Sora finally woke up, about an hour later. He took some time to gather himself and Levi helped him up.
"Well stud, what'd the wonderful lady have to say?"
"Lennox is your Father, Levi?"
"Yes Sora, why do you ask?"
"There's a new prophecy. The path of savior remains the same. The path of destruction changed dramatically."
"Well, don't leave us hanging. I can handle whatever you have to tell me, Sora. I love and trust you."
Sora had a tear in his eye, but remained strong. This is what he wanted. The weight of the world on his shoulders.
"You die during the demon war and somehow disable our link, hoping that our child is the reason I remain strong and do not destroy the world. Unfortunately, it's not enough, and I destroy the world, with the exception of our child. Azazel, Eris and Helen catch me off guard and kill me and our child and steal everyone's power."
Brie immediately hugged Sora and the party stood in silence for several minutes, deep in thought.
"Well, there's nothing to worry about then! We know Sora will stay positive and we won't let Brie die!" Sasha said cheerfully.
"That's right! There's no way anyone lets this happen. How the hell does Brie disable such a strong spell?" Lucious asked curiously.
"She's a goddess. We are pretty strong, you know!" Celeste said while laughing.
The room sighed in relief. Everything was so much different but exactly the same.
*****
Azazel received a message from his hidden ally and called the group together. He explained the change in prophecy to the delight of his closest allies.
"This is good. This means we know we can continue to power both of them up and when Brie dies, we immediately gain that power!" Helen exclaimed excitedly.
"Things are going according to plan. This is quite good news indeed! I will ensure the titans are ready. When do we attack next?" Eris said while glowing.
"Soon. We will send a stronger batch this time. I'm sure Sora has grown immensely since our last fight. I can sense it. I will let you know when the time is right and this time we will only send titans. No sense letting fodder get in their way."
"Did I mention they have a child? I'm not sure when this happens but we can always try to lure that child away and steal his or her power as well!" Helen suggested with a menacing laugh.
"It would be like taking candy from a baby!" Beezle laughed sheepishly.
"Free power is the best power!" Azazel smirked.
In their eyes, things for the demons and werewolves couldn't be going better for them. Ironically, that's also how Sora and his party felt.
*****
The party decided to have a game night. Sora ran into his storage room and grabbed some games from Earth. They broke up into groups of two for charades and pictionary.
Lucious and Sera were surprisingly really great at the game, despite only dating for a few months. They dominated both games and bragged immensely.
Brie and Sora, Julius and Rissa, Levi and Sasha tried, but Faye and Aegir couldn't even match Lucious and Sera's dominance, despite being together for over 100 years in elven lands!
"Thank you for not cheating and speaking telepathically you silly little lovebirds." Leila laughed as she gave Luna a friendly pat on the back.
"We sucked!" Luna laughed.
"It's not fun when someone cheats! Ok, this next game is Uno…"
The party enjoyed drinks and a wonderful night of fun. It's what they all needed.
When it was time for bed, the party said goodnight and everyone went their separate ways. Jubelle snuck away with Ox into Ox's room. Sera stayed with Lucious at this point and even Julius and Rissa stayed together, although they never did anything sexual. The most they ever did was kiss. Bishop also moved into Celeste's room, just in case.
"Hey Levi, can you wait up for a second?" Sora asked politely.
"Sure stud. What's up?"
Brie and Sasha both lingered. Sasha wasn't about to leave her man.
"So, I am formally inviting you to join me on the council as our Uthra representative. You can accept or decline, but if you decline, I need you to invite members of your family to take that seat. Our meeting is coming up next week and we need two."
Levi looked at Sasha and smiled. Sasha turned red and Brie laughed.
"If I invite a member of my family, it gives away that I'm in a party with you. I'm going to have to take that seat myself. Sasha, would you be my partner on this council?"
"Is that even allowed? It's supposed to be Uthra seats, not an Uthra and a vampire," Sasha said nervously.
"Of course she can be. You know that thing where Athena made Sora and I absolute rulers and blessed us for marriage." Brie joked.
"Wait…you got her blessing to have a child, didn't you!" Levi boasted.
"How did you know?" Sora asked with a shrug and a smile.
"The prophecy. It said that Brie disabled the link with you in hopes your child is the reason you don't flip."
Sora and Brie both went red in the face as the realization of potentially having a child soon struck their hearts.
"It didn't say how old the child is and this war could go on for a long time." Sasha interjected.
"That's very true. I didn't want to bring a child into this world during war but like Brie said, if the gods and goddesses decide to bless us with a child, it happens."
"You'll be great parents!" Celeste said as she overheard from her room and teleported to the group. "Sorry, it was really easy for me to hear this."
"No need to be sorry! What's pregnancy like for a goddess anyway?" Brie asked curiously.
"Much different than humans. Because time flows differently in Paradise, having a child on Exteria would be much quicker. Instead of nine months, it would be three, each trimester lasting one month."
"That's amazing! How does our baby grow so rapidly?!" Sora asked in amazement.
"Our bodies are different, silly," Brie said while giving Sora a playful nudge and kiss.
*****
The masked god observed from his blank space.
'Excellent. The more power this world has to offer, the more powerful the four us become.'