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Aftershock	By : CAMfan27 Category: G through L > Legend of the Seeker Views: 3673 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Fifteen
The next morning, everyone awoke bright and refreshed. Richard was pretty ready to go and get that shadow water for Cara. He was very impatient to cure her of being a baneling. He got up and started rolling up the bedrolls. He caught Kahlan's eye and she gave him a smile. He put his bedroll in his pack and set it down. He put Kahlan's next to her pack and did the same with Zedd's. Cara always insisted on taking care of her own, she insisted that she served Lord Rahl, not the other way around. Kahlan was finishing up cooking breakfast. He sat down next to the fire. Zedd had been last on watch and he was already mostly packed up.
Cara was just awaking and she gave Richard a morning nod and a "Good morning, Lord Rahl." She was glad that she did not have to worry about killing anyone just yet. She was tired of worrying about it. She just wanted this nightmare to be over. She cast a glance towards Kahlan again and sighed. She had to stop mooning over her. Richard and Kahlan had talked and they were better than ever. Cara mused aloud, "I hope that sorceress is taking good care of our daughter."
Kahlan looked at her and gave her an indulging smile. "You'll be fine, Cara. And so will Sonya." She said, as she stirred the spice soup. "Adie can take care of Sonya just fine."
Cara gave her a look. "She better take care of her just fine." She smirked. She would kill Zedd's little girlfriend if she got back and Sonya wasn't fine. She liked Adie, but Sonya was her child. She would have to make sure that Adie paid if something happened to Sonya.
Richard was actually physically bouncing on the balls of his feet. He was very ready to go. He turned to Kahlan. "Aren't you done fixing breakfast?" He asked.
Kahlan gave him a smile. She loved him, and she loved when he was all adorable like this. She said, "No, Richard, I need a couple more minutes. I know that you're impatient to help Cara, but we bought some time last night and we need to eat. We have to be strong enough to be able to save Cara. You must be patient." She laughed a little. Richard sat down, trying not to look like a petulant child. He was thinking about how he was going to defeat the Keeper. Zedd was watching Kahlan cook. He was going to leave this world eating.
Kahlan was thinking about Sonya. She had such a happy baby. She stirred the soup, declaring it finished. Zedd was first to offer up his bowl. Kahlan finished doling out the soup, and they began eating. She stayed quiet while everyone else ate. She was thinking about something. She was thinking she was pregnant. With all the upset lately, she had been a little off. She was very excited. She and Richard were going to have their first child. She thought now would be a good idea to say something. It would take everyone's mind off what was happening with Cara. She waited until Zedd was finished talking, and said, "I have to tell you all something."
Richard looked up from his finished bowl of soup. He wondered what his betrothed had to tell them. He smiled at her. She was so beautiful. It blew him away every time he looked at her. "What is it, Kahlan?" He asked.
She couldn't keep the smile off her face. She said, "I am pregnant. We're going to have a little girl, Richard." She leaned over to give him a kiss. She never thought that she'd be able to have a child with the man she loved.
Richard kissed back and put his bowl down so he could throw his arms around her. In his exuberance, he knocked them back on the forest floor. Kahlan was laughing. Zedd watched them with a smile on his face. Cara watched with a bemused look. Richard helped Kahlan sit up, and pulled leaves out of her hair. He said, "Maybe we should get you somewhere safe."
Kahlan didn't want to be seperated from Richard, but she thought he was right. "I guess you're right, Richard. I would love to go and visit the Mud People village. And we wanted to get married there." She didn't think that she could have the baby without being married.
Richard wasn't sure they should take the time to get married, but he couldn't refuse Kahlan much of anything. "If we don't spend a lot of time doing it, that could happen. After we save Cara we can collect the others and got to the Mud People village." He ran his hands through Kahlan's hair. If it was possible, she was even more beautiful to him now. She was practically glowing. He had never seen her look so happy, either.
Cara finished her soup, watching Richard and Kahlan cavort on the grass. She couldn't help but smile, even with her feelings for Kahlan. She was glad that Kahlan was so happy. She said, "Sonya will be glad to have a baby sister." She bet that Sonya would too. Sonya was a happy baby. Sonya would love to play with a baby sister.
Kahlan looked at her. "I bet you're right, Cara. I'm glad I could give her one." With everyone finished eating, they began picking up the rest of camp.
They set off for the fall, Cara walking behind them all. Zedd was in front, Richard and Kahlan in the middle. Cara was musing to herself that she was a little jealous of them. Kahlan was having Richard's child. Cara and Kahlan would not have another. She still wanted to know why they had even had one in the first place. She wished Verna had been able to tell them more about Sonya. She wanted to know what was in store for her daughter. What she really wanted to know was who had conspired to get her pregnant in the first place.
She was bolted out of her reverie by Richard. They had come along the waterfall, and it was disppearing. He was grabbing her and yanking her towards the water. Cara laid out on her stomach, and Richard gathered water in his hand, and offered it up to her. She got it down as quickly as she could, and then Richard gathered up more. She drank that, too, and they wondered how they were going to see if it worked.
They didn't have to wait long to try and see, they ran into some more D'Harans. They'd been fighting some men, and there were a couple of women. One of the D'Harans killed one of the women. Cara knelt to the ground, to give her the breath of life. When it worked, they knew that she was cured of being as baneling. Kahlan forgot that there was awkwardness between them and threw her arms around Cara, glad that she was going to be alright.
Later that night, they were setting up camp again. Kahlan couldn't wait to get back and get Sonya. She was thinking about what their wedding was going to be like. She had never let herself dream about her wedding. She knew that she'd be able to get married, but she had never thought that it would be for love. She ran her hand over her belly. She couldn't believe that there was a baby in there.
Zedd got to work fixing them something to eat, and Richard sat down on the grass next to Kahlan. "So I guess you'll be the one looking after Sonya, since you'll be with the Mud People." He wondered what they would say about the whole situation. He was hoping that as long as they knew that he was fine with it, then they'd be fine, too.
Kahlan guessed he was right. She was glad. She'd get to spend some time with her daughter. She was going to hate being so far away from Richard and Zedd and Cara. But it would be nice to spend some time with the Mud People. She was going to go crazy without being able to help on the quest, but they had to think about their little one. "I guess you're right. I can't wait to show her off to the Mud People." She smiled.
Cara was just sitting down. She had just gotten through chopping the wood for the fire. Richard had helped some, too. She felt odd about just sitting down, she didn't see how that was protecting Lord Rahl. She watched as Zedd prepared supper. She was going to miss Sonya when she was staying with Kahlan. She knew that Sonya would have a good time with the Mud People. She was a very happy little girl and enjoyed going anywhere they took her. She couldn't wait unitl they defeated the Keeper and she could be with her again. Aloud, she said, "How long will it take to get to these Mud People you guys keep talking about?"
Richard shrugged. "At least a couple of weeks. We'll hope that we make it there safely. I don't want anything to happen to Kahlan or Sonya." He said. He gave Cara a smile. They hadn't gotten to talk yet, but they had gone right back to normal. Richard was glad, there were no words to how he felt about Cara. He loved her very much.
His grandfather said, "Richard, you and Kahlan are going to need someone to officiate. I am pleased to do the honors." He smiled as he stirred the stew they were having.
Richard and Kahlan shared a look. If they did as they wanted and got married in the Mud People village, the Bird Man would officiate. He hated to hurt Zedd's feelings. He loved his grandfather very much. "Zedd, I hate to break this to you, but the Bird Man is going to preside over the wedding. I hope your feelings aren't hurt." He gave his grandfather an apologetic look.
Zedd was a little disappointed, but if that's what they wanted, he was fine with it. "Well, if that's your decision, Richard, that's just fine. There's no point getting upset about it. Well, supper's on." He dished out the bowls of stew. They all ate, talking about Richard and Kahlan's wedding.
The next day, they travelled as quickly as they could. They had a long journey to the Mud People village ahead of them and they didn't want to waste time dillydallying. They got back into town by early evening. They went straight to Sebastian's shop. Cara went ahead of them and burst through the door. She was calling out for Sonya. She was surprised when Sonya came crawling up, looking bigger than when they had left. She looked as if she was a year old now. Cara whirled upon Zedd as Sonya's arms reached up, grabbing for Kahlan. "Is there anything you can do about the fact that Sonya seems to keep growing every day? She gives new meaning to the expression growing like a weed." She snapped.
Zedd made a face at her, but said, "I can't do a thing, Cara, I don't know anything about how she came to be about. I wish that I could do something. Maybe we can get word to Nathan Rahl somehow, and ask him if he knows anything more."
Cara turned to Sonya, who was resting comfortably in her mother's arms, playing with Kahlan's hair. Her dark curly hair was getting longer, too. Her blue eyes seemed to get bluer by the hour. She shook her head. "You keep growing, and you are getting prettier by the minute."
Sonya surprised them all by saying, "Yes, Mama." She just blinked back at them as they all stared at her.
Kahlan gave Sonya a kiss. "Well, that's new." She said, bouncing Sonya on her hip. She thought they had the cutest baby she'd ever seen. "Is there anything else you know how to say?" She asked Sonya.
Sonya replied, "Mama, are you and Unca Richard getting joined? Auntie B says you are." She was blowing them all away with how far she had advanced. She seemed perfectly content in Kahlan's arms. She smild at them all in turn, though. She so loved them all.
Kahlan wondered if now was going to be the time to explain Sonya's Confessor powers to her. Or, as well as she could, anyway. There was no telling how Sonya's powers were going to turn out with her being only part Confessor. She said, "Well, Auntie Berdine's right. Richard and I are going to be married. We're going to need a flower girl if you're of the mind to be one." She was so happy to have this darling baby in her arms. She didn't care how Sonya came about, but she was glad, Sonya was such a good little girl.
Sonya gave her mother a big smile. "Of course, Mama." She said. She held out her arms for Cara, and Kahlan let Cara take her. Sonya hugged Cara tight around her neck. "I love you, Mama." She said.
Cara looked at her in surprise. "I love you, too, Sonya." She balanced Sonya on her hip as the others discussed where they were going to go for supper. Cara wondered if Sonya was going to be OK. She was right nervous about all this growing she was doing.
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