Penelope slept a lot when she was deeper into her pregnancy like you could not wake her up unless it was time to eat or bathe.
I imagine she had quite a death grip on Callisto whenever they slept at night and he had to pry himself away to get up for work.
But no matter what he did he would not escape her for long. Sometimes if she felt clingy she would waddle to his office and sit in his lap without a word and stay there.
Penelope ate a lot more food than before thanks to her pregnancy cravings. She had had a better relationship with food even after giving birth.
When the doctor recommended going on walks every day to build muscles for labour, Callisto made sure she went on a walk three times a day after every meal.
She hated it.
I imagine that later in her 2nd trimester is when the shenanigans started.
Penelope and Callisto didn't know what to expect when it came to their future child. Given that they both descendants of ancient wizards and the golden dragon respectively.
So it didn't surprise them that much when their child was suddenly using magic while still in the womb.
It was mostly harmless things like levitating small items in whatever room Penelope was in nothing else.
But there was one incident where an assassin tried to assassinate Penelope in the night when Callisto had to work late. The guards were alerted to the intruder right away but the assassin held her hostage in an attempt to escape.
In all of the commotion no one noticed Penelope navel glowing gold as the baby reacted to their mother's fear and levitate a vase to smash it into the assassin's head making him release Penelope from surprise. He was executed by the guards present.
After that they moved the Empress to a another room for the rest of her pregnancy. Callisto became paranoid after the incident.
Luckily the rest of her pregnancy went smoothly.
The maids have not cleaned her bedroom in months. It's gotten to a point where rats are beginning to infest her room. No matter what she did nobody would believe her thinking she was exaggerating. She gives up and decides to clean her room herself.
Days later the rats begin to mysteriously decrease in large numbers. When investigating the reason, Penelope makes a horrifying discovery. Inside one of her vanity draws is a snake...β¦a SNAKE!!! It was sleeping so Penelope quickly shuts it and tries to go about her day as if nothing happens.
But when she eventually goes to the vanity draws and finds it is still there but it's awake. They make eye contact and both of them freak out, the poor snake was trembling and trying to seem bigger but it was so scared. Penelope realizes it's just as scared of her as she is of it. So she tries to calm it down by offering it a blanket.
The next thing she knows hours have passed and she has a sleeping snake in her hands. Judging by its size, it's probably a newborn snake which would explain why they were so scared or it was just their personality, probably the latter. Anyway, her new scaley friend who Penelope named Onyx is basically imprinted on Penelope after their first meeting and now permanently resides in one of her jewellery boxes.
Years later, our dear Penelope finds out that they are a magic beast/monster when they keep growing till they are the size of a basketball court and can't fit into her room anymore. Don't worry she commissions a wizard to make a device that allows Onyx to shrink to any size they want.
They're probably using the fact that no one knows that Penelope can use magic as their trump card. She could sabatoge their enemies using her magic and no one will suspect her.
They're plan was take down nobles on the Second Prince's fraction one by one. But shenanigans happen and their arranged to marry each other for some reason. And they use their engagement party to fully carryout their plans in one full swoop.
ππ‘ Villain Penelope AU
Bonus Baby Penelope
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Tags: Angst, Exes to Lovers, Office
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I feel like at some point in their time together the male leads have contemplated putting Penelope on a leash when out in public. because homegirl be wandering away from them getting into all sorts of trouble.
They've definitely got a bunch of mini-heart attacks when they take their eyes off her for barely 5 seconds only to look back and find her gone.
Material Gurl Penelope π and her boo Callisto
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Mommy? Sorry! Mommy? Sorry!
βοΈπ₯ Genderbend Part 2