The Coltland Chronicles 2: Foals' Story of their Lives

A Shocking Surprise

"I can't believe I'm getting two nephews." Miracle said in excitement.

"Mandarin, can you come and help me make some cakes and other baked goods in the kitchen?" Valentina called from the kitchen while levitating a mixing bowl with her magic.

"No problem, Mum, can Lily help out?" Mandarin called back.

Lily then gave a slight blush and Eloise, Lulu Belle and Miracle giggled a little.

"Of course she can, does she know how to cook or bake?" Valentina replied with a grin and she winked to Mandarin who blushed.

"Sure I do, Miss Valentina, I help my dad make breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert all the time." Lily replied excitedly then she got up and she and Mandarin walked into the kitchen.

"Are you thinking what I think I know what's going between them?" Eloise whispered giggling.

Lulu Belle and Miracle nodded really fast then giggled as well.

"Should we set them up on a date or something? It will be so romantic." Lulu Belle said dreamily and she batted her eyelashes.

"We don't need to because they know that they are made for one another. Why do you think they blush everytime they are around each other?" Miracle said with confidence.

"Alright, Mandarin and Lily, let's make some cherry pies for Ivar and Annamarie. They ordered them just a minute ago and should be here in a few minutes." Valentina said smiling at both of them.

Lily got out the mixing bowl with her magic and a cookbook that had all kinds of delicious pies.

"What page would the cherry pie recipe be at, Miss Valentina?" Lily asked as she set the mixing bowl and cookbook on a kitchen counter.

"That should be page ten, Lily." Valentina replied as she got the ingredients ready.

Lily turned to page ten and found the recipe. The three got cooking with Mandarin mixing the ingredients, Lily handing the ingredients out and Valentina was keeping watch and helping them out. When they got the pie put into the oven, Lily and Mandarin went to the counter when they heard the bell ring when the door opened. Ivar and Annamarie walked in and they smiled at the filly and colt.

"Hi, Mummy!" Miracle yelled and waved at her mother.

Annamarie waved back at her smiling daughter.

"I see you are helping Mandarin and Valentina out in the kitchen today, Lily." Ivar said smiling at her.

"You know, you should work here from now on. We can own this store together with Mum." Mandarin said smiling at her.

"Us... running a bakery... together?" Lily said nervously and she blushed. "I was going to work at the flower shop alongside Miracle's sister Dahlia."

Mandarin was about to say something when Lulu Belle, Eloise and Miracle started giggling and he instantly turned to them and they stopped giggling and tried to look like they weren't doing anything.

"That's okay, I understand. Would've been nice though." Mandarin said in a defeated voice.

After some minutes, Valentina took out the cherry pie from the oven and levitated the pie gently into a box and closed it carefully. Lily then used her magic to carry the box over to Ivar and set it gently on the counter.

"Thank you, Lily, I'll see you at home, okay? Remember to be home at around seven so you can have your dinner." Ivar said and Annamarie used her magic to put the box into Ivar's saddlebag.

"No problem, Dad, I'll be home on time for dinner." Lily said smiling.

Ivar scruffed her blue and white mane then walked out of the door along with Annamarie. When it came close to seven, the five friends walked to Lily's house.

"Do you have to be back at seven, Tiger Lily?" Mandarin asked in defeat and he hung his head in sadness.

"I have to because my dad does worry about me. I've never been in trouble with him before and I really don't want to ever." Lily said in sadness and she sighed a little.

The friends got to her house and before she walked through the door, she waved to her friends and they waved back. Mandarin gave a shy wave and Lily smiled a little then blushed. She walked in and she could hear Ivar shouting at somepony.

"I told you to never come here. You were never there for the first nine years of her life!" Ivar yelled and he sounded extremely angry.

Who was he talking to? Her mum? If it was her mum, Ivar never really talked about her.

"I do regret leaving the hospital that day but it was because I didn't feel ready to be a mum." a mare's voice was heard.

Lily was about to walk upstairs when one of the steps creaked. The arguing stopped and the living room door opened and she saw her dad and a mare that had a light purple body, white hair and gold eyes.

"Oh Lily, you're home, we'll get dinner started in a little." Ivar said and Lily nodded and went up a few steps of the stairs.

"Are you not going to say hello to me?" her mum said.

"Oh hey..." Lily said in a sassy voice.

"Don't you speak to me like that, young lady." her mum said in a stern voice.

"Why can't I? You're no mum of mine!" Lily yelled and she galloped up the stairs, went to her bedroom and slammed the door that a painting fell from the wall.

"So, Mandarin, what is this between you and Lily?" Eloise said in a joking voice and she giggled.
Mandarin thought of Lily for a moment before he shook his head and cleared his throat.

"What are you talking about? Nothing is going on between us." Mandarin said nervously and he tried not to laugh.

"How long has this been going on?" Lulu Belle said in a teasing voice.

"Since we were three or four years old. I mean-" Mandarin said really fast. "It's just a schoolcolt crush, okay?"

Eloise, Lulu Belle and Miracle then laughed and Mandarin also laughed and they still did until they got back to the castle.

The next day at school, the five friends sat at their desks, looking happy except Lily who was sitting alone at her desk with her head down.

"Good morning, class," Miss Hibiscus said happily and the class yelled good morning as well except Lily who said it quietly. "Does everypony have their homework with them?" Eloise, Lulu Belle, Mandarin, Miracle, Sapphire, Ruby and the other classmates all handed in their homework to Miss Hibiscus at her desk. "Lily, don't you have your homework with you?"

She shook her head and she heard Ruby and Sapphire snickering near her and Lulu Belle growled under her breath.

"Is something the matter, Lily? Did something happen at home?" Miracle asked in concern and Lily again shook her head.

"If there is something bothering you, you just come and talk to me, okay?" Miss Hibiscus said in a concerned and calm voice.

Lily nodded and gave a small smile.

Lunchtime had happened and Lily didn't sit with her friends like she usually did, she just sat in the dark corner of a wall. Eloise, Lulu Belle, Mandarin and Miracle looked at her with concern.

"I'll go talk to her, you guys wait here." Mandarin said with confidence and the others nodded.
Sapphire and Ruby had come up to Lily and they were laughing at her and she looked at them with tears in her light pink eyes. Mandarin galloped up to them and pushed them out of the way.

"Leave her alone, she's upset, don't make it any worse." Mandarin said in an angry voice and the two bullies then walked away.

"Thank you." Lily said in a wobbly voice and she wiped a tear from her right eye.
Mandarin then sat beside her and wrapped his foreleg around her shoulders.

"What's been making you sad lately?" Mandarin asked softly and she then looked at him.

Lily gave a small sad sigh.

"My mum that I never knew, came to my house and I grew angry with her because she was never there for me and I told her that she was no mum of mine." Lily said and she then started to sobbing and buried her face into Mandarin's chest.

Mandarin hugged her close as she cried her eyes out.