My Way To You 84 Can't Have Your Way

"Ariana you are really something special aren't you?" Flint said as he took a step forward, his eyes flashed with desire. Vasu shot out and stood in front of Flint in his full stag form. "Now, now. We will be having none of that." The Headmaster said as he clapped his hands. "Honestly, a familiar that is handed down is nothing compared to ones that you summon yourself! These little ones have so much promise, so much potential... but we can look into that all on another day. Ms. Callista Bravo, I will be seeing you in my office immediately." The Headmaster said as he turned a murderous glare to Callista.

Callista's eyes widened with fear, her body shook as her tiny lips trembled. "Please Headmaster, it was all an accident, nothing was intentional... I was so scared and am so sorry that I didn't -?!" She said with a trembling voice but the pressure in the room started to intensify. "Ms. Bravo do I need to repeat myself?" He said with a calm tone but the undertones of his voice was anything but calm. "We will need some extra hands since Callista will be leaving us. Ariana why not stay behind and help with the clean up?" Flint said as he brought up his princely smile.

"Sorry Flint but Ariana has an appointment with my husband and I." Mrs. Dabney said as she stepped forward, she rubbed her swollen abdomen and Mr. Dabney took the hint. "Wife you go first, I will stay behind to help the Student Council clean up." Mr. Dabney said as he started to collect the dagger and scroll. "Oh no you won't! Rain you help out the students, Pascal you are not dodging this conversation again!" Mrs. Dabney scowled as she started to stomp towards her husband.

"But wife... the Student Council needs my help." Mr. Dabney whined but Mrs. Dabney was not taking any of that. She grabbed his ear and started to pull him towards Ariana. "But wife nothing! You said you were going to talk to her but you avoided her instead! I can't believe you how can you be so scared of a young woman? So get your a** in gear and help me have this conversation with her or so help me Pascal! I will smother you in your sleep or better yet I will stop making you your meals! You can live the rest of your days eating that package of saw dust you call rations." Mrs. Dabney hissed. Vasu watched them approach and quickly turned into a whirlwind of pink light. He rose into the air and changed back into his chibi self.

Mrs. Dabney then tossed Mr. Dabney towards Ariana and crossed her arms. "Well go on." She said as she raised a taunting eyebrow at her husband. Mr. Dabney turned a bright read and gulped. "Mrs. Drake can we continue the conversation you had started with my wife regarding my soon to be born, angel baby girl?" Ariana could feel her cheeks getting hot. She looked at the Dabneys and wondered if Lobo, Icarus and Xander were still watching over her. With a heavy sigh she nodded her head.

"Fantastic!" Mrs. Dabney started. "You know we will need to walk and talk. I have a student with an appointment waiting for me at the infirmary and I can't keep them waiting. Too bad though I would have loved for you to come over to our place for dinner but honestly my feet hurt so much now from all the standing! I wish I was offered a chair or something but you know how it is with men! Honestly I just want to relax for a bit and have a nice soak but I know better no soaking until this baby is born!" Mrs. Dabney said as she started to waddle towards Ariana. She hooked her arm and kept going, half dragging Ariana along with her.

"I'm a delicate human being but work is work and I have people who need me. I don't even think my replacement has been found yet and time is ticking! I gotta say that I am nervous about the whole thing though, me a mother! My goodness! Only if those jerks could see me now! Well not now, I feel some what large and unrefined but you know sometime after our daughter is born... well not right after either... I mean when I get my body back into shape and i have my daughter in my arms and my handsome husband standing beside me then have the ma.s.ses see me!" Mrs. Dabney rambled as they continued to walk towards the doors, down the halls and out the auditorium.

"Wife, you are missing the main point." Mr. Dabney sighed as he followed behind the two women. "My goodness yes! See this is why I have this one around!" Mrs. Dabney said as she winked at Ariana. "Pascal has something to ask you." Mr. Dabney froze and looked at his wife in horror. "You two talk. I fI try I will forget what I'm talking about and then what would happen next? I will tell you what would happen next! We would have to meet up all over again and then the same thing would happen again! So go on Pascal." She said as she quickly stormed over to Mr. Dabney and pulled him towards Ariana. "Walk and talk, I have things to do."

Mr. Dabney looked at Ariana and then moved his gaze in front of him. "Can I hug you?" He asked bluntly. "No." Ariana answered harshly. "How can I tell you're a good person?" Mr. Dabney asked nonchalantly that it caused Ariana's skin to crawl. "Should I care what you think?"

"If you want to be my child's G.o.dmother you should."

"What is I don't want too?"

"My wife has decided on you, I have no say."
Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

"But I have a say."

"No not really... She wants it to be you and I have no choice but to persuade you."

"You could sound like you care or even want me to be your child's G.o.dmother."

"I don't want you to be."

"Then we have our answer, its no and thank you have a good day."

"Can't, my opinion means nothing. She said you meet all my expectations and I can not deny facts. So it must be you."

"This is ridiculous! You don't even want me but you need me to be? You know nothing about me!" Ariana shouted as she refused to take another step. "You can't pick some random stranger to be your child's G.o.dmother just because you want her to have a good role model. Be the good role model! Show her it's okay to be strong and smart! It's okay to be weak and fearful! There should be no excuse to why you can not be the ones responsible for your own child!"

"You also know nothing about us... but you deny even a single conversation with the possibility that you may say yes. Pascal has told me about you and who your mother is." Mrs. Dabney said with a calm and gentle tone. "Then you know why my answer is no. My life is not my own so why should I help raise a child with people I have no relation too." Ariana sneered but Mrs. Dabney just smiled in response. "It's because we know who your mother is. You know she was and still is a fine woman. She went against all odds to be with the man she loves even though your grandmother threaten to disown her."

Ariana's eyes grew wide. "She worked hard, was looked down on and ridiculed for her way of life. Most woman despised her business because their husbands would ignore their marital duties to them. Others envied the fact that she had a job, was business owner and had pride. It must have been hard and wonderful growing up with a mother like that." Mrs. Dabney said with a melancholy smile. "You're mistaken Mrs. Dabney... you know nothing about me and decieded to ask me to be your unborn child's G.o.dmother based on your own superficial perception of me. My mother adopted me after I turned twelve. Before that I was living with another adoptive family who apparently despised me. I do not know my birth parents, so no everything you think my current mother would have shown me is all but a fantasy."

Mrs. Dabney went silent for a moment and then to Ariana's surprise brightened up. "So even more reason to be this girl's G.o.dmother! Family is what you want family to be! I mean even though you are Miss Drake's adoptive daughter she showered you with love right? You don't regret being part of her family right? Then you should help us with our child! I know I'm being shameless but I feel a connection with you that I have not felt in a long time and I will not take no for an answer."

Ariana facepalmed herself, she knew she wasn't going to win this battle. "Alright.... let's compromise for now. What if I babysit and offer advice until I graduate from school? I mean being a G.o.dmother is a huge responsibility and I honestly don't think I'm ready for something like that." Mrs. Dabney started to bounce with joy. "Pascal! Did you hear she said maybe! It's a maybe! Maybe!" Mr. Dabney tried to contain her excitement by embracing her. "You will hurt the baby if you jump around too much." He said with a serious face. "The baby won't get hurt from this! She has fluid cradling her into place! I can't believe you forgot! Do you even read any of the doc.u.ments I have given you about a baby's development?" Mrs. Dabney started to say angrily as tears started to flow down her face.

Mr. Dabney turned a crimson red and very awkwardly kissed her forehead. "Don't cry I promise to read the doc.u.ments again when we get home. I'm sorry." Mrs. Dabney looked at her husband curiously then started to laugh. "I'm not upset with you, it's my stupid hormones! You really need to read those doc.u.ments." She said as she shook her head. She then quickly wiggled out of Mr. Dabney's embrace and hooked her arm around Ariana's arm again. "Okay, we need to get going I can't let my lovely student waiting for too long! By my love, see you tonight, I promise to make a wonderful dinner." Mrs. Dabney said as she blew kisses toward her husband. Who in turn turned so red that steam was coming out of his ears.

Ariana couldn't help but giggle. "So Mr. Dabney is not some macho playboy?" Mrs. Dabney quickly turned back and looked at Ariana with a giant grin on her face. "My goodness no! That man was so pure when I met him that it took me months to finally get him to look me in the eyes. I swear those days were wonderful." Mrs. Dabney sighed as the Lumas tried to decided who would rest where on Ariana. "But enough of that silliness! To be able to summon so many familiars is unheard off! I bet the Headmaster will be too thrilled to keep this a secret from the world."

Ariana paled, she was happy she didn't have to hide her Lumas anymore but she felt guilty for tricking everyone. "I bet you anything that the Headmaster will write back to his daughter begging to have... well enough of this stupid talk, we need to hustle now." She said as she pulled Ariana along.

Ariana was pleasantly surprised to see that Mrs. Dabney, despite being so pregnant, had amazing stamina and strength. Mrs. Dabney caught her looking at her and smiled. "Yoga, every morning." She said with a wink. Ariana's eyes widened again. "Can you still do that even though your so... pregnant?" She asked and Mrs. Dabney started to laugh. "Yes! Prenatal yoga is amazing! You should join me." Ariana started to blush as she looked away. "I'm not pregnant so I would feel out of place." Mrs. Dabney started to laugh even harder. "I do it on my own and it's yoga! Really anyone can do it. It's like regular yoga but more geared towards the rounder type of people." She said ash she elbowed Ariana lightly on the arm. "Alright." Ariana answered they approached the infirmary door and spotted Edlyn. "But I'm bringing Edlyn with me."

"The more the merrier! So meet me here at dawn, bring some comfortable clothes, towel and smiles. Now I guess you should be off now." Mrs. Dabney said as she waved her hand in the air then pulled out a set of keys. "I will wait for you here." Ariana said as she looked at Edlyn. "No need. I was just delivering you to her so have a good day." Mrs. Dabney said as she opened the door. Ariana looked at Edlyn and she shrugged. "She did me a fvour." Ariana smiled. "I think you have been learning too much from me." Edlyn smiled as she grabbed Ariana's hand. "Who knows."

"Oh Edlyn, we are meeting again here tomorrow for yoga." Ariana said as Rahul landed on Edlyn's hair while Thor watched him curiously from Edlyn's one arm embrace. "Sure, sou-nds fun... but Ariana what is yo-ga?" Ariand let go of Edlyn's hand and looked back at the infirmary's closed door. "Ariana? Edlyn said as her concerned eyes watched her carefully. "No it's nothing... it's just a very relaxing way to exerciser." Edlyn cuddled Thor closer to her chest and continued to watch Ariana. "If your going I'm going." She said seriously. Ariana beamed. "It'll be fun, I promise. Well I guess we should go back to our mentors." Ariana said awkwardly and started to take a few steps forward. "Mmmh." Edlyn replied as she followed Ariana and her parade of Lumas.

....

"No, no, no, NO! Try again!" Vera shouted as Ariana plopped to the ground, her face was dripping with sweat and her Lumas just floated above her. "I think I'm hitting a wall." Ariana said as she tried to catch her breath. "You think?!" Vera shouted as she tossed her arms into the air. "People will be challanging you left and right now. You just had to come find me with your small army of familiars!" Ariana wiped sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand and looked at very with a dull expression. "Well what I was supposed to do? I had to go find you, besides it wasn't that bad. I mean you got me out of there pretty fast." Ariana said with a shrug as she remembered how she was surrounded by a crowd of students all wondering how she managed to get so many familiars.

"You're infuriating! Of course I needed to get you out of there! You know nothing! They would have eaten you alive! Now I have to drill in the basics before the challenging starts." Vera said as she pa.s.sed Ariana a towel. "No big deal, I mean I did beat you. No offense." Ariana said as she wiped herself down. Vera rolled her eyes. "None taken but you only beat me by luck... Look I will admit that I am not the strongest, I'm just one of the smartest and how you fought with me will not work on anyone else... Look what are the fundamentals of familiars."

"Not again Vera. Please, it's been two hours... Can we just not call it a day or even have a break?" Ariana whined. "This is a break!" Vera snarled. "Fine..." Ariana said as she fixed her sitting posture. "A familiar is an extension of one's magical essence." Vera started to pace around Ariana as she stared her down. "Go on." She said. "To know your essence you must look at your familiar. They reveal what your core magic is and from there you can magnify your magic ten folds. The only way you can borrow their magic is to bond with your familiar with tasks. No one can tell you what these tasks are not even the familiar, the only way you can discover this is by doing literally everything to unlock the Trust, obedience and understanding can unlock many paths. Infusions, animal character adaptability, prolonged life and in human boosts but they all come with a price. Your bond is what determines that price." Ariana continued.

"Correct just like my familiar's primary element is earth, my core magic is earth. However you have 5 elements summoned, in theory you should be an all around trades person. Someone who is completely useless, someone who can't specialize in something and has her magic divided. Well in theory but what I think is you are not useless, in fact I think this could mean you have great potential. Think about it, someone with 5 elements! The possibility to specialize in each element, not just the basic four but even branch off even into the rarer element is amazing... but you have to put the work into it! I will not let you just coast by just because your slightly strong."

Ariana groaned. "I can not connect with them like you want me too!" Vera stopped pacing and looked Ariana in the eyes. "You have 6 familiars... the pink one, Vasu is a precious heirloom. He is not one that you had summoned but one that was pa.s.sed down to you.... do you know what this means?" Vera said in a low menacing tone that it caused Ariana to sober up from her exhaustion. "What are you trying to get at?" She asked and Vera's eyes flashed with something sinister. "It means that you can be challenged for ownership."

Ariana shot up from the ground. She was more serious then before. "No one is going to take Vasu away from me!" Vera nodded her head and her gaze softened. "Like I said be prepared now, if anyone was paying attention to Arizona chances are they figured out Vasu's element." Vera finished saying and she saw that Ariana's face paled dramatically. "I swear I will never tell! But... our battle was watched by so many people. I have hidden Arizona just in case and telling people she is recovering but you need to be careful." Ariana could feel her eyes starting to sting. "Vera I need you to be tougher on me!" She shouted as a few tears escaped. "That's what I want to hear."