insomnia landed me with 2 kids(mama Witch Au empires S2)

1 kid, 2 kid, 3 egg, 4 kid- wait 4?

Oli and False tilted their heads in confusion but shrugged when they looked at eachother for context

Oli groaned and made a dramatic show of getting up, but got up nonetheless and dragged theirself over to the counter

Shelby has already scrambled more eggs and quirked an eyebrow at him, they gave a toothy smile which made her shake their head in affection

"Here ya go oak" she said passing the food to the boy

He cooed, and shelbys ears perked at a noise and she looked over at some boxes she'd gotten earlier that were in the corner

She hummed walking over to them, "....hey has anyone seen tortoise?" She asked, wondering if he soenhow got into the boxes

She lifted one up and....nothing was there no frog no person no nothing. Gods she felt like she was going crazy...

"Nope havnt seen him!" Oli chirped, False shrugged in agreement

Shelby hummed, tail flickering as she thought it still felt....off and she wasn't sure why

"Alright then, I'm sure he'll turn up..." shelby said, trailing off

Meanwhile, inside a box Tortoise couldn't believe his fucking luck

He'd shifted, out of his control....like always, and Shelby had found him- he couldn't say anything or shift back to tell her that he wasn't a pet or actual frog so had no choice but to go along with it

Now, though, his magic had finally managed to shift back! At the worst moment. Morning time. And he HAD to get out- NOW

He had to fond his parents, after all. They told him to stay put- what if they came back and thought he was gone?

He slowly got out of the box, okay he could make a break for the door and run out- easy, if it squeaked he could just run, he was good at running!

....that plan failed when he got to the couch and heard-

"So do you guys wanna go swimming today? There's a lake nearby and I figured it'd be fun" Shelby said, doing the dishes

Tortoise perked, "yes I love swimming!"

And then froze at the realization that he wasn't supposed to be human....fuck

"Uh I mean- uhhh" he stuttered out and ran for the door

"How did a child get in the house?" Oli asked from the stool, False squeaked from beside him, still suprised

Shelby ran to the small boy, how old was he? 3? Either way they struggled with the door

"You know thats....locked, right?" Ahe asked behind him

He giggled nervously, stilling and turning his head to her. Honestly she'd never felt so tall

"Up we go" she said picking him, he was surprisingly light, up

"Put me down!" He yelled, squirming

Okay- admittedly shekby shouldn't be picking up random children. On the other hand he was in her house and she had no idea what else to do- maybe he was lost?

"Hey- hey, it's okay! I'm not gonna hurt you!" Shelby insisted, holding the squirming kid at arm length

"Not true!" He yelled and kicked

"I just wanna know why your in my house!" Shelby exclaimed, voice a little panicked

"Your the one who brought me in here! I just wanted to be in the light!" The boy yelled, tears pricking at the corners of his eyes now