The family was reunited in the family hall, they were having a nice dinner together... hornet was at the table with them... because hornet also knew what Alice look like... and she did not care... to her she was an odd looking bug from a faraway land, and she liked Alice... she was a powerful strong willed female... and she respect that...

she may be not strong physically but she had a strong will, powerful wise mind, and her most deadly weapon, that could cut through a bug in a deadly way that any nail... was her words... her tongue was sharper than any saw... her comments pointier that any nail and could shred a bugs will harder that any thorn... her mind was always plotting... she was dangerous...and that was hardcore, she could respect that.

One time hornet question her about how she was so good at planning ahead of things... she looked at hornet... and let out a chuckle...

-" clever people is a step ahead of any problem, smart people is two steps ahead... but wise people is a mile way ahead, treasure" she said...

Hornet stared at her –"so what are you?" she said curious... "Me? My dear, I already went and came back" she said and left hornet standing there... then she returned with two umbrellas and a pouch of snacks and extra geo... "You need to get to the archives to monomon for your study session right? you are going to need this... and you need to leave now..." Alice said...

-"but it's still early" said hornet, Alice caressed her head... "trust me hornet you need to leave now... once you get to monomon send a letter to your mom that you arrived safely, take the stag way and get there as fast as you can " said Alice and departed...

Hornet did what was told and left, in her way to the station the rain was pouring harder than usual... and many bugs where closing their stand and guards where escorting them to safer places in high grounds... she did not understand what was happening...

Suddenly the constant rain of the city of tears began to intensify ... she took out one of the umbrellas to cover herself from the annoying drops of water, when she saw that that second umbrella was in her bag ....- "why Did she give me two? "It was when I looked at Quirrel in the distance running, all wet, it was then that he slowly took out the second umbrella and offered it to him...

as they walked to the station to travel to the archive ... she thought this all seemed very surprisingly convenient ... two umbrellas, extra money to take the stag and not walk ... - "planning ahead, as if i already have come and gone from the place " she said in a whisper ...

After that day Hornet became an ever-present figure next to Alice, always asking questions and watching her actions with interest ... always watching, always asking questions ... Hornet wanted to learn to be a woman as wise and powerful as her. ... she knew she was strong because she was Herra's daughter, she knew she was skillful because she was a student of Queen Vespa ... but she wanted to be wise in more than simple knowledge as monomon ... she wanted to be strong, skillful, in the mind as Alice was, as the great Amethyst Lady is ...

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One day Hornet arrived with a great dilemma, and she immediately sought Alice's help ... recently there have been several beasts that have come to challenge her mother, of course Herra has always emerged victorious, but with each defeat, her mother has been more and more withdrawn and quiet ...

Until one day she looked at hornet and asked her

- "my daughter, do you feel alone here in the depths?" and hornet did not know why that question simply answered,

- "not much, I have you and the Webbers and midwife", Herra stared at her,

- "then tell me why you always want to go to the white palace?" she said, hornet also replied

- "I liked going to play with my siblings, have tea with my father and talk with lady amethyst, she always answers any of my questions no matter how strange they are, she is really wise", Herra looked contemplative to hornet.

- "Is she really that wise?" Herra said, hornet looked at her mother curiously- "she told me that she is an expert in the subjects she knows and a good student in the subjects she does not know" said hornet

- "Do you think that if I ask her something she will be able to answer me?" Herra said looking at some cobwebs in a state of contemplation

- "she once told me that she shares what she knows, investigates what she does not understand and looks for what she does not know ... there is no shame in seeking knowledge no matter how absurd Whether or not a question is important ... if it makes you curious and it is still on your mind it must be clearly important " said hornet very proud of being able to answer these questions appropriately, Alice was right, being able to share knowledge and help to others it is really gratifying especially if that someone is your mother.

- "My daughter I have a favor to ask you" said Herra in a serious tone, Hornet looked at her mother very attentively, - "I want you to invite Lady Amethyst to the depths, for now I cannot abandon them and I wish the help of someone of such great wisdom "said Herra ......

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BACK TO THE PRESENT.....

And that's how we see each other today with hornet sitting having tea with her father and Alice... To say that they were both really surprised would be something close to god smacked...

- "So your mom wants to ask me something?" Alice said, Hornet nodded, - "and she wants me to go with you to the depths?" Alice said to which Hornet nodded again.

- "Why does she want to talk with Alice and not with me? We are both monarchs, if it is something related to the recent attacks on her person by the other beasts? I can be of greater help" the pale king said something exasperated.

- "shush you wyrm ... this is clearly a more delicate subject than it seems, tell your mother that my answer is yes ... but it will have to wait for a week, since in a few days the delegates of the greenpath will come to visit and as you know your father has been with the short fuse when dealing with nobles with money problems "said Alice, receiving a hisss from the pale king.

And so on, day's later..........................

when Alice came to deepnest, it was certainly similar to something she imagined ... out of a horror movie like arachnophobia ... dark tunnels, cobwebs everywhere, and creatures running through them ... to say that she had been surprised before and horrified with centipedes and earwigs and things like that he ran into before he got there ... this certainly wasn't so bad ... if you ignore the feeling that something is going to jump you out of some dark corner.

But she made a promise to hornet and her word is gold ... so she walked through the tunnels being accompanied by Ghost and thorns as her bodyguards and skitter as always glued to her ... because honestly the incident with dryya and she didn't trust the pale king could control him.

So here she was ... sitting in a kind of hanging woven hammock.... really very comfortable ... 

- "I should remember to order some for the children and put them in the garden" Alice thought to herself.

after the terrifying and imposing presentation of herra before her ... she literally descended from the ceiling ... and she is really twice as tall as Alice ... they set out to tune the tea, and clearly herra knows nothing of making small and friendly conversations because the first thing I ask is - "How can you handle being with the wyrm all the time?" to which Alice chokes before giggling her ass off.

- "Oh come on, he's not that bad, you must have seen something good in him, after all, you had a daughter with him" said Alice.

- "The only good thing was that he was strong and being his daughter and when I ceased to exist, he would give him protection" she said while she drank some tea.

- "Very clever move ... so tell me or great Herra the beast of the depths, what can this humble minister of the kingdom of the pale king do for you?" she said with a mocking fanfare ... Herra giggled a little and took a breath.

- "The reason why I have been under attack, is because new beasts have moved to the territory, they respect my sovereignty, but they do not tolerate the pale king, and therefore they do not respect Hornet ..." she said, but Alice could see that that was not all.

- "That is not the whole reason, is it?", Herra laughed, - "You are very perspicacious, that's right, the reason why they have been attacking me is not to dethrone me, it is to woo me and prove their power before me, they do not want to be my royal consort, but to be my partner, because the idea that I as sovereign only have one descendant is absurd in their eyes, they see that hornet is an advantage before the power of the pale king, but not before the power of the beast kin, they are demanding me to have more children "said herra something thoughtfully.

Alice looked closely at Herra - "so would it be presumptuous of me to think that you no longer want to have another child with the pale king? or other child in general?" Herra spat out her tea upon hearing this and began to stutter.

- "It's not that, the reason is that according to the deal with the pale king, I would sacrifice my life to help seal the radience" he said and it was really adorable to the most adorable a giant spider can be, to see herra act shy and overwhelmed.

- "So? If they don't want your throne and you don't care who it is with, and you are open to the possibility of having more children, what is the problem? What prevents you from doing so? Just choose one that you think is the one more appropriate, to do you the favor and give Hornet a little sibling, what is stopping you? Hornet will inherit your throne in the future if she wishes, and if not you will already have someone who can.

- "That is not the problem, the beasts understand that the strongest comes to power, if hornet wants the kingdom, it will not matter if it is with another future child of mine or not, more beasts will challenge her and if she loses she will lose the right to be queen It's as simple as that "said Herra.

Alice looks at Herra carefully - "So what's the problem really? I can't see the problem, it's not like you care about the opinion of the pale king on the matter, do you?" Alice said, Herra hissed, - "what I decide to do will not concern the pale worm" said Herra with disdain.

- "Ok, so is it that there are no beasts worthy or strong for you to put your gaze on? Unless ..." Alice stared at Herra,

Herra avoided her gaze that burned more than a thousand luma flies, - "OH MY GOD, you have already someone in mind" Herra chitted carefully in a low whisper ...- "shhhh someone could hear you".

- "So, who is the lucky one? Or is it that your partner is female? If that is the reason you don't have to feel bad about not being able to have babies, they could both choose a random male and both have a baby with him, if you wish "said Alice and herra was hissing like a boiling kettle.

- "It is certainly a male" Herra said with a sigh. - "Okay, who is the mysterious prospect and why is it so difficult to bring the subject to the same source? If you talk to him I don't think he will be able to reject you" said Alice getting up from her seat to go with Herra.

She took one of her hands and bowed her head (Alice was wearing a mask, it's not like she could smile at Herra) Herra let out another sigh.

- "He is certainly an admirable prospect, but the problem is that he is not part of the prospects who have come to court me" said Herra with some discouragement.

That surprised Alice quite a bit, who could it be? It wasn't the pale king, it wasn't one of the beasts down here, but it must be someone Herra has had contact with, it must be a powerful male.

- "Tell me about him Herra, what makes him so perfect?" Alice said excitedly, Herra began to spin a thread in her hand like a nervous tic.

- "He is a powerful male specimen, a formidable warrior and an excellent hunter, oh hunting is his passion and there is no prey that can escape his sight once he has set his sights on them" she said excitedly .

- "Uh it really sounds amazing, a formidable warrior and an excellent hunter .......? Wait a minute ... Herra ... are you talking about who do I think you're talking about?" Alice said somewhat nervous.

- "I'm ... I don't know who ... I maybe?" Herra stuttered.....

- "OH MY GOD IS THE GREENPATH HUNTER ????" Herra let out a hiss and covered her face with all of her hands.

- ".... yes ..." Herra whispered.

Alice thought of the thousands of possible ways this would go down the drain ... but also thousands of possibilities that it could turn out great.

- "I want to be the godmother of your future child or many offspring's, I don't care" said Alice with conviction, Herra flushed hissing... -"oh for the silk of the Webber's shut up" said embarrassed.

- "Ok, but before planning how to unite both and conceive my future godson, we must approach the dung beetle in the room" said Alice with determination.

- "What would that be?" Herra said, - "What does Hornet think of all this? What does she think of you looking for a partner and at least just having a baby with him?" Alice said looking into her eyes.

Herra fell silent for a few moments - "I have not commented on this to her", Alice threw a ball of silk at her head, pulling a growl from Herra towards her.

- "Hornet is the one you value the most in this life and that anyone knows, why not think of mentioning it to her?" And so Herra sent to call the children, to talk about this with them, of course this was actually Alice who told them about this ...

The vessels were present because they could care less ... but they were there as moral support for their sister Hornet.

It was easier than everyone expected...

- "Hornet, what would you think of mommy having another baby?" Alice said.

- "Mom will have a baby? Yes, that's fine, now I'll have someone to explore with down here" she began to say excitedly. - "I will teach them how to survive in the caverns, how to use the needle and walk through the cobwebs without sticking in them and how to hunt in the tunnels using the spider web traps" Hornet said excitedly, (oh sweet hornet, never change) .

- "No Hornet, not yet, but Mom has someone in mind who wants him to be the father of the new baby and is not your father" said Alice.

Hornet looked at her mother- "If he is not my father, who is he? Is he strong? Because he must be strong to be able to train with me" she said with great conviction.

Herra took a breath and replied- "I have considered the Hunter of the greenpath, as a prospect to be the father of the future hatchling" she said without taking her eyes off hornet.

- "He is strong and a great hunter, I think that a brother or sister of his would be very strong, he will only give you a baby like my father did with me or he will become your husband as they used to be married, like the lady white with my father? " Hornet said expectantly.

Herra felt a lump in her throat, - "I still haven't asked him if he wants to be the father of my future child" she said somewhat hesitantly before her daughter's answers.

Hornet put his hands on her waist, - "Well, what are you waiting for, adults always think things too much, don't you remember how he was flirting with you when he helped us take you to the palace for your recovery?, you can see that he likes you, so What are you waiting for? Go ask him or do you want us to go and bring him so that you can ask him? Oh do you want us to go ask him? " Hornet said very thoughtfully ... while Alice fell from her seat for laughing so hard.

and so they went to the greenpath and were face to face with the hunter ... who adored skitter with his great murderous aura ... (murder baby) ... and hornet dropped the bomb ...

- "My mom likes you, she wants to have your baby, you don't have to marry her if you don't want to and you don't have to be my dad if you don't want to, I already have my father the pale king, so what do you say?"

The hunter stared at her ... he turned to look at Alice and she just nodded, he looked at the vessels and they nodded ... he looked at the skitter who was in his hand and the baby nodded.

- "Ok, sure" he said without much fanfare, and we all stared at him at the abrupt response, - "really?" Alice asked.

- "Yes, why not, she is really an admirable sovereign with cunning and skill in battle and hunting, it would not be wrong to have offspring with such a formidable being,"

and the trip to deepnest took place ... it was not a romantic union at all, when he was in front of Herra he threw himself to attack her and in the same way she responded and a titanic battle took place.

It was crazy ... it was wild, grunts hissing screams, they destroyed the room where they were but in the end they both ended up entangling one against the other, herra, if she had had time, she could have completely wrapped him with her silk and the hunter if he had had his other hand free he could have delivered the final blow at her and not only had der in his grasp. It was epic.

To say that all the dreamers, the 5 great knights, the white lady and the pale king were dumbfounded to know what had developed in deepnest, it would be short...

Herra took the hunter as her consort, but he would not live in deepnest, he was not cut out to be a ruler, he loved his freedom too much.

He would come to visit of course, after all he really liked herra, Alice he had seen them, very loving and snuggled together ... hehehehe.

hornet could now visit his new dad on greenpath and train in the art of hunting ... he was very proud of his little hunter ... he called her red, and hornet had a hard time hiding that she liked being called by that nickname ... cute tsundere ...

Only time will tell what the future will bring...

CUTE SCENES WITH HUNTING TIME WITH HUNTER DAD (change ghost for skitter)

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some time later in the white palace....

Alice was like always sitting in her rocking chair with the baby vessels in her arms and skitter on her head, he just love her hair...

-"hey wyrm?" said Alice

-"yes?" said the pale king sitting in the arm chain in front of her reading some rocks scripts from a basket he brought to the family Livingroom with him...

"Want to bet on sex of the first born?" said Alice looking at him with mischievous eyes.

He stare at her for a moment, -"what is the prize?" he said very contemplative

Alice smiled –"the loser will have to do whatever the winner wants for a whole day" she said.

He stared at her -"you are on, a girl" he just said and started to read his rock again, Alice smiled,

-"you are wrong it's going to be a boy" Alice said.

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.Bet anyone?...