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Belldandy had run into the pack of foals in the park while she was out looking for birds to listen to. They'd seemed friendly enough and though nervous at first, Bell finally relaxed enough to enjoy their company. While on a snack break, some phony began to talk about their sibling liking something some phony else was eating, and the conversation quickly turned to their brothers and sisters.

"What about you Belldandy? Do you have brothers and sisters?"

Bell choked slightly on the mouthful of the apple she'd bought. All the other foals stared at her expectantly. Blushing and staring at her hooves, she replied.

"Yes, I have two sisters, Moon and Drama, and my brother Crooner." Speak of the devil himself. Bell's ears perked and swiveled, catching tone of her brother humming nearby. "Actually, I hear him now, you can meet him." The filly stood and called out her brother name. "Crooner. Hey Crooner. Come meet some new foals."

Bell scooched over just a little to make room for Crooner to sit and passed him half her apple. She didn't notice the other foals glancing at each other skeptically when the two siblings sat together.

"Oh!" a colt piped up, "So he's your adopted brother?"

Bell blinked and look at him quizzically. "A..dopted?" She turned and looked at Crooner, wondering what on earth would make any phony think that! "No...he's my brother..my only brother.."

"Ohhhh..." the foals looked at each other. One pipped up. "So maybe it's you who's adopted Belldandy!"

Bell positively blanched at the idea. "No! That's not even remotely possible. Everyone says I look just like my daddy.." she swung her big, blue eyes over to Crooner for assurance. The foals looked confused, a couple seemed annoyed.

"Look!" said one of the fillies, "You just can't be related! You two are different kind of phony all together! You're a unicorn and he's a flutter!"

A couple foals mouths set in hard lines, They just weren't going to listen. Others seemed to consider the idea.

"Well..they both have the same blue eyes..."

"Oh and they have strip markings.."

Bell huffed softly. "Just because Crooner and I look a little different doesn't mean we aren't siblings. Just because you've never seen siblings that look like us doesn't mean it isn't possible. There are plenty of foals who have brothers and sisters who are different phonies."

Some foals seem to come around to the logic, nodding. One earth colt remarked he had a twin sister who was a pegasus.

Seems most foals were convinced though there were a couple who just rolled their eyes. Belldandy was tired of arguing about it and stood. Crooner was her brother and that's all there was to it, no matter what the other foals thought.

"I'm going to go play over there.." she said in her tiny, soft voice, pointing to a slide and some swings. "..with my brother." She beckoned Crooner to follow and with a flick of her little tail she headed up the hill and to the playground.

"Hey Belldandy!" a colt called, with a few others behind him. "Wait for us, we want to play with you and your brother!"

Bell nodded with a tiny smile. "Sure."