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Maria sighed "couldn't the first lot have made you see you should stop producing kids? Or at least four at a time?" She said smiling at the two "seriously though it is fantastic news! Congratulations!" She said as she got up and walked around and nuzzled them both.

Red smiled at the Lemonade and Darmai "congrats guys, guess that means I have to feed four more mouths, I am seriously considering a holiday before they come" he half joked, if four girls were a pain, loveable, but a pain at time these four boys will be worse.

"Congrats" blue said half heartedly as she got "excuse me" she said as she left the room, deciding to go up and see her grandfather.

"Mom thats awesome news!" Sierra said as she grinned at her mother.

Tira grinned at his parents also "congrats mom and dad" he said, a little shocked, he was going to be a big brother!? He didn't even have any family left when he came here and now not only was he the last living heir to some huge family story but also a big brother? This was going to take a little getting used to, he was used to being just the youngest and now this, it was a lot to take in.

"I will remind you of that when they come along and it isn't just the eating, do I have to remind you that some of your daughters didn't learn to pick up after themselves till late? I know we all chip in to help around here and are paid for it but still, having more children who actually DO treat us as if we are some slaves make us a little weary" he said, not meaning to sound ungrateful or anything, he loved working here but still, less being treated like slaves this time round would be nice.

Tira looked at his sister "you treated me with such kindness when I first came here and yet now you want to pick on your brothers? Thats a change, what makes them different from me? Besides the fact their biological" he said smiling at his sister, not going to disapprove of the whole brothers going to be teased thing, it happens, but still, they were kind to him, he was just curious what the difference was besides the obvious.

Frostbite got up and walked over to her daughter and son-in-law and nuzzled them both "congratulations" she said as she kissed each of their cheeks "and I am sure, if Jack was in a better mood, he would say the same" she said, thinking it was time to buy more things for them, she would have to stop off at the toy store in Solstice tomorrow.

*Insert a bunch of stuff between Blueberry and Jack with Jack getting physical with his granddaughter* ((I thought it would be better if we just knew what was going on without actually needing for it to be RPed out, not REALLY in the mood to RP an abusive scene and besides, we know the jist of it so meh, it can just stay how it is.))

Blue ran out of the room crying moments later, threw open the front door and just ran, tears streaming down her cheeks, nearly knocking Danny down as he walked through the door.

"Blue!?" He called as he looked towards where she was running and walked inside, shutting the door behind him and followed the noise to the dinning room "hi guys, I was able to come back early "he said smiling at them all before looking at Lemonade and Darmani "though" he said somberly "Blue is rather upset, she nearly knocked me down on the way out of the front door, I don't know why she is upset but I just thought you were best to be told, excuse me though, I will go wash up" he said as he left and headed for the stairs.

Lemonade looked at her mate and then at her mother and the rest of them
"shall we go look for her?" She asked, wondering if she should just leave her daughter alone or not.

Danny came down a few moments later and looked at the others "guys, I just saw Jack walking to the bathroom, is he alright? Hes er...in a bad mood, whats up with him?" he asked curiously as he stopped just inside the dinning room door.

"This can't be good" he said as he ran off to go upstairs.

"We are going to go search for Blue" Lemonade said, feeling like this doesn't add up "something doesn't seem right, the two are either just coincidence or they two are some how connected, right now I think it is best if we get Blue, my father won't talk so whether the two are connected or not I think with Blue as upset as what Danny says then maybe it is best we find her first, she has been known to do some stupid things when shes been as upset as what Danny just said" she said as she looked at the others. "If anyone finds her..."

"Use these" Maria interupted as she conjured up several medium sized dragon pendants and handed one to each of them "each of these house a dragon spirit, each connected to the others regardless whether they are close by or far away, if someone finds Blue then touch it once and a dragon will appear, tell it the location of where you are and it will do its thing and let the other dragon spirits know and will make the other pendants glow and once that happens all you others just have touch the pendant and you will be transported to the location that the original is at" she said as she placed her pendant on.

"Thank you Maria" she said taking one and putting it on.

Tira got up and walked over and grabbed a necklace, putting it on and feeling a warmth to it "umm is mine meant to feel warm and comforting?" He asked curiously.

Maria nodded "yes, you are a magic user, since mortals aren't meant to use or know about Solstice etc these the dragons only respond to magic users and give off a warm comforting feel when used, these pendants are only meant to be used for lost creatures and magical beings and the like, those looking for them usually would be magical beings themselves so as a way of trying to comfort those who are looking for the lost one(s)" she said looking at Frostbite, Lemonade and the others. "I know you are not technically 'mortal' but you are of no magical ability which is what the pendant can trace inside your bodies as magical power gives off a magical aura and besides a portal spell which anyone can use if they have to and Lady Wicca and Lord Pagan allow it all you have that is why you guys don't feel the warmth on you" she said as she started out the door "come on guys, lets go look for Blue" she said as she vanished.

Red came back and looked at Lemonade and Darmani before they left "I will properly apologize later but I am sorry and I know why the potion didn't work, in the rush I forgot to add an ingrediant and so whilst the potion worked it only worked for fifteen minutes, I was able to sedate him for a bit whilst I mixed up a new potion and it now is 100% fool proof, he won't be waking up for a while, I made sure of it" he said as he let them go "go find Blue, I will stay here and make sure this time Jack stays asleep" he said as he sighed, he was going to have to make up for this big time.

"Thank you, Red" Lemonade said as she ran out the dinning room door.

"I wouldn't say ALL the time" Frostbite called as she followed her son-in-law "the first dinner went fine" she said as she sighed "granted the next one didn't do TOO good...maybe you are right, maybe I should just come for the both of us in future" she said as she ran out the front door "Blue!" She called as she opened a portal "I will go search around the woods in the valley" she said as she entered the portal and had it close behind her.

Maria opened another "I will go search around the bits in between the two valleys" she said as she entered the portal and let it close behind her.

"What about us?" She said as she looked at her mate "should we stay together or split up?" She asked, knowing that it would probably be better if they split up but she also wanted to be with her mate, it was their daughter, it would be good if they did find her together.

Tira left the dinning room also and nuzzled both his sisters "I will go out and help, searching from the sky may help better the odds" he said as she pushed the pendants towards them "keep these though, as long as you have them at least you will know if shes been found or not even if you don't use them and sis is right, Blue is strong, I am sure she will be alright and back soon" he said as he ran out the room and flew out the front door.

Sierra came down moments later and looked at her sisters "Rocky, Sherbet, what is going on?" She asked as she walked over and shut the door, she wasn't sure what was going on but something told her that with the way Red was sitting with her grandfather in the guest room as she walked by something didn't seem right.

"Well, to be fair, she is one..." Sierra said softly as she sighed "but that is beside the"point, he has been in a bad mood since he got her and calling her that didn't help any and besides that, what has that got to do with daddy anyway? Calling him a ***** wasn't exactly fair" she said, as she looked at the front door and then back at her sisters "I hope Blue will be alright..." she said as she trailed off, hoping her sister will be alright.

"Whether she is one or not that isn't any reason to say it to the ponys face" Red said as he came downstairs and walked over to the others "Jack is completely dead to the world" he said as he smiled somberly at the girls "would you girls like some hot chocolate?" He offered, thinking it might help them keep a clear head.

"I would like one please, Red" she said as she smiled somberly back at him "and maybe you can tell us why daddy is a meant to be a '*****'" she said as she looked from Red and towards the fire.

Red sighed, this wasn't his place to say anything but they were old enough to know and they deserved to know so he sighed and nodded "alright, I will tell you" he said as he looked at Rocky and Sherb "would you girls like a hot chocolate?"

Blue had been running for what seemed like hours now, opening portals to random places, going through them, running a bit more only to open up a portal back to the Pony World from the Magical Realm and just did it so she could get more space between her and her house. After a while she had ended up in some rather remote place in the magical realm,not sure where in the magical realm she was but she was alone, no one was around, she was able to find a cave and just think, it was a colk, dark and desolate area but she liked that, she wanted that, she just went in to the back of the cave and just cried.

Red nodded "sure, back soon" he said as he turned and left for the kitchen.

Sierra looked at her sister "Sherb, why not just go to the library or something for the duration of the story? At least then we can sorta give you a hint or two at what its about and see if you like to hear the full version?" Sierra suggestedto her sister.

"Then you might as well just leave now, Red wasn't there, he knows about it because Red was told by mom incase something like this came up and since Red knows grandfather well, it was best he knows so he can think of the best course of action to take...or at least thats what Mom said when I walked in on her and Red talking one day in privet when I was little, she never said anything else but it was just a privet matter between her, daddy, Red and Grandfather but now that I think of it, being that this is happened, it makes me wonder if this is what it was to do with" she said to her silings, wondering if there another reason besides that now.

"Alright, thats fine, just wanted to make sure you wanted to stay, thats all, I don't want you to be here if you don't really want to" she said as she walked over and stood beside her sister and nuzzled her "I wonder if this has anything to do with Blue as well..." she said off handedly, somehow the two went together, she wasn't sure how but something told her that they did, hopefully they could probe Red into telling them that as well.

"They do" Red said as he came back in with four cups of hot chocolate floating on a plate beside him along with four large slices of Strawberry Cheesecake "your grandfather has always been this way" he said placing a mug of hot chocolate in front of each of them along with a plate with cake fork and placed the tray on the chair next to him "he has always had a bad tamper and what not but only when hes stressed greatly or upset greatly and that takes a lot to do but on the day your mother told him that she was in love with Darmani wasn't a happy time. You see, your grandparents were against it and yet if they didn't have work to do in the Magical Realm then they would of dragged Lemonade home however, time passed and Frostbite grew to love Darmani and so did Jack however Jack still, in a way, resents Darmani for what he did to his precious and youngest little girl, now it wasn't actually anything TOO bad but to Jack it was terrible" he saidas he laid down on the floor "care to get comfy? The story may take a little bit of time" he said smiling at them.

Sierra laid down took a sip of her hot drink "thank you Red" she said as she got into a nice comfy position to listen.

Red took a deep breath and let it out "when your parents first met Lemonade, as a yearling, was upset, all she wanted to do was make ice cream, she didn't care about friends, she had one or two and to her that was enough but your grandparents threatened to take away any and all ways of her making ice cream if she didn't go outside and make some so she took enough for a couple of bowls of ice cream and that was it and her mother and father basically shoved her out of the house and locked the door behind her and unless she made at least one new friend she was not coming home. Frostbite and Jack hated doing it but they believed that she should be more social so it was the only way to get her to make friends, tough love is cruel at times but it does work in a lot of cases, anyway, an adult Darmani met your mother crying under a tree, cheered her up, each having a bowl of ice cream and then decided to go for a walk on the beach, a secret beach that is that only a few know about and Raven is REALLY protective of and won't just let anyone into, anyway they got in and Moonlight made a picnic for them and they got to know each other and it was basically love at first sight after that, they spent a nice amount of time together but realized there was something there, something that just made each other fall in love with the other so it was happy times for a bit.

Then it came to telling the parents, Raven allowed them in, they talked, Jack was upset that his youngest daughter was telling him she had fallen in love with your father and given she was a yearling and your father an adult he was civil, upset and a tad rude, but civil basically before they both left told her she was to be punished when she got home and so they left and Lemonade was left knowing she would be grounded for the rest of her life but she spent as much time as possible with Darmani before heading home, they said their goodbyes and she headed towards the clearing where this house now stands and she saw her father here, knowing that since it was his and her special place then she knew she could find him here and maybe even talk some sense into him. But this is where it turned into more of a nightmare then one could of ever imagined, Lemonade and Jack argued rather heavily and basically words were exchanged like 'Darmani is nothing but a *****' and 'he wasn't going to let his little girl get raped by this guy' etc etc and Lemonade placed a hoof on Jacks Shoulder only for him to knock it back which upset Lemonade and more words were said and then..." Red paused and sighed, hating the fact he had to even say this, it was bad enough hearing it the first time but to now retelling it to Lemonade and Jacks own children was just horrible "...Lemonade" he said composing himself and looking at the girls "basically ended up as Jacks punching bag, Jack thinking he could make her see sense this way, she nearly died that that day, she was so black and blue with bones broken and everything her family actually did think she wasn't going to live.

However, Winter remembered hearing about some Magical Realm healer, one of the best in the Magical Realm and went and got her, she was fixed up as good as new though given the extent of her injuries it did take a good long while before she was able to see Darmani again but when she did she was an adult by then and Jack had basically begged Lemonade for forgiveness and he had cried over what he did, he truly did feel regret for what he did to his daughter and Lemonade forgave him, forgot all about it, she blames herself for half of it at least because she knew he shouldn't of been bothered, she knew that it was a risk but she decided to talk to him so she took at least half the blame for what happened that day and how she could forgive him so easily. But we now come here to the present and we see that Jack wasn't in a happy mood, we saw that he was better left just being by himself which is why I made that potion to make him sleep, let him sleep off his anger and stress or just leave him alone in general and by the next day you will get to see him again just the way you always do, a happy go lucky guy who adores his family and friends and just loves life but he does have that bad temper which is why your parents never told you what happened between her and your grandfather, she wanted you and him to get along great, she wanted no bitterness between you, she thought that she would never get to see him like this again, even HE monitored himself so he wouldnt but as you saw tonight he was in a foul mood.

Now, I don't know what happened between Jack and Blueberry, I don't know if he DID hit her or just yelled at her which frightened her but until Blueberry is found we will have to wait to see the outcome, though I do ask of you, please don't blame your parents, Lemonade didn't even tell Darmani till a little while after they met again and she begged him not to be upset at her father, Lemonade loves her father regardless, maybe now it will change depending on what happened, but she does and she didn't want her children hating him because of what he did to her which she forgave him for so she thought it best to keep it to herself, thinking her father wouldn't be as stupid to do it a second time and she had learnt her lesson not to tempt fate so both parents thought it was best to not tell you." He said with a sigh and took a sip of his drink "but after tonight, I thought it best to tell you, you have a right to know but you didn't either, it was up to Lemonade and Darmani to tell you IF they wanted to and in a way, they should have BUT given how kind and sweet your grandfather was I guess they thought it was best to not say but yes, I do admit, they should of warned you girls when you were old enough to understand, even if that was in adulthood, they still should of told you before now but whats done is done, all we can do now is wait and hope they find her soon" he said as he looked somberly into the fireplace, wishing there was something he could do to help but he was needed here so he couldn't.

Sierra just laid there in shock, she couldn't speak, what was she to say anyway? Her mother was,,,Sierra shook her head to clear it, no, her mother was always so confident and proud and beautiful and something she silently wished she could be like one day, surely this was a joke, how could someone like her mother be how she is today if that was what happened? No, this was some sick joke Red was making up surely but then Red has never lied to them before, small, insignificant white lies sure but nothing like this, but still it was too hard to believe.

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Elsewhere.....

Wicca had decided to go out for a walk and find some potion ingredients that couldn't be sold or found through usual means and the fact her stores were needing restocking she thought it might be nice to go get them herself for once, she always did like getting her own potion ingredients before she became too busy so she thought that tonight was the perfect night to do this though when she arrived near a cave she heard a noise from inside which struck her as odd, this forest may have a good potion ingredient or two but as for it being inhabitable, well, that was not possible, the forest had been dead for years, still doing tests as to why and especially not in this cave, a different sort of toxin was in the cave, different to the one found in the soil of this forest, unless you knew a spell to protect yourself from contamination then you just didn't come here and no one by six people knew the spell and all from Government House. "Hello?" Wicca said as she entered the cave "is anyone here?"

Blue didn't say anything, all she did was carry on crying, trying to silence herself but she couldn't and nor did she want to, besides, even if she did want to and did stop the pain she felt would just make her start crying again so what was the point? She never was one to be able to handle pain all that well even if she did put up a little bit of a tough exterior.