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"I'm tired of being a part time king." Grian groaned laying upside-down on the bed while Mumbo was getting his shirt on.
"You're the one who took Rains' king mark." Mumbo chuckled, "Get up from the bed like that, you're gonna get a head rush."
"Naggy, naggy, naggy." Grian teased, "I wonder what X, Scar, and team ZIT are doing."
"Probably the same as us. Nothing."
"This whole king thing is overrated. I honestly want the day to be over so I can go back to hermitcraft and work on my mansion."
"It's not that bad Gri."
"We've been here for three weeks straight and all we've been doing is making sure a 'welcome back' party is in order."
"It's normal."
"IT'S OUR OWN. They're welcoming back the fallen warriors, but it's not just us. It's also the previous corrupted now uncorrupted angel warriors that fell victim when the realm first fell."
"I know that. But you've only been king a year and it's good to know that the realm is back to it's original glory."
Grian let out a lighthearted chuckle, "I mean... Yeah. The realm is looking better than it was when we first got back. Other parts of it were a mess while the palace was stationed as home for the angels."
"Honestly Grian, it's better to be doing something that helps the whole realm."
"I'm aware, Mumbo. I'm just bored."
"Grian..."
"What?"
"I will pull you off the bed if you don't sit up."
"Is that a challenge?" Grian taunted, "I'd love to see you try."
Mumbo knelt down to where he was face to face with Grian.
"Maybe it is."
Grian smiled with a chuckle, then Mumbo grabbed his arms and he pulled Grian off the bed, landing with a thud.
"Ow." Grian chuckled, looking up at Mumbo who was laughing, "Y'know when I said 'pull me off the bed' I didn't mean throw me to the floor."
"You were asking for it."
Knock Knock Knock
"Sires."
"What's up Seb?" Grian asked sitting up.
"Your court is awaiting your decision on the new renovations to the city."
"Yeah, we'll be out in a minute."
"You also have gifts to accept, sir. Along with deeming the new angel team."
"We'll be down in a moment, Seb. Leave us, please."
"Yes sire."
When Seb left, Grian and Mumbo stopped fooling around and got dressed in their 'Fallen' attire. Grian and Mumbo were both required to slick back their hair so it not to be in their faces. That was the only part of the 'job' he didn't care for. But he knew that he had to be presentable for the angel realm.
Granted the two haven't been back to Hermitcraft in three weeks but Grian had been the king for a year now. He had restored two thirds of the realm with the architectural angels and Mumbo. It was quite the site. The realm looked futuristic, the angels were happy and welcomed back after their souls were cleansed of all evil, members of the counsel were happy with the decisions Grian had made and what he has done for the realm as a whole. No one had disapproved of the way they had things ran.
As the two walked down the purple carpeted hall, members of their court greeted them and walked beside the two angels;
"Sire Grian, the farmers are wanting to know where they are to leave their goods."
"Back of the palace should be fine, have the angels from the kitchen meet them."
"After your gift acceptances, you have a meeting to go to with the main counsel about the new addition to the architectural district, then the latest meeting for the general public as they are needing more supplies for the expansions."
"Have the general public meeting pushed until tomorrow." Grian said pointing to the schedule, "Mumbo and I absolutely 100% need to meet with the hermits. We've missed the last two meetings they've had and we're about to get our tails handed to us by X if we miss another."
"You're king, you have excuses."
"What I have are other responsibilities." Grian snarked, "That can wait until tomorrow."
"Sire-"
"Make it happen."
"Yes sir, after the architectural meeting, it's lunch and then you're free to leave."
"And what's lunch?" Mumbo asked.
"Really? You're already thinking about food?" Grian chuckled, "It's 10 AM!"
"It's happy hour somewhere my dear." Mumbo chuckled back, "What's the menu?"
"Bar-B-Que ribs, potato salad, tea, and assorted vegetables, and a small glass of red wine as per request your highness."
"Delicious."
"It is going to be quite the sight sires." The court member opened the big door to let the two into the main room, "Right this way."
As the two walked through and greeted the other court members and went through with the acceptances. That took an hour and a half, that's when Grian looked at Mumbo.
"When's the hermit meeting again?" He asked with a sigh, "Xisuma'll have our tails if we're late."
"3:30." Mumbo replied with a sigh, "It's only 11:30."
"Okay.. So the next meeting will take another hour and a half, and then lunch we can take an hour and we can go back to the hermits and attend their meeting. Our lives are just full of meetings now."
"Yeah." Mumbo said with a breathy chuckle.
~Time skip to after lunch~
After lunch it was near 3 PM and the two hermits rushed up to their room and made sure they had everything they needed to get back to Hermitcraft before Xisuma were to murder them. The two had near to no time with gathering everything they needed.
By the time they did, it was 3:25.
"Oh shoot. We're gonna be late." Grian panicked, "Mumbo, come on! You can mess up your hair when we get to Hermitcraft! You are literally the traditional girl of every relationship, move it!"
"I'm ready, let's portal over." Mumbo shouted.
Meanwhile in Hermitcraft
"I don't think they're coming." Doc said, "They've missed the last two meetings there's no way they're gonna make it."
"They'll be here, Doc. Have some faith." Scar scolded, "They're royalty now, they have more to handle."
Then a portal opened and Doc chuckled; "Proved me wrong again."
When Grian and Mumbo popped through, Grian sighed and closed the portal.
"Hey guys, sorry we're late. Mumbo was taking forever to figure out what he needed." Grian said then ruffled his hair a mess, "I seriously hate having my hair slicked back. I prefer my messy curls."
"You look better with messy curls anyways."
"XISUMA!" Grian playfully taunted, "Let's get this meeting started, okay? Mumbo and I have been busy 24/7 for the past three weeks. And I have things to work on."
~One more boring meeting later~
After that last meeting, Grian realized he was still in his Fallen attire and changed back to his normal red jumper and jeans.
"If I have to attend one more meeting today, I'm going to strangle someone." Grian groaned slamming his head against the table, "I am so tired."
"We both are." Mumbo chuckled pulling Grian out of the room and meeting up with Scar and Xisuma outside.
"You two literally look like you're about to fall asleep."
"We've been running around the entire realm trying to keep up with the meetings and things." Grian said with a chuckle as something grabbed his ankle, "Are we really doing this again? Deja vu. AH-" He screamed as he was dragged through the ground appearing in hell chains around his entire body and wings.
"Grian, son of Jamal."
"Satan... Son of... A bitch! You're still alive!"
"It takes a lot more than a stab from a sword to kill me."
"Right, um... You disappeared into particles. Care to explain that logic?"
"You angels."
"This angel is a king and I won't hesitate to kill you again."
"I don't really care." Satan said getting up and grabbing the chain making sure he and Grian were at eye contact.
"You may be ten feet tall now, but that doesn't mean I'm scared of you." Grian said with a cocked eyebrow, "You're still the Satan that died to my hand three years ago."
"Okay, do you have to be so mean?"
"Yes. Anyways, what's your plan so you can send me back to my world. Y'know, the usual, 'evil plot to later be foiled by the good side' ritual."
"Now I don't want to tell you."
"You're making my life difficult dude." Grian groaned, "Quit being petty and give it up."
"I'm just gonna send you back up to your world then kidnap you later. Bysies!"
"You're such an idiot." Those were Grians' last words to Satan as he appeared back on top of the world in Hermitcraft.
"G, what just happened?" Xisuma asked, "That was so.. abrupt."
"Yeah, no. It was Satan and he has some evil plot that he won't tell me about."
"I... SATAN!?" Scar shouted, "I thought you killed him!"
"I did. He's alive and for some reason he's ten feet tall, fire in his charred skin, he literally looks like he's made of lava." Grian groaned, "He's also being petty."
"Satan's being petty." Xisuma chuckled, "I find that hard to believe."
"I find it hard to believe that he's alive." Grian said walking away, "Xisuma, Scar, the 'welcome back' party reunion thing is going to be next Friday. It's technically formal attire but your angel outfits will work just fine."
"What're you and Mumbo going in? Oh great King." Scar teased.
"Haha very funny." Grian said rolling his eyes, "Mumbo and I are going in our normal angel attire. Though our physician angel may have different plans."
"Grian, don't sound so down." Mumbo chuckled, "I'm sure Seb has the best ideas on how to make us stand out."
Grian mouthed, 'no' to Scar and Xisuma who then started snickering at them, "ANYWAYS! Um, I gotta get to work on my man-"
Then a portal to the angel realm appeared and Seb walked through.
"Mansion... What Seb?"
"We need you and your team in the realm. It's urgent."
"What's going on?" Grian asked, "If it's just about the party then it can wait."
"It's not. Someone from hell is trying to get into the realm."
"Oh for the love of- Let's move, Fallen." Grian said, changing and running into the portal with the others.
One portal trip later
When Grian and the gang arrived in the realm, everything was normal.
"Seb." Grian said, his tone annoyed but slightly threatening, "There's nothing here."
"My apologies sire, but you seem to be mistaken."
Grian turned towards Seb, "I don't understand. Seb, what is going o-"
Grian felt a pinch in his neck along with the other three. He took out what was stabbed in him.
"Really? A Tranquillizer dart?" Grian scoffed as the other Fallen members fell unconscious, "Those don't affect me! I've literally died before!"
"Then this might hurt Sire." Seb said as Grian got hit over the head.
~Three hours later~
Grian was first awake out of the four. Grian took note of where the others were. Mumbo was laid next to him, Xisuma by the closet and Scar next to the desk. Grian rubbed the sore spot against the back of his head and got up and walked to the large double door.
When he tried opening it, the door wouldn't budge.
Locked. Damnit Seb.
Grian then started to bang on the door and shout, "SEB. OPEN THIS DOOR. THIS ISN'T FUNNY."
Through the other side he could hear Seb talking, but he couldn't understand a word he said.
"SEB." Grian shouted, "SEBASTION. OPEN THE DOOR. SEBASTION!"
Grian groaned in frustration and walked to his bedside table and grabbed a pin from it and walked back towards the door and started trying to pick the lock.
"Ow..." Someone groaned, Grian looked back and saw that it was Mumbo, "Grian? What's going on?"
"Your guess is as good as mine. Sebastian knocked us all out. But with help. And when I find out who helped I swear, there is going to be hell breaking loose."
"What-"
"The three of you were hit with tranquillizer darts. So was I, but I'm immune because I died that one time while fighting the devil." Grian said as the lock popped unlocked, he got up and tried opening the door, "What..."
Grian looked at the door hinges, "Are you serious!? He changed the way the hinges are aligned. The door opens outward."
"Are you serious right now?" Mumbo said annoyed, "That's annoying."
"Mumbo, they've literally trapped us in our room." Grian groaned as Xisuma and Scar woke up, "Sebastian is going to lose his job is he doesn't unblock these doors."
"What-?" Xisuma started to ask, "We're trapped inside aren't we?"
Grian and Mumbo both nodded and the four angels started to talk about how they were going to get out.
"Windows are blocked, door is blocked, how are we getting out?"
"Damned if I know X."
"Scar, there's no way we're getting out of this by arguing..."
The talking kept going on, but Grian got up and opened the window.
It's just wooden boards... Nails are on the opposite side so there's no prying those... Maybe..
Grian took his hand, placed it on the board and changed into his 'ultra form' and it destroyed the board.
"Hey!" Grian shouted then pointed to the window, "I got a way out." The three angels looked at Grian as their jaws dropped slightly, "It was just a wooden board."
When Grian started climbing through the window he looked back at the three, "You guys coming or what?"
"We.. Uh.. Y-yeah. We're coming." Xisuma stuttered.
When Grian was out he made sure he floated in the air, his wings flapping, "Okay, Scar next."
When Scar got out, he followed the same movements as Grian and the two helped the other two out of the window.
"Now where do we go from here smart stuff?" Mumbo snarked, "Cuz right now we're just floating."
"Look, I'm mad at Sebastian too. But that doesn't mean we take it out on each other. We'll just go through the front like sensible angels and find out what the heck is going on. Because knocking us out is extremely uncalled for."
The three angels glared at him and Grian glared back, "If you guys have a better plan, by all means, speak up."
A moment of silence, "No? That's what I thought."
Grian and the gang then flew down to the main entrance to the palace and were almost stopped by the guards.
"Where's Sebastian?" Grian asked, "I need answers."
"Main room." Replied the guard.
As the four angels walked to the main doors of the main hall, Grian immediately saw Seb and shouted;
"SEBASTIAN."
"Oh shit.." Sebastian whispered, "Sire, there-"
"What is the meaning of this?" Grian asked immediately, "You can't just knock my team and I out without an explanation."
"Sire, we just needed you to stay in one place because we need you to stay in one place because we are planning something that you shouldn't be seeing. Now that sounds bad in hindsight, but it's supposed to be a surprise for the four of you." Sebastian panicked.
Grian looked at him in annoyed confusion then exchanged the same look to Fallen and back to Seb, "Y'know you could have just asked us to stay in our chambers right? You didn't have to go as far as to knock us out."
"My apologies sire, in hindsight it wasn't the best idea."
"No it wasn't." Grian said with a sigh, "Okay, look... I'm upset, yes. But here's what I want from you."
"Y-Yes sire?"
"Fix the hinges on our door, unblock our windows and come to me if you need anything approved or signed for."
"Yes sir. James, get on that." Sebastian said, the angel named James left, "I'm not in deep trouble am I?"
"No. But next time you knock us out, I will knock you out. That's not a threat. That's a promise." Grian said changing to his normal Fallen outfit, "But seriously, I love you like you're my son, so don't do something stupid. 'Kay?"
"Yes sir."
And with that, Grian turned to one of the court members doing nothing really and called his name.
"Johnathan!" He called, the angel walking over quickly, "Get X and Scar situated into separate rooms. I trust you'll get them comfortable with it. Come, Mumbo."
"What do you think I am? A dog?"
"Mumbo. So help me." Grian warned as Scar and Xisuma followed the one angel showing them to a room, "Just.. We need to talk. 'Kay? Nothing bad."
Mumbo rolled his eyes with a light-hearted chuckle and followed Grian to their room.
"What did you want to talk about, Gri?" Mumbo asked after the two sat in almost silence for five minutes.
"Promise me you aren't going to freak out."
"Grian."
"Dude. We're going to have a child."
"You're kidding..?" Mumbo asked fright almost in his voice.
"No, I'm not. Don't go telling the staff about it. Please, the last thing I need right now is people finding out I'm pregnant with the first angel baby in over a century."
"So how long is an angel gestation period?" Mumbo asked as Grian flopped onto his back against the bed.
"Pretty much just three months." Grian said with a sigh, "It's why I don't want to get too stressed out with the whole king thing and this party. I'm only a month, but angels don't show. So it's not a big deal."
"That's why you didn't have your heat this month. That makes sense."
"Don't even bring up my heat dude. Let's just keep this on the DL. 'kay?"
"That we can do Gri. That we can do."
~One week later~
After the party, Grian and Mumbo were watching a movie in their room while Scar and Xisuma were portalling back to hermitcraft.
"That was fun." Mumbo chuckled, "I don't want to do it again any time soon though."
Grian chuckled at Mumbo's statement, "Same though. Parties are just too much."
"You're telling me."
~Two months later~
Grian was standing in the middle of the room while there was a crowd around him and Mumbo, "No, you cannot keep the chicken!"
"Sire we need this signed off."
"There. Go. Next."
Grians' head was spinning as he kept trying to attend to all the demands of the court.
"GET OUT OF HERE WITH THAT DAMN CHICKEN. No, that meeting needs to be pushed back.... Granted, go. Next!"
This all ended quickly when the over play of a loud bell over the clamoring angels.
"ALRIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH. EVERYONE OUT." Grian shouted, everyone did as asked and Grian walked to Mumbo out of breath.
"Are you okay?" Mumbo asked.
"I'm fine. Just.. tired. Today was a busy day." Grian replied with a sigh as Mumbo and him walked to their room.
"That guy with that chicken though."
"Don't even. That guy with that chicken is just a farmer who wants his chicken to lay eggs for the cooks."
When Grian and Mumbo got to their room, Grian immediately took off his shirt and messed up his hair, then proceeded to take a drink of water.
"You sure you're okay?" Mumbo asked walking up to him, "Your skin feels clammy and you've got a fever."
Grian grunted, "I'm sure I'm fine."
Grian suddenly felt dizzy as he tried looking into Mumbos' eyes. When Grian nearly fainted, Mumbo grabbed Grian and put him in the tub before running into the hall and telling people to get the medical angels.
After Grian had given birth to their wonderful little daughter, Mumbo decided that they'd use the name they picked out early on, which was, Clarity.
The medical angels put an IV into Grians' arm so that he'd get some fluids back while he rested. By this time, Mumbo and the other angels made sure that he was clean as he slept. They had put him under a heating blanket and made sure that he and their child was healthy. Which they were.
As Grian laid exhausted in the bed under the blankets, Mumbo held their small newborn child in his arms, cradling her. Making sure she felt safe in the world. Grian laid on his side with his left arm extended out and his head laid on his right arm, which folded on top of his left, a small 'hospital' wrist band around his left wrist, his wings gently folded on top of one another. His right wing nearly resting on his shoulder.
Mumbo glanced over to his sleeping boyfriend and smiled, knowing that he and their daughter were going to be okay.
When Grian woke up the next morning next to Mumbo. He quickly noticed that Mumbo was sitting up and humming. Grian stretched and propped himself up on his left elbow.
"Hey, good morning sunshine." Mumbo greeted with a chuckle.
"Hey." Grian greeted back, groaning at how hoarse his voice sounded, "How long was I out?"
"Maybe Fifteen hours."
"Ugh." Grian groaned fully sitting up with a wince, taking out the IV tube, "That was exhausting."
"I can imagine." Mumbo chuckled.
Grian smiled and held out his pinky for the tiny angel to grab, which cutely it did.
Knock knock knock
Grian groaned as he said, "Come in."
Xisuma and Scar were the ones to come in.
"Well you're looking better than you did yesterday."
"How many people were here!?" Grian asked as the blankets fell to his lap.
"Just me, them, the two medical angels.... Three guards."
Grian glared at Mumbo and Scar and Xisuma laughed.
"Anyways." Grian said, "What's up?"
"Well, Hermitcraft is fine and has been growing in your absence..." Xisuma started;
"When is it not?" Grian snarked.
"But the hermits were wondering when you two were coming back down to the world."
"Only time can tell now, X." Grian said with a chuckle, "I don't think we're coming back any time soon."
"We kinda figured as much." Xisuma said, "After all you've just given birth to the first angel baby in over a century. People are going to be on you like honey."
"My only concern is well.. We're warriors and so.. There's a lot of dangers for an angel to be in when they're this young."
Then the door swung open.
"SIRE. There's a problem."
"What is it, Sebastian?"
"Satan found out about your child."
"Word travels fast..."