"It's a boy," Aranince said, wiping the baby clean.
"That's nice," Medea said. "Now put him down and get ready to collect the next one."
Aranince rolled her eyes, but did what she was told.
"The... next... one?" inquired Alexa.
"You're having sextupets," Medea answered matter-of-factly. "Now push."
"You sure it's six?" Aranince asked cyncially.
"Of course I'm sure."
"Six!" Alexa cried. "I thought maybe twins but... but six? The doctor never told me!"
"Of course he didn't. I kept him under a spell," Medea replied. "Now, quit the talking and push, silly girl!"
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"Do you know what animals they are?" Aranince asked, inspecting the six babies, all in a row.
"That's what this next spell is intended to find out."
"What's going on?" Alexa wept. "Please... what's going on?"
"Oh shut up," Aranince said to Alexa. "All you ever do is whine, whine, whine. I'll tell you what happened. You went lusting after some guy, couldn't get him the conventional why so you turned to magic to get what you wanted. And you did get what you wanted. You just didn't ask what the catch was."
"Actually, she did," Medea replied carelessly. "I just omitted a few details. Most of them, in fact."
"All of them more likely," Aranince replied snidely. "Well, in any case, you, my dear little Alexa, are now a werequeen."
"Werequeen? What's that?"
"You've heard of werewolves haven't you? Well, a werequeen breeds were... werechildren."
Alexa's eyes widened. She looked over at her children.
"Yes, little Alexa. All you little babies, they can change ino animals. And you, you will only breed more of them."
"No... no..."
"You have no choice," said Medea blandly. "You won't be able to help yourself. It's part of the transformation."
"Oh man... no... please no..."
"Please no," Aranince mimicked. "What's wrong, little Alexa-poo? You're probably the first werequeen ever. You should be proud. Oh, and I hope you don't mind, but we took the liberty of choosing names for them."
"But I -"
"You picked one? Oh, what a shame. Maybe next time. These ones are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Quinten and Sextus."
"Ah ha!" exclaimed Medea. "I have it! Now, let me see... Alpha, he's... a werebear with Strength. Powerful. A warrior. I like that. Beta is a werebat, with Light manipulation. Interesting."
"Steath missions perhaps?" Aranince suggested.
"Gamma is a wereswan, with Empathy. Hmm," Medea wasn't sure she should be impressed.
"I thought weres could only change into animals?" Alexa asked, tears still streaming down her eyes.
"They can, but these one's have Dathrian blood."
"Delta is a weresnake with Telepathy. She make make a worthy assassin..." Medea went on, gleefully.
"What's a Dathrian?"
"An alien race."
"Quinten is a... a werepirana! With Pyrokinesis! Interesting combination. Yes, very interesting..."
"How could they have alien DNA?" Alexa was confused.
"Obviously your boy was an alien. Or maybe you're the alien and no one ever told you," Aranince said smugly.
"Zac is a full blooded Dathrian," Medea put in as if it were of no concequence. "And Sextus is a werechicken? With X-ray vision?"
She sat back from her spell making as if confused by this last child.
"Zac's an alien?" Alexa exclaimed. "Zac Hanson is an alien?"
And on this last shock, Alexa fainted.