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"Oh, who cares about you? I am looking out for myself, my dignity is what I care about and I don't really want that lost anymore then what it already has, I am STILL trying to get it back after my childhood destroyed it."

"Alright then, how about the lesser of the three? Granted, it may not seem to be AS lesser of the evils as it still paints you in a bad light but still, compared to the other two, it is tamer" he said, as he stopped at some street lights.

Lemonade groaned "you are just itching to tell him aren't you?" she said as she kissed Darmani's cheek "love you to" she said as she sat back "fine, tell him, though this one would be older then childhood, it was my last time I came here with my father..."

Stardust carried on driving and with the story "and lets put it this way, Darmani, and yes I know this will sound criminal and I apologize but as a teen, when she puts her mind to something she can look totally hot, totally, sexy and I am sorry but she also can look REALLY..."

Lemonade interrupted that thought pattern "alright!! That is it! Let us not carry on with that train of thought!" She said, knowing exactly what he was getting at, he restrained himself though, he was one of the good guys, the one who can look and think as much as he wants but not touch unlike his friends.

"Right, yes, apologies, anyway as I was saying there was a time in Lemonades life, before her final visit came to an end and she was hanging out with Light and Bright and they were just doing what teenage girls do and hung around the mall, buying whatever they could etc and given Mr Frost and myself each have money we didn't mind, once in a while, giving them our credit cards and letting them go on a small shopping spree...well, that is when Lemonade could be all puppy dog eyed and lip quivering and getting her way with him. So the girls went off and I decided to tag along because whilst I knew Lemonade could be trusted my girls not so much but they didn't mind as long as I stuck to like several feet behind them and, if they met guys or friends I wasn't allowed to come near etc.

So as stuff happened and my girls were talking to boys and being all flrty and cutesy with them Lemonade was bored, the guy she was speaking to was cute but she was clearly not interested so an older guy walked past and she and he exchanged a smile and Lemonade wanted to go talk to him so I let her. I was around to stop if anything happened but I knew the guys father, he was fine, a p***y cat really, he looked like your typical 'bad boy' but he was a total p***y cat and Lemonade decided, before she met him, she would go get dressed, she needed SOMETHING that would make him want her so she left and went and started doing a little more shopping.

Without going into too much detail I will say that she did stuff one wouldn't normally do, she was at that experimental stage and well...lets just say, by the end of the night Lemonade ended up realizing that she was going to remain single for the rest of her life, that what she 'played' with that night was a little too scary, boys were yucky and icky and blah blah blah and well...apparently that has changed" he said as he ended up stopping just outside of his daughters place.

Lemonade groaned, having buried her face into the back seat "oh lord, kill me now..." she said as her face was terribly red, she could feel it "and to think this was the TAMER story..." she said as she got out of the cab and walked to the window "how much do we owe you?"

"Nothing, on the house, anything for my daughters best friend" he said as he kissed Lemonades cheek "nice to see you again, you have been missed by myself and my mate" he said as he parked and got out, deciding to go see his daughters.

Thank you" she said as she followed him cyan]and stood next to her mate "so I told you a small lie, I told you I had never done anything with a guy before, I have just...just nothing I was proud of repeating" she said as she sighed "I don't even know where Tinted is now. The last I heard he was working in construction here, had a mate and two girls but not sure if that true or not, it has been so long but I wouldn't mind meeting up again, sure it would still kill me to see him but it may get me over this fear of him as well" she said as she started to enter the bistro.

Lemonade took the hoof and got out and smiled at him "thank you" she said as she stood on the ground properly and started towards the bistro "I am as well, I found the best friend a girl could ever want" she said as she kissed his cheek "besides that, we have a bunch of kids at home that we REALLY need to kick out, they should of left the next by now" she said, half joking, half wishing that she had the heart TOO kick them out, she loved them at home but how was she meant to try and talk Darmani into more kids of the ones they already have are filling the place up? Not exactly a deal sealer.

"It was a pleasure to meet you, Darmani, take good care of my dearest Lemonade" he said as he moved off to get food from the kitchen, one good thing about this place, he could go pick a little food from the kitchen and he won't get in trouble for it.

"This place was set to be night forever, the stars, the galaxies, the milky way, the way you see them moving across the sky and different things showing you what space is like, the planets showing up every now and again etc, the room and floor may be space but the roof and some of the walls will forever show the different happenings in space, even get to see a black hole every now and again. It is one of my all time favourite places, the sisters have done a fantastic job and have done it so that it is casual but classy and I wouldn't have known them if I gave up that day of meeting them, I know I said I didn't have friends but I didn't, not exactly, I mean, these two became sisters to me and their father was a father I never had, Jack was a father but it was basically mom that brought us up and when Jack finally decided to do some parenting it was more iron fist type of parenting then the loving and affectionate kind.

But anyway, stick with me and you will go places, heck, you ARE going to be meeting the Elders, it is the first time I have technically met them myself but thanks for Jack's murderous ways I get to meet them in the worst light possible, hopefully they will be open to listen today" she said as she looked around, wondering where Starbright was, usually she was happy to show people to their seats.

Starbright ran up to her and grinned "Lemmy!" She said as she clung to her and nuzzled her "we never get to see you! I mean, we do, but it has been a while since your last visit and our last coffee date, how have you been!? How are the kids? How is Darmani, the man you NEVER introduce us to! Shouldn't we know your mate by now!?"

"Starbright, refrain yourself!" Starlight said as she walked over, looking poised, proper, elegant and refined "and stop hugging poor Lemonade to death" she said as she smiled at Lemonade before clinging to her as well and cuddling her "because it is my turn!" She said as she laughed with the two of them before letting go and going back to her prim and proper ways and clearing her throat "right, enough of that, come, we will show you to your table" she said as she walked off.

"Starbright is the one who 'attacked' me first, Starlight is the sister who likes to make sure she is always poised and refined and elegant and not a hair out of place etc, just that when it comes to me, whilst she doesn't do fun as much as her sister does, she will always join in on having fun when I am concerned. Starbright is always up for having fun, never has she ever said no to it from anyone but Starlight is the sophisticated one, would rather have tea and listen to classical music then have fun and get dirty but when I am around she can't help but join in with her sister and I, she will always be up for anything as long as it it to spend time with me.

In a way it is to make up for the times we didn't get to share with each other thanks to my father but at other times it is just because it IS me, we just love hanging out with each other, I never mentioned them because it was a sore spot for me, I had not gone back to see them in months when you and I had met and I missed them but I just thought if I could not mention them then I won't miss them, out of sight out of mind if you will. However that is in the past, now you get to meet the two girls who I class as my sisters more then I do Crystal and Snow, even WInter enjoys having these two classed as his sisters more then Crystal and Snow, Winter however understand their my friends so he does come see them once in a while but other then that he loves them from afar" she said as she followed on "girls, this is Darmani, my mate" she said happily, leaning over and kissing his cheek "yes, he was the one I fell in love with as a teenager."

"You did love a good scandal didn't you, Lemmy?" Starlight said, smiling at her as she stopped by a table.

"But who would of thought it was YOU who would create one" Starbright said as she gestured them to sit down.

Lemonade sat down and smiled at them "oh you two, shut it, or I will make sure I don't add one of your ice cream orders next time and maybe I might just slip in a different flavour instead" she said teasing them as they all giggled before the sisters grabbed a seat from another table and sat down and looked at Darmani.

"And so, you are the fantastic Darmani, Lemmy has told us all about you, it is nice to finally meet the old man who stole her heart" Starbright teased as she poured Lemonade and Darmani a drink.

"Hey! Stop calling him an old man!" Lemonade said, half heartedly.

"Well, technically he was by the time you met him, he just became a dinosaur ever since" Starlight said as she grinned at the Flutter.

"We are sorry" Starbright said " we truly don't mean that, it is nice to see Lemonade happy and with someone who is as handsome as you, she deserves to have love in her life and she finally has it with a lot of children as well, we are more envious then anything, she has gone out to get a store, a mate, children, living in what seems to be the most beautiful and elegant of ice estates and we are far too busy holding down this place, sorting out books, doing the accounts, making sure the staff are paid etc. We care to run this place with little staff as possible, it is our baby so we wan to do the brunt work, it is only fair, we don't like being owners who just sit in the back and let everyone else work, we like to show people we can do the work also and it is nice to be on an interactive basis with the customers."

"Besides, these two got top marks in all their cooking school exams, the others did alright and passed but these two did more then pass, they broke several school records as they went, it was only right they opened their own business instead of working for the man, hence why it is called Stardust, they named it after their father, he helped get them the place, helped them set up, used his money to help them do everything and buy everything. The family have always had a head for business and Starbright is the mastermind behind the books, she is an accountants dream, Starlight never really cared for numbers, she got her cooking degree and that is all that mattered but Starbright takes care of the books, she does the accounting and can manage the books in hours instead of days like some accountants do.

So between these two this place is a really popular place and they both run a well oiled ship, they are firm and tough when need be but they are fair and kind to, a reason why many wish to work here, being around them is a joy but they do turn many away, they have a total of 6 staff, 4 wait staff and two fellow chefs, other then that, they do everything else, Starbright helps wait on tables whilst her sister helps the chefs, so this place is just one of the hottest spots to go when in town."

"Oh stop it, Lemonade, you are too kind" Starlight said as she smiled at her friend.

((Basically, what I am trying to get at, is what the Doctor did here with the stars and shooting stars happening every so often etc etc, the place is basically just a night sky))

"A guy with a sense of humor to, Lemonade you have picked the perfect guy" Starbright said smiling at her.

"What can I say? I actually do have good taste and he is fantastic mate as a father!" She said as she nuzzled him back "and if we had the heart to kick those kids out of home we may get more" she said as she nodded though and sighed "we do, have you heard?"

"That you have disowned your father and fired Red? Yep, we have, Maria came to us hoping we can talk you around, see if we can try and make you see reason and rehire Red as he needs the job etc" Starlight said as she just sighed and looked at Lemonade "are you sure you won't just rehire him? Seriously, he has proven to you he has changed, has he not? Just accept defeat and rehire him, you know you want to."

"No, I will not! I am going to see the Elders soon to ask if a Gargoyle can come live with us, do you honestly think they will even consider us if they knew that he was still working for us? Besides, he lied to us about the mass murders he did! I am not going to have him back in our house! Though..." she said as she looked at Starbright "how about you? You don't mind the cold even half as much as your sister, how about you? come work with us!" She said, grinning at her.

"Sorry but no, I have my hooves full running this place and I can't leave my sister in the lurch, you are going to have to find someone else, sorry Lem."

"Oh don't sit there and tell me that same old lie!" Starlight said to her sister "you may love this place but you love Lemonade more, always have, I love her as well but you have always seemed to love her more then I have and everyone knows it but she needs a cook, you are one of the two top students in our cooking school, we had the chance to cook for the Elders and you know how picky they are and yet they loved our food. Seriously Bright, this is the perfect opportunity to work for Lemonade, go on, go do it, this place will ALWAYS be ours, you will ALWAYS get a cut of the profit, that will never change if you are working here or working for Lemonade, you still get to do what you love as well and you just need to balance the books every now and again" Starlight said as she smiled at her sister.

"I..I couldn't..." Starbright said, looking at her sister, wanting her to take the hint that she didn't want to tread on Red's turf more then anything.

"You have said it yourself" Starlight said, ignoring the fact that her sister wasn't wanting to step on Red's turf "if Red ever quit or got fired you would want to take up the job of working for Lemonade, if there was ever a dream job for you this is it! Go on, take it! Red is gone, sad but true, so go on, take it, I will hire someone to take over you on the floor...well, WE will, but you go accept, you and Lemonade will have an awesome time!" She said as she looked at Lemonade.

"It was just a silly notion, I wasn't actually MEANING to take over Red's job, it was just me wishing to be closer to Lemmy, that is all..."

"Well, now you can" Starlight said "and Lemonade, you have yourself a new cook!" She said as she looked back at her sister "you were hit the hardest when Lemonade wasn't able to come to the Magical Realm anymore, you cried in our room for days, coming out only for food and to go to the bathroom, you missed her greatly and now the dream oppertunity turns up and you are saying no? Sorry sis, not going to sit here and regret this, you are going to go home, pack your bags and move in with Darmani, Lemonade and their family today! I can hire a temp staff member for today but you just go and get packed" she said as she got up, tears welling up in her eyes but she cleared her throat "breakfast will be on the house, as usual" she said as she walked off.

Lemonade wanted to be happy, really she did but all she could do is look at Starbright "she is finding this hard isn't she?"

Starbright nodded "she is, this will be the first time she and I have ever been apart, when we moved out of home we got a place together, we shop together, we sleep together, we eat together, seriously, we are as close as close can be and never have we been apart, we fight, sure, but mostly we get on great which is another reason we got this place together, Stardust is our own project, we went into it together, worked at it together, we were just new adults when we put a deposit down on this place, having saved our butts off. But now it is basically the end of an era, excuse me, I best go check on Starlight" she said as she got up and walked off towards the kitchen where, once she entered, saw her sister crying into their fathers chest, him holding her as she cried and just looked up and smiled softly at her as he held a leg to her which she went and accepted and just snuggled up against her father.

Lemonade sighed "maybe it was a bad idea asking her, I would love her to be our new chef but if Starlight is going to find this harder then what Starbright will then maybe we shouldn't accept, I would love Starbright to work for us but I don't want them broken up" she said as she looked up from her menu and looked at Darmani "what do you think? You will be living under the same roof as part of the broken twinship, it is up to you also."

"Well then, I guess we have a new cook...at least, if Starlight and Starbright can sort this out" she said as she looked at her menu "until then, what would you like for breakfast?" She asked, looking at the coffees first, deciding what one to have.

Lemonade giggled "you know, I didn't eat that much when I was pregnant with all our kids so I don't know if it is a good thing or not to know that you have officially bet a pregnant woman in her eating habits or not" she said as she smiled at her mate and looked down at the menu "as for me I think I will have a stack of pancakes, everything on them, double the ice cream only because it is my ice cream and it will be nice to actually order it and have it somewhere else other then home or at the shop and I think I will have a caramel latte with four shots of caramel and a side of fresh fruit salad with yoghurt and a strawberry, banana, papaya and mango smoothie and I think that is it" she said as she looked over the menu once more. "Hmm I think I will have a bacon, egg and cheese croissant and the breakfast panini" she said as she looked up and smiled at him "alright, alright, I take back what I said earlier, not my fault though! SOMEONE" she said grinning at him "kept me up half the night making sure my mind was off my troubles, after that work out I NEED a lot of food, if you were not so great at keeping my mind off things maybe I would of just stuck to a bowl of fresh fruit salad and yoghurt with a coffee" she said as she poured each of them a glass of water, placed the jug back down on the table and took a sip.

"oh and one other thing" she said, having had this play on her mind for a while now "I sorta lied to you about, just that I told him to just cover it up, shove something in front of it, do whatever he can to make sure you don't see it which, I know, is wrong, and I am sorry, but Cad got into your weapon workshop the other day and sort of...er...destroyed a couple of swords...not that I am sure you couldn't forge more just that these ones...I don't know, they looked more special then the normal type of sword you usually make, I know it was wrong to cover it up but I know how much pride you have in your work and these two swords seem more important then the norm and I couldn't bring myself to tell you and it is setting a bad example for the children but to see your work ruined like that, to see the crestfallen look on your face, I couldn't bring myself to tell you so I did the one thing I shouldn't of done and that was help Cad cover up what shouldn't of been covered up.

It was a day that we had all planned a family outing to come here, spend the day just having a bit of family time together, there was a carnival that was happening on the outskirts that we decided it would be nice to just go along, enjoy the rides and eat too much food etc but the morning before we left Cad had vanished and I went looking for him so we didn't leave late and I found him in your workshop, for some strange reason he decided to try and make his own sword, don't ask me why, he wouldn't even tell me that, and instead I come in, the place was a mess...well, messier then usual and he had somehow ruined these two swords. So you know how I said that a guy came looking for you and couldn't find you and that he just wanted two of your best swords and thus those were the ones I sold him? Yeah, obviously not true" she said as she sat back "I know, this is random to spring this on you now and I am terribly sorry but it just finally felt like it was a good time...alright, probably not the best time but still, it was just something that had been sitting on the back of my mind for a while now and I thought it only fair to tell you."

Lemonade looked from her mate and down at the table "I tried fixing them, I called Coven in, she even had a go, but as great as her magic is she is one pony from this place who may be great with magic but weapons she can't fix, at least not yet anyway, so they have remained hidden" she said as she looked up at her mate "which means I am also sorry for making you think you had a buyer...not that your weapons are not good, they are, they are fantastic, I and others love your work, your work is an art form in itself, just that it was the first thing I could come up with. I was planning to tell you after we got home but I forgot all about it and when I finally remembered it was back to the 'it isn't the right time' frame of thinking and...well, after last night, I realized that I haven't exactly been truthful to you which makes me a hypocrite which is another reason it was best to tell you now, I know it isn't as major as Jack and Red doing mass murderer to hundreds of different races but it was still keeping something from you which you know I hate doing, unless it is to completely make me embarrassed and then not a soul will know of my past, but this I should of told you well before now, I'm sorry, Darmani" she said sincerely as she looked him straight in the eyes "I promise to not keep anything from you again, especially when it has to do with your work."

"I promise, I swear, nothing else will be kept from you...well, maybe a few things but something tells me you don't want to know EVERYTHING, we woman do need to keep some secrets" she said as she nodded "of course I trust you! Who else can I trust? It is just...no, there isn't an excuse, I can think of one but no, by now, I should be trusting you completely with everything but I swear, I have no more secrets besides the two stories Stardust knows, other then that I am pretty much going to be an open book" She said as she got up and walked around to him and kissed his cheek. "I promise, no more secret friends, no more ex dates (since boyfriend would be too much to call it, ) no nothing, I swear. Nothing more shall be kept from you" she said as she hugged him "my only friends are the twins and Coven, I know many but friend wish they are my dearest and closest and as for everything else...I could just give you a list when I get home?" She said half jokingly "I am sorry for not fully rusting you my darling, I love you so much I guess I just have a few trust issues" she said, thinking of her father and sighed.

Lemonade got up and sat beside him and snuggled into him "I will, I promise, if you want I could offer my autobiography to read, they are all the rage at the moment here and I wasn't going to write it but Red said to do it, insisted on it, the thing is my family may hate me for it but really, I don't care, long story short, the publisher likes it so my dirty laundry will be aired in public...my Jack may not be happy but that isn't my problem anymore" she said as she kissed her mates cheek. "And thank you, I should know if this by now, guess someone in my life just cares to remind me trusting isn't so easy" she said as she smiled at him but that is in the past, things will be different, I mean it" she said as she looked at him "how many kids we have? Nice to know..." she trailed off, smiling at him, thoughts playing on her mind, at least he was open to having more children, that was always a nice thing.