SETH'S POV
The reception was a real roller coaster. It came to a halt halfway through. Mom's water broke. The medallions to the royal family arrived immediately at their beck and call, transporting her to the hospital at once.
I really wanted it to be a boy but that was far from the question. The heart-throbbing flower had already been processed into a stable liquid that will be put into Mom's bloodstream on arrival at the hospital. She was losing a lot of blood and the baby's head was barely outside yet.
Well, future Melody wasn't kidding about the whole world coming to an end thing. Even with the tonic at work, there were still violent green flashes of lightning in the sky as Mom struggled to push. The weatherman must be more puzzled than most of us right now.