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"But I gooottta goooooo~~!~!"

"Donny, can't you wait just a little-"

"DONNY GO NOW."

"NO NO OKAY DONNY. Okay. I'll find somewhere with a bathroom. Just.. don't.. go. Yet."

Nio had taken his son out for a day on the beach, and spoiled him quite rotten. Ice cream and slushies had kept the boy cooled so that he wouldn't be tempted to go in the water (with wings as big as his, Nio was sure the boy would have drowned), but they had also left the boy with a very urgent and pressing need. Said need had Nio searching desperately for somewhere where his son could.. take care of business.

"Okay, here we go, just hold on one more minute Donny, we'll try here okay?"

"Donny gotta gooo.."

Nio stared up at the store, nondescript as it was, and hoped beyond hope that someone was inside. Someone nice enough to help a little boy in need and his frazzled father out. He knocked on the door, perhaps a little too hard and fast, then waited.

Sian heard someone at the door and looked down at the egg. It was like Meru's just the design was a bit darker... Oh well. Placing the egg in her pocket she looked towards the door and then jogged over to it.

"I wonder who it could be...?" She though to herself while rubbing her face where the egg had boinked her, she could already feel it bruising. She grabbed the door handle as many thoughts ran through her head and opened the door to see a guy... and something with him.

"Um... Hello, can I help you?"

Both father and son held the same frantic and nervous smile as the door was opened, though the boy remained silent. Nio spoke up, giving the woman a friendly nod.

"Good afternoon. Lovely day isn't it? I apologize if I'm disturbing anything, but you see, my little boy here's got a bit of an emergency, and I was just wondering if you would be so kind as to let him use your-"

"DONNY GO BOOM AND DIE!"

"..Bathroom." The man sighed at his son's outburst, holding on to him tightly as the little winged midget fluttered dramatically and looked as though he had just fainted dead away. ".. and while we're at it, if you know of any acting schools around here.."

He received a chubby foot in his face, nudging it rudely before flopping down once more.

Sian smiled lightly and tried to supress a laugh. "He can come use our bathroom, you may aswell com in too." She said as she opened the door wider and stepped out of the way.

"It's the third door down the hall on your left." Sian said to the little boy with a wink. "You look like you may want to hurry though." She smiled as she said this, and put her hands in her sweater pockets.

"Acting schools? No, I don't know of many around here, however then are a few down by main street. He'd do good in one."

"I disagree. I think he'd do horribly." He received another foot in his face before Donny promptly revived and hopped out of his father's arms.

"Thankee~!" He squealed out as he toddled off to the bathroom, quite capable of using it on his own for someone so small. Nio stepped inside and gave the woman an even more nervous smile, though it was unclear as to why.

"Thanks for helping us out. We live down further, in Gambino, we never would have made it. And you know how most places are about using the bathrooms without being a customer.." His last word trailed off a bit as he looked about, nervousness turning to confusion. "Ah.. this is a shop isn't it?" At first glance he couldn't tell just what kind of shop it was, or what they sold. Might as well see if there was anything he wanted while he was here.

Sian blinked a few times. "It's a shop of sort-"

"Ohhhhh Guests! Sian why didn't you call me?" Naida slid down the stair banister and landed promptly at Sian's feet while giving the 'visitor' an inquiring look.

"This-" Sian pointed to Naida, "is what we sell in a way. They come out of..." fumblig with her pockets she pulled out the egg. "These, we found them... sort of. Anyways they need our help, and we need other people's help. As much as I would like to have a house full of things like Naida here-" She once again pointed at the mermaid. " I think I would go insane."

Nio looked down at the mermaid (quite literally, and not at all metaphorically, seeing as the man reached a touch over six feet in height) and if he could have gotten more nervous, he would have. Instead, he simply sighed. It seemed a pattern for him to find himself in seemingly innocent shops, only to somehow end up walking out with a new child. Of course, if he did that as often as it seemed, Enoh would kill him..

..except she was guilty of the same crime. The little white haired boy she had brought home yesterday was a perfect example.

"Ah.. you think you'd go crazy? Yeah, we're headed there. We've got eighteen of them at the moment. Nine girls, nine boys, funny how that worked out.." He gave a tired laugh, and scratched the back of his head. "It's a good thing we've got a huge house.." He looked down at the woman briefly, feeling a little rude for refering to we and not explaining himself. "My wife and myself I mean."

He gave the mermaid a fleeting look, wary that she would suddenly throw an item at him that would suddenly sprout a child, much like with Donny. Nope.. no books around.. safe.

"Not that I'm complaining," He added with a fond smile. "Love 'em, each and every one."

As if to punctuate his sentence, a faint flushing could be heard coming from down the hall, followed by a relieved little sigh.

Naida ignored the man and was concentrating on the bathroom. "Is there someone in MY bathroom? Oh my gosh my soaps." She gave a bit of a frantic sigh after she said this.

"Shush you Naida, he won't break anything I'm sure, and it's only lame soap." Sian stuck her tongue out at Naida when she said this. She got a dark galre in return.

"That's quite a family. I used to have one like that until I was dumped on the streets. However Meru took me in... That's why I was saying 'we' lot's. Meru is my partner. Huuu, it get's tiring though looking after this freak here." She pointed at Naida again.

"Sure, Sian I'm the freak. You're the one who can do magic. Plus I know you love me anyways." Naida said this with a dismissal sniff and then tried not to smile.

"Yeah, yeah... So, may I ask your name?"

As if being called, Donny strode out of the bathroom, looking rather triumphant. He promptly stopped in his stead when he saw what looked like a large, finned version of his sister, Vidya. He stared at Naida with wide eyes, and didn't put up much of a fuss as Nio collected him into his arms and carried him.

"Oh, dear. Please pardon my rudeness, I really should have introduced myself first thing. My name's Nio, and this is my son Adonis. We're both really grateful to you and pleased to make your acquaintance. May we ask your names?"

Donny continued to stare at Naida, feeling a strange sense of familiarity and kinship with her. The toddler reached a hand out, shyly waving to her, and the movement caught his father's eye. Nio briefly turned to look at Donny, before following his gaze to Naida. That was odd.. Donny had never acted like that around anyone before. Nio was sure the boy didn't know the meaning of shy.

Naida smiled and waves back to Adonis. She thought he was cute.

"Ah, Sorry about that. My name is Sian and this is Naida. Meru isn't home right now. She's working. Being here is sadly my job. To take care of the eggs and to get rid of them before they hatch and chaos insues this house!"

Sian blushed after said this. "Okay maybe not chaos but my job would get much harder."

"Sian, Naida, nice to meet you both." Nio said, ignoring the repetition of his manners. He nudged Donny, who shook out of his staring fit and looked up at his father.

"You ready to go, shrimp?"

"Yah.. but.." He looked back at Naida with a pout, then back up at his father, who paled at the look he was being given.

He knew that look.

Oh, how he knew that look.

"Don-"

"Donny want one!" The little boy proclaimed, pointing at Naida before Nio could even get the words out.

"Donny, Naida isn't a pet, so you can't 'have one'. Okay? Now, let's g-"

"Squishee have one, and Donny help take care of it?"

"No, see, no. You're not getting what I- .. don't give me the puppy dog look. Don't do it. Stop looking at me like that Donny. Donny I'm serious. Don't.."

Nio cringed inwardly as the boy continued to melt him. He couldn't say no to that face. He just couldn't.

One day he would have to learn, though.

Nio turned to look at Sian sheepishly. "You don't have any that need a home right now, do you?" She probably doesn't, there's nothing to worry about, we can't buy what she doesn't have, don't worry Nio..

..Enoh's going to kill you.

Sian watched as Nio was melted by his son. It kind of made her happy that she didn't have any kids. The closest thing she had to a kid was Naida, except they were more like fighting siblings then anything.

"Well, I do believe that we do have one actually. Just let me go grab it." Sian rushed out of the room and back into the Mirror room.

She couldn't give Nio the egg she had just found. She had a feeling that one was meant for her, and her feelings were always correct. She huffed frantically while looking at all of the eggs they had. Which one will suit him best? Sian thought frantically. So she stood there sorting through the eggs and picking each one up one at a time and then she felt a jolt when she touched an egg.

"OUCH!"

~*~

Naida flinched when she heard Sian yell. "I think she's found one for you. She's a weirdo that one, but she's compleatly trustworthy." Naida nodded thoughtfully as she said this. "Also, we aren't pets," Naida winked and went on. "No, we're much more then that."

~*~

Sian grimanced and dropped the egg that had shocked her. So you're the one that he needs. She looked at it carefully, it seemed normal. Well normal for the eggs, it had a symbol just like the others. Sian touched it again carefully with her other hand. Her right one had been sent into submission by the shock. Stupid egg...

Carefully she picked up the egg and got up after a bit of diffuculty. She couldn;t even move her right arm anymore. After getting up she slowly walked into the room where Nio, his son and Naida were. "I.. Uh got your egg."

"I'll be fine... The egg just chose to be yours in a rather nasty way. I don't think they like me much... Maybe Naida has been talking to them. However we haven't had any trouble with any of the other owners and Mysterians are quite sane."

"I do not talk to them... Okay I do but still. It could also be that they react to you differently because of well you know." Naida said to Sian turning a bit red.

"Shush you." Sian looked over at Naida with a rather disaproving look. She then gave a bit of a one armed shrug and handed the egg over to Nio. "It's a girl so you know. Also if you have any questions at all feel free to come back or phone us. I could give you our number if you want." Sian smiled and nodded as she said this, she was happy to be rid of another egg. They were running out of space quite frankly.

This was a bad idea. Baaad idea. Then again so were most ideas he ventured on.

"Chose, eh? Well, that settles it then. How much do I owe you? And I'd really appreciate taking your number just in case."

Adonis squealed at the egg, reaching out with his chubby hands for it. Nio hesitated, eyeing the boy warily, before placing the egg into his open palms. "Donny, be extra careful.. don't hold it too tightly, don't drop it or run around it with.. just.. don't. Whatever it is you think of doing, don't. Okay?"

The boy gave his nervous father an exasperated look, but nonetheless he held the egg as gingerly as possible, bending inward to peer into it's surface to see if there were any tiny little Vidyas or Donnys floating around within.

"Hmm, you can pay whatever you think is acceptable." Sian nodded and smiled. "Also you don''t have to worry about the egg breaking. Last week I dropped one down the stairs and Meru stepped on it and slipped. The only thing that got hurt was Meru." Sian said this as she waled over to the desk in the front hall and pulled a piece of paper and pen out.

Show wrote the number down and handed it to Nio. "Also don''t worry. These eggs and what''s inside them won''t hurt you. They have reason to react to me." Sian nodded and grinned.

Nio couldn't help but feel a little awkward at having to choose his own price for it. "Ah.. I don't.. that is to say.. what have other people paid for their eggs? I'm really not good at this.." Leaving something up to a man this flipfloppy was never a good idea. After all, Enoh always made the big decisions in the family.

Donny was elated to hear that the egg wasn't as fragile as his father made it out to be. He began to poke it repeatedly upon the revelation of this news, and giggled when it didn't break. This would certainly make for a fun new toy, at least until it hatched!

Nio would never have asked Sian why an egg would react foully to her, as it would be rude, and completely out of place. He was curious, but kept it completely to himself. Slipping the paper into the wallet he had pulled out to pay, he waited for (hopefully) some inkling as to how much he should offer for the new member of their family.

"Well, some of the eggs have gone for super high prices and others have gone for lower prices. However, for you we can play a game." Sian closed her left hand and then opened it making a large black top hat grow from her palm.

"Hmm now we need some prices." She put the hat on the table that had the pen and paper on it then pointed to the pen and paper with her left hand again. This time the paper ripped into a few pieces and numbers were written onto it. Then they flew into the hat.

"Alright now pick two pieces of paper. The first one will be say the base price and then second will be a number you have to times it by!"

Nio laughed nervously as the hat appeared out of thin air. Donny was briefly distracted from his new toy by the trick, and squealed happy. He reached out and dropped the egg into the hat. "Safe!" He squealed like a chibi umpire.

Nio eyed his son warily, before picking the egg out. On top of the egg was already a piece of paper. "Well, that seems fair enough. Looks like this'll be the first one.." He used his other hand to pick out the second piece, then handed the egg back to his son gently, before unfolding the two pieces of paper. "One says 300.. and one says 10. Huh, so 3000. That sounds all right to me. How about you?" He looked up at Sian hopefully, dropping the two pieces of paper back into the hat and pulling the appropriate amount from his wallet to give to her.

Donny now wanted a top hat to keep his new toy in. He pouted, making grabby hands for the hat itself.

"Sounds good." Sian nodded as she watched Donny. She took the cash from Nio and tucked it away in her pocket.

After thinking for a second she dumped the paper out of the hat with her left hand (Due to the fact that she still couldn''t use her right one.) making the paper exlplode into sparkles before it touched the ground. Then she took the hat and placed it on Donny''s head.

"He''s a cute kid."

Donny's grabbing motions stopped when the sparklies exploded, and his eyes widened. This was, in his opinion, one of the coolest days ever. He gawked at the woman, only to have his vision blocked by the top hat placed on his head. His hand reached up to push the hat upward, staring at her like she was a goddess.

Well, a goddess to a toddler at least.

He squealed happily and picked the hat up just enough to slip the egg under it, before putting the hat back on his head firmly and making sure it was on nice and tight, despite the fact that it then covered half his vision. "Safe~!" He chimed contently, and grinned that large, cocky little grin of his. "Thank-oo!"

"Sometimes too cute, I'd say," Nio chided softly, smiling. "But we keep him around anyway. All right Donny, let's go." He let the boy go, and it would seem that Donny would have dropped to the ground quite painfully. They were far too used to this routine however - Donny's wings flared out the moment he felt his fathers arms move, and he fluttered back around to climb onto the man's back and cling to him. It was his favorite way to travel.

Nio held his hand out for Sian, and if taken, would then do the same for Naida. "It really was nice to meet you both. I'm sure we'll keep in touch often."

Naida watched Donny fly to his fathers back in wonderment. That. Was. So Cool. She only wished she could fly, that would make getting around much easier for her.

Sian took Nio's hand after a bit of confusion dut to having no right arm. She didn't let this stop her from smiling at Donny's amazement though. He was a cool kid. " I hope to see you again soon." Sian said with another one of her nods.

Naida shook Nio's hand aswell only with less confusion then Sian's handshake. Oh well. She also waved to Donny. "I hope to see all three of you soon.

"Oh, you will." Nio confirmed with a laugh, giving them both one last wave before opening the door and heading back home with the boy firmly attached to his back.

"Nice place, isn't it?"

"Donny thirsty!"

".. Don't even."

Donny pouted softly when his father looked at him in exasperation, but once he turned away the boy's pout turned into a mischievous grin. He was just too easy..

Dear Diary:

Daddy gave me a diary today. I guess that's you. He says that I should have one because mommy gave him one and he has to write in it too, and he feels silly doing it so he didn't want to be alone. I feel kind of silly too, but I guess it isn't so bad. Adonis doesn't write in his though, even though he can't write words and daddy told him to just draw pictures for now, but I think that he doesn't do it just because he doesn't want to do anything that daddy tells him to do anymore. He's always so stubborn, but he's so easy to fool. Daddy learned already that if he wants Donny to do something, he just tells him NOT to do it. And he does it.

Brothers are so stupid sometimes.

I was promised that no one would read this diary, and since Donny can't read very well yet I'm not too worried, but I still feel weird talking about what's wrong.. I feel stupid for being jealous. I just don't want things to change, but they are. Mommy told me she is going to have a baby, and she was very happy about it. I'm not so happy, but I don't want anyone to know. It's just.. there's always so many people in this house. I hope no one forgets about me.

P.S. I met another of my kind the other day, Sreas. He's very nice! I hope I see him again. Daddy's very busy nowadays but he promised to take me back when he can, and maybe Sreas or someone new will be there.

Dear Diary,

Vidya grew! Oh, she's so pretty.. she's so much taller than me now. I'm used to being the taller of the three of us in this room, but now..! I hope this doesn't mean I have to share a bed with Donny like she did.. I can hear him moving around at night. And those wings! I can't even imagine how Vidya slept with him all that time, let alone now! I simply won't have it. I won't, I really won't. I'd rather grow a hundred feet tall than have to share a bed with that little brat.

I know, I know.. somewhere deep down I don't hate him as much as I say I do. But honestly, the things he does sometimes..! Well they're just unforgiveable. He's lucky he's so small and cute.. if he grows as big as Viddy did, I don't think I'll be able to stand staying in the same room as him. Maybe daddy will give me my own room sometime soon..

Then again, I'd kind of miss staying with Viddy. Now that she's grown, I hope things don't change between us. Maybe we'll be even closer friends!

She has such pretty hair though.. I'm so jealous.

Oh well, enough about that. Things have been pretty quiet around here lately. Momma goes for checkups often, and her stomach's getting pretty fat. Daddy doesn't seem to mind though, but Donny's getting brattier by the day about things. And I thought I was afraid of change! Sheesh!

I haven't been to the shop lately.. there hasn't been time. I miss my new friends.. and I haven't seen Sreas in a while. I hope no one's forgotten about me..