MM!AU: Bedtime Story By Soundwave3591 Watch

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...Pyrrha was about to reply when the door swung open.

"Look Mama, Look Daddy, JJ's walkin'!" Lia's voice sang through the small room.

A brief flash of anticipation that coursed through Pyrrha's heart-Her sickly son was still crawling at an age where most children had at least taken their first toddling steps- was replaced with a familiar mix of Maternal affection and bemusement, as she saw her still infant son was not so much "walking" as being held up by his older sister, his little legs dangling below him and occasionally touching the floor.

Her smile slipped-a tad-at the sight of JJ's face, which was pinched in clear discomfort. A small whimper escaped his lips, at which Pyrrha decided to put an end to her daughter's efforts.

"Sweetie, JJ's not a doll." Jaune said, his tone conveying a mirror of Pyrrha's feelings as he slipped out of the bed and walked over to his children.

JJ emanated as much relief as a one-year-old could express as his father lifted him from his sister's arms, before scooping Lia up, the young girl squealing in delight.

"Now, what are you two still doing awake?" Jaune asked, as he gently plopped his daughter on the bed at Pyrrha's feet before sitting down and handing JJ off to Pyrrha. The boy nuzzled into his mother's embrace immediately.

"We wanna bedtime story!" Lia replied, lying on her stomach and kicking her legs bag and forth as she smiled sweetly at her parents.

"Stowey!" JJ echoed, managing to convey the word clearly despite his youth. Pyrrha smiled brightly at her son's huge eyes: while he may not be as developed physically, his mental faculties were advanced for someone his age.

Ah, books. JJ loved books. Thank goodness for Blake, or else Pyrrha knew she'd be in trouble there. Her son was already reading at a preschool level, and Pyrrha was having a hard time keeping him in new material to read.

"Alright, alright." She replied to her children's excited stares "ONE story, then off to bed with you two."

"YAAAY!!!" Lia cheered, rolling back and forth on the wide bed of her parents.

JJ gleefully giggled as Pyrrha handed JJ back to Jaune, slipped her long legs out from beneath the covers and set the committee reports she'd been going over on the bedside table as she stood and crossed to the bookshelf over her small desk.

Among the Huntress training manuals and some other older materials from her Beacon days, an old, weathered green book sat, nestled neatly near the end of the shelf.

"What story shall we read tonight?" she asked, loud enough for her children to hear, "The Girl in the Tower?"

JJ vigourously shook his head at that, whimpering.

"Scawey!" he declared, before hugging Jaune tightly. Pyrrha smiled consolingly at her son as she turned back to the shelf.

"Okay, okay, no Girl in the tower. Hmmm...how about the Lady of the Lake?"

"We read that one last night, Mama, remember?" Lia said.

"Oh, yes we did, didn't we? hmmm...." she said, not letting her children see the smile on her face. she'd already known when she stood what story she was going to read.

"how about the Story of the Seasons?"

"YESSSSSS!" Lia drew out, and JJ clapped excitedly as he wiggled in Jaune's arms.

Pyrrha smiled broadly as she slipped the familiar book from the shelf. she already knew her children would want this story...so dear to her for reasons untold to the two youths. Jaune, Nora and Ren knew, as did team RWBY, and she'd made it clear she wanted to keep it from the youngsters for as long as possible.



As she sat back down on the bed, sliding her legs back under the covers, her maternal, joyous smile never wavered as her two children wiggled and crawled into a good position to see the pages of the large book. JJ nestled in her lap while Lia crawled under her right arm.

"are we all comfortable?" Pyrrha asked, as Jaune nestled close to her and slid an arm over her shoulder.

"Mm-hmm!" Lia said as she stared expectantly at the book, while JJ nodded.

"alright then." Pyrrha said, opening the large book and beginning to read.



"Deep in the Forests of Remnant, beside a great and mighty River, stood the small fragile home of a cold, frail man..."



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for the "Mother Maiden" AU, as the Arc Parents read a bedtime story to their children.

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Published : Jul 6, 2016