Chapter 25 - Onwards and upwards

Albin looked proudly at his new car. He had now made lieutenant at work and with the rank came his own squad car.

True it looked slightly out of place in this medieval setting. He wouldn't have bought himself a  car for that reason. The squad car however was a testament to his hard work and success and he would drive it proudly to work every morning.

Chapter 24 - Life Continues

Albin watched his mother carefully after his father died, worried that she would soon follow him, but although she was obviously very sad to lose her husband there was no sudden decline in her health.

The family created a little cemetery on their grounds with the graves of Sefu and Laughing Bear and said their farewells to the brave man who had faced a new scary world and succeeded so well.

Chapter 23 - Hello and Goodbye

It wasn't long before Albin and Charli were able to tell everyone they were expecting their first child. Charli was excited to be expecting their first baby, but found that she got terrible back ache that Albin was happy to massage away.

Over the months as Charli got bigger she went back to modern clothes and wore relaxing trousers and a stretchy top, she just couldn't garden or move easily in her medieval clothes.

Chapter 22 - House Renovations

When Albin married Charli she handed over her money with the understanding that they would use it to make improvements to the house. Albin's family were used to sleeping all in one room, but Charli wanted the place to be more like a conventional home with separate rooms.

The young couple made plans and employed some builders and in six months the place looked very different.

Chapter 21 - Goodbye

Sefu had come home from school very excited one day as the school were running a school trip abroad. Sefu longed to see far off places and couldn't wait to go.

Laughing Bear was quite worried to let Sefu go that far from home, never having travelled that far himself, but Albin was now the head of the family and he agreed the scheme.

Chapter 20 - A Wedding

The big day finally approached and Albin had thought long and hard about his outfit and had managed to keep it a secret from Charli.

Kwasi and Laughing Bear were to be wearing similar outfits as Father of the Groom and Best Man.

Chapter 19 - New beginnings

Kainda had been surprised just how difficult it was to pull yourself up into a saddle, especially wearing a skirt.

It  also made riding harder to, her long dress just seem to hang badly and get in the way. She had persevered for a few days before she realised it wouldn't do.

Chapter 18 - Heartache

Albin's job was going really well and he had already had one promotion. He was getting on well with Anita and they had become firm friends. Anita had decided to adopt a new hair style which Albin thought suited her much better.

Albin found Anita made him laugh and he liked her company and yet felt no spark. He didn't think she was the future wife he was searching for.

Chapter 17 - Three go to the Prom

It was prom time again in the River household and this time Kwasi, Kainda and Sefu were all old enough to go. They all spent time choosing their killer outfits. Albin was happy  to let them all dress modern for the special occasion.

Kwasi had asked Claire Beech if she would be his date and she had said that would love to go with him but that if he stood her up she would throw a bag of poo at him (classy).

Chapter 16 - Albin's new life

Albin had taken to heart the serious talk he had had with his father and after some careful thought had decided that their family would enter the medieval era. He felt that their distinctiveness shouldn't be lost and yet they should move forward.

Albin fancied himself as a knight and used the money they had to build a castle for the family to live in.

Chapter 15 Generation two rules

Now Albin has grown into an adult, we switch to generation two rules.

Here are the family dressed for the medieval era.