THE LIGHTNING LEGACYChapter 6

I’m Older!

College was over and everyone graduated with honors of some sort, besides A’Tuin, of course, and the end of college means there’s weddings to attend to.

I’m very happy with Anakin right now. He didn’t go into aspiration failure over being married. Sure, he didn’t roll the want to get married, but he didn’t fear it either. He’s such a good little Romance sim.

He did, of course, have other wants. Let’s just leave it at that.

Celeste, meanwhile, had just moved into her own house next to the Legacy lot. A’Tuin had said he’d be ready soon. But how soon was soon? She was ready to get married. She’d been ready since she was a freshman in college. Heading for the TV, she heard something outside, crunching on the gravel, as if someone was walking up to her door. She changed directions.

This is totally not obvious AT ALL!

She opened the door curiously, and then did a double take. No, it couldn’t be…But it was! She knew that green-striped shirt anywhere.Ignoring the bushes on her walkway, she ran toward him. This resulted in lots of scratches on her legs.

“You’re back,” she whispered as she jumped into his arms. A’Tuin savored the moment. He’d missed her so much. He was also happy to see that she wasn’t conscious about her skin anymore.At least, he assumed that was the case. I mean, if she was wearing short shorts, it was pretty much a given.

“Where have you been?” she demanded, ruining the moment A’Tuin was having.“That’s another story for another time. In short, I’m safe now, and I’m sure glad I’m a spare. They’re going to need me. Now,” he finished firmly, cutting off Celeste, who’d just opened her mouth to protest. “I believe we have a wedding to attend to.”“Whose?”He thumped her on the head. “Ours, silly. We’ve been waiting for four years, don’t you think it’s about time we got it done?”

So they got married. They decided to do it alone. Well, A’Tuin decided. Celeste wanted to invite people, but he countered, saying he didn’t want to be interrogated on his wedding day about where he’d been. As it was a reasonable request, Celeste obliged. All that really mattered was that they were (finally) getting married.

Back at the Legacy house….

Another couple was getting ready to tie the knot. And let me take this moment to say that I love these two together. <3“Today’s the day,” Annabeth said rather nervously to Chandler.“Yup,” he agreed. He seemed perfectly at ease, as though this was as easy as insertsomethingwittyhere. (I’m too drained to think of something.)You had to admire Chandler’s natural sense of calm. He’d been the only one to keep his head when, er, everything… happened a university.

“Well, Annabeth, that’s quite the wedding dress you’ve got there….”“I know, right?” *rolls eyes*Yeeeahhh, see, I haven’t downloaded any CC wedding dresses yet and I’m too impatient to start on gen-B to hunt one down right now. So you’re getting married in fishnets. Whatever. Although, Chandler, I’m sure you don’t mind.

*smirk* That’s what I thought.“Go away.”Whatever you say, Chandler dear.

Everyone was pleased to see that Sunny was expecting, although I’m sure you already knew it due the horrible maternity formal she was sporting in the background as Chandler and Annabeth exchanged rings.

*sigh* Ani, really, do you--?“Shush, Anna! You’re giving it away!”What am I going to do with you?

“Whoa! Baby!”Whoa! Baby! “You didn’t know?”How was I supposed to? You didn’t have any morning sickness at all!“But there was that lullaby that we heard after Chandler and I—”TMI, TMI! Yeah, I suppose there was. I just forgot since you didn’t throw up once.“I’ll try and puke next time then.”Really? You’d do that for your scatterbrained Creator?“I was being sarcastic.”

“Oh, yeah, I forgot tell you, Chandler. I’m pregnant.”“Really? Cool. Hello, offspring!” I really do love him. He’s so easygoing. “What are we going to name it?” “I dunno. But I’m scared. If Anna named my brother A’Tuin, I can only imagine what names she has ready for our children.”“Now I have the chills.”Aww, c’mon, they’re not that bad! “So what are they?”Nice try. You’ll just have to wait and find out.

“Can you tell me now? I’ve waited. OUCH! Chandler, get your butt out of bed this instant! This is all your fault!”

Thankfully, he did get out of bed, cuz we’ve got twins! (please ignore that I forgot to put the walls up in this picture.) Chandlers holding the girl, and Annabeth is holding the boy.

BellatrixWelcome baby Bellatrix! Named after Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter. I know every Potter-related legacy from the beginning of time has had a Bellatrix, but I’ve got to have one too. She’s a seriously evil witch, completely devoted to Lord Voldemort. She killed Neville’s parents and Sirius, so we hate her. Sirius killing aside, she’s an awesome character and I’m excited to have her in my game…. *makes plans*

Du nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh, du nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh…

BATMAN!Please welcome baby Batman to the family! (And if you think Batman’s a weird name, just you wait till Gen-C!)Named after the superhero, of course! No more explanation needed, I think. Oh yeah, he’s freaking awesome.

Batman and Bellatrix…. They’ll make quite a pair, don’t you think?

“Urgh.”“I see you’re preggers again, Annabeth.”“Urgh.”“Anything I can do?”“Urgh.”“Okay, then…”Chandler, I love you. I really do. My male spouses are so great.

Annabeth’s pregnancy passed smoothly. She was often alone during the day, with Chandler, Caleb and Liberty at work. She enjoyed the last day of summer by swimming while the twins were asleep.

Birthday time! I’m so excited to see how these two turn out!

Awww, what a cutie! I’d give you stats, but I’m way too lazy. But I believe she only has one nice point. Perfect or what? And I forgot to mention… A’Tuin has 10 nice points. As soon as I saw that when he grew up into a rather scary toddler, I could hardly believe it…. At least Bella doesn’t have that scary look. She is very cute though. Too cute, in fact… Dang you, Chandler, and your good genetics!

And here’s Batman! As you can tell, Daddy loves both his kids. He won’t leave them alone. No joke.But I love this kid. He’s such a sweetie, I can already tell. And he smiles, all the time. I love you, Batman!

And I now present for your viewing pleasure…..

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BEFORE YOU PROCEED TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT I HAVE THE HACK THAT ALLOWS TODDLERS TO GET OUT OF THEIR CRIBS, DESPITE THEIR ABILITY TO WALK, OR THE STATUS OF THEIR FUN BAR.

Thank you. You may continue.

“Why can’t I get out?!” Batman wailed.“Because, broth—” Bellatrix began. “Is that my voice? Is that MY voice? Oh well.* Because, brother, I am using my magic to lock you in!”“Bella! Cut it out!”“No.”“Why are you doing this?!” Batman demanded, still rattling the bars of his crib.Bella shrugged. “I dunno. It’s fun. I can do stuff like this. I’m older.”“Are not!”“Are too.”“We’re twins!”“But I was born first.”“Were not!”“Yeah-huh.”“Nuh-huh!”*Disney reference anyone?

Tears of frustration formed in Batman’s eyes. “BELLA! STOP!”“No.”“MUMMY!”

“What’s wrong, son? I thought you could get out of here on your own now.”“Daddy, Bella used her magic and wouldn’t let me get out of my crib!”Chandler turned to regard Bellatrix, who was playing with the rabbit innocently. He didn’t buy it.“Bella, you know not to use your magic against your brother,” Chandler scolded her. He turned back to Batman.“Where’s mummy?” he asked.“Oh.” Chandler bit his lip. “I don’t know. But then a yell came from the bedroom. “Giving birth, apparently.”

BelleAfter Annabeth proclaiming to never again have children, Belle was born. Named after one of my top 3 favorite Disney princesses, the other two being Meg from Hercules and Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire. One of the reasons Belle is my favorite is that she’s the one of the “down to earth” princesses, and shares a passion for reading, like myself.

Yay! Perma-plat! University really does make careers much easier. Chandler just became a Celebrity Chef, by the way.

Although he insisted he didn’t have a favorite grandchild, it was fairly obvious that he favored Belle. Part of that’s probably because she got his dark blue eyes, whereas Batman and Bella got Liberty’s. I’m rather sad none of the kids got Chandler’s green eyes.

“Who’s mummy’s little princess? That’s right, that’s right, it’s Belle!”

NEWSFLASH:

BELLE, THE ONLY CHILD IN THE UNIVERSE WHO LOVES TAKING A BATH.

See? Told you she’s his favorite! Anyways, it’s birthday time in the Lightning household.

Just as cute as her siblings! Belle does have an awful lot of hair for a toddler though. Hopefully she’ll grow into it. Naturally, she enjoys being read to by Grandpa.

And here’s the twins! They’ve both grown up so lovely. Batman’s such a nice guy, he’s even forgiven Bellatrix from locking him in his crib. Annabeth, however, isn’t too pleased with Bellatrix’s sense of style. She let her do her thing, though. After all, Bellatrix needed her independence.

Hello, A’Tuin, why are you here? You missed the birthdays already, sorry.“Oh, I was just passing by on my way home, and I really had to go to the bathroom.”

Lovely.

“Honey, what in the world are you doing out here at this ungodly hour?” Chandler yawned.“Chandler? I didn’t know you were up.”“I wasn’t, until I noticed you were missing. What are you doing?”“Trying to summon aliens. I got abducted when I was a teenager and it was awesome.”“Whatever. I’m going back to bed.”“I’ll be there soon.”

Oh brilliant, Annabeth. Just brilliant.“I forgot how much this hurts your arms…”Then let go of the telescope. There’s no avoiding it now. *sigh*“I would, but Maxis seems to think I don’t want to be abducted, grr.”I can’t believe I let you do this….

The next morning…“Ha ha! That was just as cool as last time!”You were just ABDUCTED! Why are you smiling?!“I just told you.”If I didn’t love you so much… Uh-oh. Did I just hear what I think I did?“Oh, don’t be silly, that couldn’t have been the baby lullaby. Guess we’re both hallucinating. I’m going to go eat before work. See you later.”*facepalm*

“Oh, crap.”I told you. I told you…

And that’s it, folks! Tune in next time to see what Chandler’s reaction is when he sees his wife like this again. Sorry for the crappiness of this chapter, I was trying to get it done before I played too far ahead. Until next time!*Anna* (clarinetplayer15)