To say I wasn't absolutely ecstatic today, would be a lie. My little bat could already be showing signs of a power!

Me and David talked about it yesterday in the castle while wren wasn't paying attention. I told him about wren supposedly somehow got to the top of Alex's wardrobe, and he recalled a few times wren had climbed something with ease. Including the cubbies at daycare and funnily enough David himself.

Together we decided that we'd talk to Wren about it, but not in the moment. Enough had already happened that day, so we waited for tomorrow.

Tomorrow finally came and I was eager to figure out my little ones spider habits. At that moment my little one was hiding away in his castle that he screamed and cried when I attempted to take it down the night before, playing with his stuffies.

David called me a softie but I didn't see him trying either. I could hear bits of wren's game while I loaded the dishwasher.

"Nuuu, Topsy shhhh!"

"Chu gotsa be ki-et!"

David was finishing off some more work and I was left with the clean up to follow breakfast. But I dried off my hands and leaned in to the sitting room to hear wren say.

"Daddysaurus' gonna hear uzz!!"

I heard his hisses from beneath the blankets followed by a whole load of giggles.

I chuckled and made purposefully loud steps towards the mighty castle, stopping to roar. Wren yelped and gasped, I heard scrambling from within.

"Tospy yous too woud! You stoopid!"

Wren ironically shouted before throwing topsy out the opening. Wren really shouldn't be shouting or throwing things but it's all in good fun.

"Is that a little boy I hear?"

I growled out in a deep voice, wren squeaked. I stomped around the long way, to draw it out.

"I haven't eaten in weeks, it sure would be nice to have a tiny bat to munch on"

Wren squeaked again making me chuckle in my deep tone.

"Oh, where has my lunch gone, maybe he's around... here!"

I jumped out infront of the castles opening, roaring again. Wren screeched before breaking into giggles around his teether. It was then I noticed.

"And what a cute little lunch- baby where'd your onesie go?"

I laughed as I scooched over to wren, who was only in his animal patterned diaper. He pointed over to a discarded yellow oneise covered in pony silhouettes.

"Why'd you take it off sweetie?"

"Too hot!"

Despite his claims wren chambered onto my lap and snuggled up to my chest, holding his teether with one hand and pulling at my hoodie with the other.

"You're probably too hot cause you're in here baby, how about we get a t shirt on you, so you're not running around in just your diapy"

Wren whined.

"Why? I wansa be nakey"

He giggled a bit making me giggle too.

"Cause um... I can't think of a good enough reason, isn't daddy silly"

"Daddysaurus vewy silly"

I hummed. I suppose I wanted to protect Wren from anxiety about his slowly fading scars, but we're not going any where and if he's comfortable, we've got no problem.

"Next time though, how about you get me or papa to change you. Wouldn't want my tiny little bat all tangled up, you could hurt yourself, small little baby. My itty bitty kitty, so pure and fragile-"

Wren whined as I continued to coo over him, pinching his little cheeks as I rocked him back and forth. Wren half giggled half whined.

"Nuu dada, ima Big boy!"

"Oh really? How so baby bear?"

"Ama dino huntuh, me n stuffie n beawamy. No topsy tho, tospy too woud!"

"Even if you are a big strong dino hunter, Daddysaurus is still gonna be here to warm up your babas and tuck you in and change your-"

Wren shoved his teether in my mouth with an unimpressed face.

"Daddysaurus shoosh now"

I spluttered and tried pulling away from the rubber object but Wren held firm, sticking his tongue out a little in concentration.

I eventually relented, calming down and attempring to reason through the teether.

"W'en take ou' tha teeter"

Wren giggled, taking his fingers into his mouth and gently knawing.

"Nuh uh, dino hunter do what dino hunter wants!"

All hope seemed to be lost, I'd be subjected to the teether for the rest of eternity, until.

"Wren what are you doing to daddy?"

I darted my eyes over to spot a smirking David, squating in front of the castle. He took off his glasses. Wren smiled and excitedly yelled at david.

"Papa I catches the Daddysaurus! Dino huntah wins!"

I screamed into the teether, playing into my entrapment.

David laughed at my predicament, making me frown and scream again. Wren giggled too but stopped to listen to David.

"Quite a catch mister dino hunter, but there's something you didn't plan for, you ever heard of the papa-dactyl?"

Wren's jaw dropped as David did an evil laugh, I smiled as he too began speaking in a deep voice.

"What's that saying, an eye for an eye. You have one of my men-"

"ONE OV UR MEN-"

I yelled through the rubber, David glared.

"Hush"

He focused back on wren

"I will simply have to take one of yours"

David reached behind him and pulled out a once abandoned team mate, topsy the elephant.

"Topsy no!!"

Wren yelled. David laughed again.

"I think I'll be keeping this one, unless of course... you can catch me"

David disappeared and wren screeched, grabbing bearmey and rolling off my lap. I spat out the teether as wren yelled.

"Dino huntahs go!"

He crawled out of the castle but turned back to me before rushing off after Papadactyl

"Chu stay"

I did not listen to the rougue tot and crept out after them.

Following slowly behind as wren got to his feet and wadded quickly towards David's distant cackling.

I followed to our main bedroom. David stood infront of our wardrobe, topsy balanced atop inbetween various storage boxes. Wren whined and stamped his foot.

"Give topsy back, chu evil dino!"

David gave me an insane look and mouthed 'I got this' to me.

"I will never, and only master dino hunters, the best of the best can reach the top of the wardrobe, but I mean why I am even bothering to tell you, you're just a baby dino hunter, an ittty bitty baby"

I was a little worried that wren would get upset but I think the smile David wore the entire time, ensured wren its still just a game. Wren grinned too.

"Am not jus' a baby, ima big boy dino hunter!"

Wren dropped stuffie and bearemy and ran/waddled to the wardrobe. He jumped, reaching up for topsy, once, twice, three times. He grunted in frustration.

I took a step to go help him, to lift him up and help. But David held up a hand, stopping me.

He took a step back and we watched wren. We watched as he placed a hand on the wardrobe and began to crawl....

Upwards.

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I grabbed ahold of my taken comrade, Topsy was overjoyed that I came to her rescue despite her messing up so badly earlier. I assured her that it would all be ok, and I was here now.

I turned around gloat to Papadactyl that I taken topsy back, holding her up, only to see both papa and Daddy standing there. Silly daddy moved when I told him not to.

Daddy had his hand clapped over his mouth and Papa had a goofy smile over his. I read the room, the game of dino hunters had come to a grinding halt. I whimpered and lost my footing a bit under their stares.

Papa stepped up to me and gently plucked me from the wardrobe. He walked to the bed and sat down, holding me in his arms and rocking gently. I absentmindedly chewed on topsys ears and looked into Papa's eyes.

He looked to Daddy and started to laugh, smiling so wide. Daddy sat down too, and began running his fingers through my hair. He kissed my forehead and laughed.

"Oh my sweet boy, my little baby bear"

They just sat with me, for a good long while. Laughing to themselves and rocking me. To anyone else they'd probably look insane.

Eventually papa began rubbing my cheek and asked me.

"Bubba do you understand what just happened?"

I put topsys ear back in my mouth and shook my head.

Papa breathily laughed.

"Wren you just scaled that wardrobe like it was nothing, baby this is very big"

"I big boy?"

I looked to daddy as he started talking.

"Sure baby, you're a big boy. Don't be getting any ideas tho, your still my baby. Spider powers or no"

I frowned

"Spidas bad, spidas scawy. Am noh a spida"

But daddy was quick to assure me.

"Nonono baby, you're not a spider, you're a little monkey, aren't you, my cheeky monkey"

Daddy started lapsing in his cooing like a broken record until papa stopped him.

"Wren you remember a while back when we talked about vampire powers"

I nodded, eyes going a little wide at where it was going.

"I gots Mahilda powas? Wike dada?"

"Yeah baby, just like dada. And that powers quite special. I had a whole lot of family way back when, and not one of them could do what you do baby"

Daddy nuzzled my hair again.

"Papa's right baby, you're special and wonderful and we're so so proud of you"

Daddy and Papa hugged me, squeezing me just the right amount and holding the wren sandwich for ages. Until papa broke it off, leaving daddy still clutching me.

"I think this deserves a celebration, why don't we go out for something special, to match our special little boy"

I piped up.

"Cake!"

"Great idea wren, we'll get cake"

"Oooo can we go around to the cafe, Alison does a mean chocolate cake"

I pouted, I don't like mean things. Papa quickly intercepted my pout

"Its just an expression princess, the cake isn't actually mean, it just means it's very nice"

He chuckled and eskimo kissed my nose, sending me into another tiny giggle fit.

"M'ok i wan cake! Wrenny wan cakey!"

Daddy giggled along with me, before ruffling up my hair.

"Maybe a nap first little monkey"

I whined and fisted my eyes. I didn't need a nap, that's preposterous.

"Aw is someone getting tired?"

"Noh, big boy vampiahs no need napnap"

Daddy pointed to himself and papa

"Well these two do. Now heres what's gonna happen. Papa's gonna change your wet little butt, I'm gonna get your baba and we're all gonna read a story, if you fall asleep, you fall asleep"

I huffed but muttered an ok while sticking my thumb in my mouth.

They quickly split, Papa carting me off to my nursery.

"Bubba I never got the chance to ask you, where's your oneise gone?"

"I gots too hot"

"Well how are you feeling now?"

I bashfully put my face in his neck.

"Wan jammies"

"Thought so"

He layed me down on the changing table. I waved topsy around making flying sounds, forgetting what was even happening. Papa brought me back when he picked me up and patted my freshly diapered tush.

"What's your colour today sweetums"

"lellow"

Papa walked over to my wardrobe and grabbed a yellow oneise with an embroidered sun over a breast pocket. Papa pulled out the paci bin.

"Pick one bubba"

I picked out one with a smiling cloud on it and papa clipped it to my pocket before popping it in my mouth.

"I think we've got everything for story time, huh bubba?"

"Noh papa, we needs a stowy!"

Papa was so silly, forgetting a story at story time.

"Oh how could I forget"

He set me down next to my little book shelf to let me choose. I pulled out a pretty looking blue book and held it up to papa.

"Oh the wishing chair, good choice bubba"

He picked me up and carried me back to their bedroom, where Daddy waited on the bed, absentmindedly shaking my bottle.

Papa placed me in Daddy's lap before sliding in next to us.

"Daddy, papa awmost fowgoh da stowry for stowytime"

I giggled to myself as daddy laughed.

"Oh did he now, silly papa"

Papa chuckled and snuggled up to me and daddy.

"Alright alright, everyone comfy? Every little boy got his baba?"

I nodded and daddy guided the nipple to my mouth, I impending began slowly sucking.

"Then let us begin"

He opened the book and began reading

"Up up up baby bear"

Daddy lifted me out of my carseat and threw me up in the air. He quickly caught and bounced me on his hip.

"You're so giddy today little boy, all your tiny giggles"

True I had been giggling alot today, I was just really happy.

Daddy seemed to be too as he fluffed out my white shirt put overtop my sunshine onesie. Decked out with matching yellow and white striped thigh high socks and runners with little smiley faces on them.

Papa walked around beside us, diaper bag over his shoulder and we all headed inside the nice cafe place. Thankfully it wasn't as crowded as lastime.

The nice lady from last time was there, i think her name was Ali. Well, nice lady from last time was making drinks. She looked to the door and her smile grew when she saw us.

"Ah hey guys! What are ya here for?"

D

addy struck up conversation while papa made faces at me, keeping me all giggly.

"We need some cake as we are celebrating"

Alison poured out a to go cup and handed it off.

"Oooo do tell"

"This little ones gotten his vampire powers, got a little spider monkey on our hands"

Any sort of mention of me would've had me flustered but papa was keeping thoroughly entertained with funny faces.

Alison gave congratulations and sent us out to the patio "for your private party".

Daddy lead us through the cafe but as we passed the photo board I pointed at my drawing and tried to whisper to papa from over Daddy's shoulder.

"Papa wooks, I dids dat"

Daddy stopped so papa could talk to me.

"Wow bubba, that's really good. You're a little ar-teest-"

Papa leaned towards the photo wall and started to laugh.

"Jesus Ricky, I forgot you had blue hair HA-"

Daddy immediately started walking away.

"Not dealing with this ridicule right now, I looked great"

"You did you did-"

Papa followed after us.

We walked out onto the empty patio, daddy and papa still talking about hair dye.

"Remember when you dyed it yellow?"

"Course I remember, you called me big bird until it faded"

"Oh good times"

Daddy snorted "yeah"

I giggled at pulled at Daddy's hair.

"Bib birb"

Daddy cooed at me and gently pried my hands away from his locks. He sat down on a chair and started playing with my hair. Papa put down the diaper bag.

"So 2 teas, 3 slices of cake?"

"Sounds poifecto"

Papa left to grab our celebration cake and I nommed on Daddy's hand in anticipation. He took his hand out of my mouth and waved it around, wriggling his fingers as I tried to grab them back. I eventually got hold and bit down, maybe a little too hard, as daddy pulled back his hand suddenly. He waved it out, mumbling a bit.

"Agh dammit, quite the set of fangs there baby"

I whimpered, my bottom lip wobbled a bit.

"Am sowwy dada, no mean to-"

I pawed at my eyes and daddy shushed me, bouncing his leg a little.

"Hey hey hey, no upset sweetie. No crying for cake, the cakes gonna be all salty. Shshsh"

I giggled a little as daddy dabbed away at my misty eyes.

"Oh you're ok aren't you baby"

"Am ok, dada ok?"

"Yes I'm perfectly alright, see?"

He showed me his hand, that now had 2 little indentations.

"Here lemme see your fangs"

I opened my mouth and bared them and daddy cheered.

At that second papa walked out carrying a tray of our cake.

"Oh are we praising a certain little boy's pair of fangs hmm?-"

I turned to papa and pulled up my gums to give him a better look.

"Oh wow, look at those, bitey little baby"

I babbled happily. Daddy hummed.

"Mhm but maybe stick to biting the teethers baby bear"

Daddy teased and I whined, shoving my face into topsy. Papa chuckled and I whined louder.

"Bubba come on now, don't you want cake?"

I peeped out and nodded and papa set a cup of tea and two cake slices in front of me and daddy, with one spoon so daddy could feed me. Daddy tied a lion themed bib around my neck and took his own cup and slice sitting down opposite us.

I reached out for the cake with my hand but Daddy's stopped me and pulled out a sippy cup for me.

"A toast first, sweetie hold your cup way up high"

I held up my sippy, daddy and papa holding their cups up too.

"To wren, the best damn thing to happen to us. I don't understand how you've only been in our lives about... God a year or so, cause I honestly can't imagine living without you"

"Ditto here princess"

I screeched happily and they both sipped their tea, I chugged my juice.

"Hold up baby, don't fill up on juice. We've got cake to eat!"

"Cakey cakey!"

I bounced excitedly as daddy cut off a spoonful and held it up to me.

"Open up little bat"

I happily did so, taking the cake and breaking into a bigger smile at the taste.

"Ihs weawy gud! Mowah pease"

I sputtered a bit of cake, caught on my Bib. I blushed and daddy laughed.

"Of course darling and well done for using your manners"

Daddy continued feeding both me and himself, while talking with Papa.

"I can't believe it's been more than a year! How did we miss it?"

"Its been hectic you know, quite a busy year and a bit"

Papa reached over and ran his fingers briefly through my hair. Daddy sighed and gave me more yummy cake.

"You know what we haven't done in ages... have a party"

"And you know what we also haven't done in ages... not have a baby"

"I don't mean like a spring break woop woop party, more like a gathering of adults just having a laugh and also kids are allowed"

"So a big ol play date"

"If you'd prefer to think of it that way, then yes"

"Ricky we can't-"

"Oh yes we can, once I've set my mind on something I don't give up. How d'ya think wren happened huh"

Papa laughed

"Ok then, what would we be celebrating at this adult but kids are allowed play date"

"Um, surviving another year, not dying, The fact we still exist. Overall alot to celebrate. Plus this one-"

Daddy pointed at me and I smiled, babbling to myself.

"-he deserves constant celebration, all his accomplishments, coming along so well"

Papa sipped more of his tea.

"You're not wrong there. So what will we do at the adult playdate?"

"Um, start a children's fight club, general banter"

"Interesting, interesting. How about food?"

Daddy leaned back in the chair, pondering. He stopped feeding me, making me pout, Papa wasn't looking at me either so i took it upon myself to keep the cake coming.

Daddy had the spoon so I'd have to improvise. I discreetly stuck out my arm and snatched a handful of cake and smashed it into my face.

"Probably easiest to just get pizza- Wren!"

Daddy seemed to notice me going for another fistful. I sheepishly put the last of the cake in my mouth and smiled. He started to laugh, Papa joining in too.

"Oh you mucky little boy"

Daddy took a wipe out of of diaper bag. I whined and squirmed as Daddy wiped down my face before moving onto my fingers.

"Dirty little worm, my dirty little worm thats gonna be on his bestest behaviour at my party thats definitely happening"

"Ricky I really don't know, who'd even come"

"Well Sarah and Alex for sure, Andrew and jam, kai, emma, Donna, maybe even Louis.. Oh! Mark and his boy"

"Wait Mark accounting Mark?"

"Yeah, you made him sound quite nice and wren liked his boy, what was his name?"