Now that the decision was made to move, this would be the best time to get this done before we had to abandon Huntston. After a good night sleep, I decided to just get it over with. Lenard and Lennox were taken from my small guesthouse. I did not tell Leonardo where we were going. He did not need to know. The girls were also coming with me. I asked them if they wanted to join my religion the night before. Grissell clutched Johna to her. She was the closest to her in the room at the time. That was fine with me actually. Johna was out first born. Grissell named her. It was absolutely her right to raise her children the way she wanted. What else was a mother to do other than instill moral and religious values. If she felt that strongly, she could keep Johna back. Both Holly and Molly were nearer to me. I took them both by the hand. I smiled at her teasingly. "You can't make my daughters worship some demons that only centaurs are stupid enough to worship! I won't allow it!" she yelled at me. I just crossed my arms. "When was the last time you went to church!?" I asked her. She just flinched.
Grissell was not very devout. Alard and Yon were not either. They were just a family of commoners that had a trade. That was not to say they did not believe. They did. It was nothing I ever doubted. They also dragged me to the chapel with all of the children on the high holidays. "Holly. Molly. You have the absolute right to decide what you believe in. If you want to have the same religion as your mother, I will not love you any less. If you want to have the same religion as your father, your mother will not love you any less. You can even have the same religion as Leonardo. Your mother may whine and complain and be really sad about the decision that you make, but she is not going to stop loving you." Grissell crossed her arms. The twins decided to go with me. First, we had to go to Enetes. He was the clan shaman. It was necessary that he assent to them joining the clan. Enetes was really pleased that they were going to join. "I thought that your spirit would be lonely. You were the only human." he said, smiling wide. He then did the big initiation rite. All their centaur children got it done at 2.
Finally, it was time to just talk about the Great Spirits and the ancestors of the centaur tribe members. That was very great. I got some time to talk about my parents and grandparents. It was kind of difficult as they did not really have a reference for what an electrician or an HR manager was. I tried my very best. After that, it was time to answer any questions the children had. They had quite a few. Enetes and I had our hands full. When that was done, I brought the 4 children back to our home. Leonardo was actually pissed about this. He stomped towards me. "You said it was going to be in 2 days from now! You lied to me! How am I supposed to convince them to join me now!? Mother wanted me to bring them to her!" he yelled. I was actually caught off guard. I got down so I was on the same level as him. "I changed my mind. I'm sorry. I love you. I was the one that told you to go find her. Of course I will let Lenard and Lennox go see her too. We still have time. Let's go in the morning." Leonardo was still huffing and puffing with his 2 fists balled up. He was so very angry. He was not stupid.
