"Mom?!" I said shocked and confused. "Surprise!!!" she said with jazz hands. "What are you doing here?" I asked still both shocked and confused. "What am I not aloud to visit my baby who is almost done carrying her baby?" she asked entering the apartment. "I didn't say that it's just if I knew you were coming I could have set up my room for you" I said closing the door behind her. 

"Amber I didn't want to stress or put you out so I told your brother I was coming and he already had his room set up before he left for work" she said turning to me. "now I'm here to help" she said. "help with what exactly?" I asked a little less confused. "I'm here to help you prepare for when the baby comes, I also be staying here at least a week after the baby is born. point is you have me till then" my mother explained. "you're going to make a Jackson sleep on a couch for probably about 3 months?" I questioned sarcastically.

she made a tapping sound with her tongue "of course not" she said obviously. "help me bring home an air mattress to sleep on, that way he won't have to sleep on the couch" my mother said as if it was truly so obvious. I smiled "you really are something Mom" I said walking past her into the kitchen.

"so have you thought of any baby names yet?" my mother asked curiously still in the living room. "not yet" I said as I started making her some tea. "Amber you really should do that for the gods sake you had your name picked up by the time I was 4 months pregnant with your brother" my mother said sarcastically. "well mom not everybody can be so prepared" I said as I brought her tea out to her. 

"Amber you have a 9 months relatively to get everything you need for a baby a name, supplies, etc. but you just spent the last seven of those months doing what?" she asked annoyed. "I just spent the last 7 months trying to keep everyone from killing it!" I snapped. "that is no excuse to be ill prepared!" she snapped back.

"mom I really can't do this with you right now" I said turning away from her. "if not now then when? all I want is for you to be prepared for when the baby comes!" my mother argued. "well you know what I'm not ready. in fact I am far from ready considering the fact that at first I wasn't even sure if I wanted to keep the baby then I find out the babies officially going to be a hybrid which for some reason makes people want to kill it. so I am sorry if I've been a little bit too preoccupied to get everything I needed for it!" I argued back.

"that is no way you talk to your mother" my mother said her voice cracking. "if I talk to my mother like that while I was pregnant she would have slapped me upside the head and strangled me" she continued. "Mom I don't want to fight with you but I don't need you constantly over my shoulder judging me for what I'm doing or not doing yet" I explained. "should you even be walking around?" she asked on the brink of tears. "probably not but here I am" I replied then plopped down on the couch.

"I just want you to be okay" my mother said sweetly "I know Mom it's just a stressful time" I replied putting my hand over my eyes. "so for the name I was thinking Maria" my mother said changing the subject. 'great we're back on the names' I thought to myself. "how do you even know if it's a girl?" I asked. "a grandmother knows Amber" she replied sitting down next to me.

"actually I was thinking something a little more unique and that's popular" I replied "like what?" my mother asked curiously. "I don't know,  if it's a girl something like Zoe or Lauren or Maya, something that's common but not used often" I said. "oh I'm sure you'll come up with a great name no matter what" my mother said seemingly proud.

"mom" I said "what is it?" she asked curiously. "why are you really here?" I asked "sure you could be doing your motherly duty and helping me but I also have a feeling you're here for another reason" I said honestly. she sighed "it's really not anything you should be worrying about" she said honestly. "mom talk to me" I told her. she took another deep breath and let it out. "the coven isn't in the best place right now" she said looking down at her hands.

"what do you mean?" I asked confused. "after Lora said her dying words the coven began to grow fear" my mother started to explain. "I did my best to keep it from splitting even more than it did but it wasn't easy" she continued "there were some who wanted to follow Martha and kill the child, some who thought that if the child was raised correctly Lora's prophecy wouldn't come about. some who stayed neutral not really knowing what to do" my mother continued to explain. 

"I was able to keep everyone relatively calm until the last week, they all went crazy some deciding right then and there that they would hunt you and kill you. that's the main reason I'm here" she finished explaining.

"now I have even more witches after me?" I asked, she nodded. "not just witches" she said "there are some who are teaming up with not just wolves but also vampires" she said seriously. "so everything just got a whole lot worse" I said shocked she nodded.

"we'll figure it out now is the time to find our true allies" I told her.

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in a city not too far from where Amber was stood three unknown people. one was a powerful witch, another was an old werewolf alpha, and the third a vampire as old as time itself. 

"I want the child" the witch said. "it won't be difficult to achieve but it would be best to wait until the witches must vulnerable time" the vampire replied "is it true?" the alpha asked "can a child really give us what we wany?" he asked the witch. the which smiled. "of course it is" she said "it worked the first time didn't it" she said looking at the vampire. 

"I wouldn't have the power I have now if it didn't work" the vampire replied "we will get what we want. we will get a piece of the goddesses heart" the witch said with a Sly smile.

To Be Continued