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"Then I will just go ask her" she said as she opened a portal and walked through it, arriving outside her sisters door and knocked on it "Blue, it's me" she said, hoping her sister was home.

Blue got up and walked over to the door and opened it "hi, what's up?"

"Can you fill in for Eirwyn? I want to set up a double date for Rocky and this friend of his, he is too busy working though soooo..."

"I can't, I promised mom and dad I would help take care of our brothers today..."

"Brothers? Their not due to be born yet..."

"You really can sleep through anything, can't you Sierra? She had them last night, late."

"And no one bothered to tell me!? Anyway, fine" she said as she ran back through the portal and looked at her sister "did you know mom had our brothers late last night?"

"Come on little ones, time for breakfast" she said as she carefully climbed off the bed and then grabbed Cadbury first and put him down on the ground carefully before grabbing Blizzard and placing him down on the ground "thats you two" she said as she looked at her mate "will you grab the other two?" She asked as she nuzzled her two sons she got down.

"Yes, it does seem like the date is on hold, oh well, can't really say I mind, four little brothers are more important" she said as she noticed another portal opening just as she closed hers "I guess this is mom now" she said as she sat down "hmm wonder where Red is, he is usually cooking breakfast by now or at least had it ready..."

Lemonade carefully ushered her two through, keeping close to them till they reached the other side "good morn...wait, wheres Red? Maria to for that matter..." she asked, having not seen them at all since last nights dinner, she was expecting Maria's help with the birth, she was looking foward to it but no sign of her either.

"No idea, Red hasn't even made breakfast or anything, I was thinking of just calling up Red's place for take out breakfast, they usually don't do breakfast but for us I am sure they will just this once" Sierra said, feeling like something wasn't right.

"Please, do so, and make sure you order something suitable for your new baby brothers" she said as she gently pushed her two slightly frightened foals out of the portal "come on, come see your big sisters" she said as they moved out awkwardly and sat down on the floor.

"Awww they are adorable!" Sierra said as she moved over and nuzzled each of them "have they got names yet?"

"This one" she said gesturing toward Cadbury "is Cadbury Crunchie and the other" she said gesturing toward the blue boy "is Blizzard, Blizzard, Cadbury, meet your big sister Sierra, the other over there at the table is Rocky Road, Rocky for short" she said as they looked on and just yawned.

"Gee, nice to see you to, Cad" she said grinning at her brother "anyway, excuse me, I have to go order breakfast, I will just get a bit of everything, I will see the other two when I get back" she said, knowing it would be eaten anyway, even if there were leftovers.

"When you get them, ask if they have seen either Maria or Red" she called to her daughter.

"Will do" Sierra called back as she decided to make the call from the main reception room.

"I guess we just have to wait" she said as she looked at Rocky "you alright this morning darling?"

"No idea" Lemonade said as she looked around the kitchen "there isn't a note or anything, somethings not right" she said, starting to get rather worried now "Danny!" Marry called, waiting to see if he was around.

Danny walked in minutes later and smiled at them "good morning, whats wrong?"

"Have you seen Red and Maria? They are not here."

"No, I haven't, i'm sorry, I haven't seen them since dinner last night" he said as he conjured up a looking glass "lets see if I can find them" he said as he started searching through solstice.

"Thank you" Lemonade said as she looked at Darmani "Red and Maria are missing" she said, wondering where they could have gotten to.

"I have ordered breakfast and they haven't seen Red or Maria either, Maria did come in and took some leftovers last night and that was the last they saw of them, no word as to say where they were going or why just that they had to leave for a little while. It was vitally important and that Red and Maria have both set up fill ins for us while they are gone, they start at 8am this morning, so in about half an hour, and understand they will be sleeping here and making this a 24/7 thing and will be back as soon as possible."

Lemonade looked at Darmani "excuse me" she said as she opened up a portal and ran through it, opening up her drawer beside her bed and opened up the smaller compartment under the top of the drawer and pulled out a really old and antique looking looking glass, touching it she waited for Eternity to pick up.

"He...hello?" A voice said as both ponys came into view of each other "what's up Lemonade? You know you can't use this mirror unless it is of dire important" she said, if Wicca found out she gave a non magical pony the ability to even use a little magic she would be in deep trouble, even if it is just using a looking glass.

"I know, Eternity and it is, I was wondering if you could do a trace on Maria and Red? No word as to where they went but apparently they just had to leave, no reason as to why just told Reds workers that they both had to leave, they took food and set up replacements while they were gone, as their employer I would like to know what is up with them, privet business or not, I want to know why they care to just leave and not without a word to us."

Eternity nodded "alright, I will see what I can do" she said as she made her looking glass vanish and went to start work on this, thankfully it was her day off so she had the whole day to do it.

Lemonade placed the mirror back where she got it from, closed up the hidden compartment in her bedside table and closed the drawer, making her way back to the kitchen "right, while we wait for breakfast I guess it is soon going to be time to see who these replacements are and what they are like, I trust Red and Maria's judgement but still, as they will be around my family, especially my sons and my house, I am going to make sure they can be trusted" she said as she looked at her mate "want to help?" She asked, deciding to let him have the choice of watching over their children or interrogating them also.

Lemonade walked over to her daughter and knelt down beside her and shook her head, placing a hoof on hers "darling, please, don't ever think that, Maria and Red love you girls, they love this family, they would never just leave like this unless it was important" Lemonade said as she lent up and kissed her daughters forehead "we will find what is wrong, I promise" she said as she nuzzled her daughter a little before looking over at her mate and smiled at him. "I promise, I won't over excite myself, I just want some answers thats all and if these two know anything, anything at all, then I want to know what that is, thats all, thats the least they can give us" she said as she looked at her daughter "would you like to sit in with us? I know that it is meant to be just your father and I but still, if you want to, you are more then welcome to join us" she said to her, deciding that having one daughter in there wouldn't be too much trouble.

"I don't mind at all and thank you thought your father is right, their not just mine though considering he just had to do the fun part I wonder if I could lay claim on most of them" she said smiling at her daughter before looking back at her mate and grinned at him, getting up and walking over and kissed his cheek "then again, I do make him have the 3 am wake up calls, I guess thats fair given what I had to go through" she said teasing her mate playfully as she nuzzled him.


"Right, breakfast is all ordered" Sierra said as she walked in "though we may have to interview these new ones first before breakfast is ready, they said it may be about an hour, forty five minutes at the earliest" she said as she walked over and sat down, looking at her new brothers "they are simply adorable" she said, not taking her eyes of her new brothers, they were just so cute, it was hard not to look at them.

"thank you darling" she said as she looked up at the clock "I guess they will be here any minute" she said a little worried, she wasn't exactly a good judge of character but if Red and Maria said these two would be perfect fill ins then who was she to not to trust their judgement? Maybe she should call Coven or someone as well to help, if anyone knew the Magical Realm and their people it was her but then did she really want to disturb her? Lemonade sighed, if she was going to do it had to be in the next five minutes.

"It isn't that that I am worried about, I know they have their own ways of doing things but..." Lemonade said with a sigh as she laid down next to her foals and rested her head against Mackinley's "as much as I trust Red but he still hangs around with the bad folk of the Magical Realm, thats why I was thinking of having Coven here or someone who knows the Magical realm and will help deduct if they are good or not, I don't want to let these two new ponys into my home if they will end up robbing us or hurting the children or something" she said as she kissed Mackinley's head "it is a safety precaution if anything" she said with a sigh.

*Insert knock*

Danny walked over and opened the door "yes, may I help you?" He asked looking at a blue violet unicorn male and a violet red Pegasus, each with a bag around their necks.

The female smiled at Danny and nodded once "good morning, I am Celeste and the pony next to me is Xanadu, we came to fill in for Red and Maria whilst they were away" she said as she opened up her bag and pulled out a wax sealed envelope and handed it to him "I was asked by my brother and sister to give this to the heads of the family."

Danny took the envelope and looked it over, it was Red's handing writing, he would know it anywhere "of course, please, come in" he said as he moved away from the door and gestured for them to come inside "if you two would like to wait in that room there" he said pointing to the parlor just away from the door and on the left wall "I will go get them" he said as he watched them walk over to the Parlor and closed the door behind them and started walking over towards the kitchen to give Lemonade and Darmani the letter.

#D02090=Celeste and #8A2BE2=Xanadu

"I know, I guess as a parent and with new comers coming into the house I am just a little paranoid" she said as she nuzzled back.

Danny walked into the kitchen and stood at the door "excuse me, sir, madam, Celeste and Xanadu are here, apparently she is Red and Maria's sister and I am not sure about the other, Celeste did all the talking but she did ask for me to give you this, it is written Red" he said as he walked over and placed the letter on the table.

"Thank you, Danny, could you please make some some tea please and place some of the cookies that Red made before left onto a plate for us? I know that I have breakfast coming but I am hungry now and I can't be a bad hostess by not offering them anything" she said as Danny nodded and went over and started to prepare the tea "now, lets see what this says" she said as she opened it and started to read aloud.

"Dear Lemonade and Darmani,

I hope this letter sees you well, I apologize on behalf of myself and Maria for just taking off on you like this and the reason is this. As you know Maria has never been a normal pony, she has always been able to transform into a were snow leopard and the guy who scratched her is now back, I don't know what for but Maria does know that it has something to do with her and usually, if the lycanthrope who turned you into one comes back then that is usually never a good thing and from what we have heard he wants Maria so we had to get away and quickly at that. I know that this is an inconvenience for you and Maria and I deeply apologize but we have sent you two ponys who Maria and I trust with our lives, so let me introduce them...

The first one being my little sister, Celeste, she will be taking over my job, she went to a finer culinary school then I did so she knows a few more fancy dishes then I but she will be happy to do my job as she tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life.

As for the second, Xanadu, Maria tells me he was second in her class, he was the teachers pet and adores any and all responsibility yet does know how to have fun as well, he had a crush on her in the early years of of her schooling but now they are nothing more then close best friends due to a privet matter between them, she said to ask Xanadu if you wish to know as it is his business to tell, anyway, he adores children and loves to clean, he will fill in nicely for Maria, she swears he will do nothing wrong and I trust her on that.

I best be going, Maria and I wish to be back with you within a couple of weeks or so, my apologies I can't give a more specific date, I just need to get rid of this guy whos after Maria and we will be back, till then, take care and congratulations on your new babies, Maria and I heard you giving birth before we left and as much as we want to see the new babies we couldn't, we had to leave quickly and quitely, hope to see them soon and before they have grown.

Your's faithfully,

Red and Maria.

Lemonade finished reading the letter and looked at the others "well, I guess that explains what has happened to them, I hope they will be alright" she said as she folded up the letter and placed it back into the envelope and sighed "I guess it is time to go face these two" she said as she got up "Sierra, take care of your siblings" she said as she looked at Darmani and Rocky "lets go see these two" she said as she got up and started out of the kitchen.