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???: San? Croissant! Where’d you go! Ugh.. why’d she run off like that..

Silver Bells: I wish there was wifi here.. I wanna work on my book!

???: You look about as happy to be here as I am. I’m Latte.

Silver Bells: Oh, hey. Yeah.. I’m Silver Bells. I guess I should be grateful but.. Oh, nevermind.

Latte: No, no it’s okay. I’m all ears.

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Fig: Long time no see, sis!

Apple Blossom: Nice try kid, I’m totally gonna win at horseshoes.

???: Hello?

Russian Violet: There’s another family here! Oh, hi! Who are you? I’m Russian Violet, But you can call just call me Violet.

???: I’m Croissant! It’s nice to meet you Violet. Do you wanna play with me?

Russian Violet: Sure! Come on, let’s play tag!

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Silver Bells: We invited our older sister along too, made it a real family vacation.

Ivory: Wow! Look at this place! It’s amazing!

Fig: But there’s so many bugs! Ugh, we gotta get inside..

Apple Blossom: Can I live here? I wanna live here. This place is incredible!

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Silver Bells: I spent a lot of time with my sister, whenever she’d appear. We usually didn’t talk much, but it was still nice. I’m glad I did, before the trip. I still miss her so much, even if she’s not really gone..

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A few years later...

Ivory: I can’t believe we have this much homework before finals. Couldn’t they give the seniors a break?

Fig: Apparently not. It’s kind of nice to get it over with, though.

Silver Bells: Speak for yourself. I can’t wait to never see a textbook again.

Russian Violet: At least you guys don’t have all of high school to go through still..

Ivory: We did our time, kid. Now it’s your turn.

Wolfbane: Hello! Yes, I would love to. Mhmm, okay, Thank you so much. Yes, there’s six total.

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Wolfbane: This is a very steep request..

Fig: Please, Mom. We need this, Sil needs this.

Wolfbane: I’ll see what I can do, I love you kids too much to see you mourning all the time.

Silver Bell: Oh mom! Thank you!

Ivory: Nice job, Figgy

Fig: You too Iggy

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Silver Bells: And then the chicken said—

Ivory walks in, followed by a notable shift in mood

Ivory: So.. we need to talk about the elephant in the room.

Fig: Mom, we need to get away from here. Everyone’s going stir crazy and Sil has barely left her computer screen—

Wolfbane: Kids....

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Silver Bells: For awhile, it’s all I would do. Write, nonstop. I had to get the words down. I couldn’t help it, and I went days barely eating and drinking way too much coffee. It was the grief, I think. Soon after I finished, though, my family pulled me away from the computer to have a talk with me.