The Coltland Chronicles 2: Foals' Story of their Lives

Some Bad News

"What are you five doing here?" Sapphire said in a rude tone and she put a hoof on her hip. The five friends looked at each other in surprise.

"We got lost on the way home and we're staying until we figure out how to get back to our hometown." Miracle said in a scared voice.

"How could you have gotten lost? You just follow a path and find out if it does take you home, obviously." Ruby said and she rolled her dark red eyes.

"How did we get lost when all we wanted to do was go to the lake and then we forget where the path was?" Lulu Belle said and she put a hoof to her forehead and sighed in annoyance.

"What if the path was changed by some changelings or any other mythical creature?" Lily asked in fear.

"That's the most stupid reason to get lost on the way home." Sapphire replied in an annoyed voice and she rolled her cyan coloured eyes.

"Yeah, everypony knows that changelings aren't around here." Ruby said with a hoof on her hip and she whipped her mane from her face. The two then walked away into another room and the five friends looked at them in anger.

"Guys, I kinda have a bad feeling about this place. You know like in those scary movies where if you get stuck in a place in a forest, you will probably be stuck there forever." Miracle said, looking around in fear.

"Miracle, that was just a movie, nothing bad is going to happen to us. We will get home safe and sound and be with our families again." Eloise reassured her and patted her gently on the back.

"Your food is ready!" the pegasus from earlier, called from the kitchen and the friends trotted into the kitchen and sat at a long dining table.

The pegasus handed them salads, a few muffins with delicious white icing and rainbow sprinkles and glasses of carrot juice. The friends' mouths watered and Mandarin was the one eating first really fast, like he hadn't eaten something in a long time. The other friends then ate as well and it didn't take them long for them to finish.

"That was delicious!" Lulu Belle said in delight and she clopped her hooves together.

"Glad you thought so." the pegasus mare smiled at them then collected their plates and glasses, one at a time.

"I'll help out." Eloise said and she levitated the plates and glasses into the dishwasher. The pegasus nodded her thanks.

"How did you five notice our home?" the pegasus asked as she set the dishwasher.

"We just wanted to go to a lake where my mum and dad had their first date, we stayed there for thirty minutes and then we forgot where the path was and we just found your home and had to stay here to beware dangerous creatures." Eloise said and the other four just nodded their heads.

"Well, you can stay here as long as you need to." the pegasus said smiling at them then she walked out of the room.

"See, Miracle, it's not so bad." Lily said giving her a reassuring look.

"I know that it looks like a nice place but I still have a bad feeling about it." Miracle said and she traced a shape on the table with her hoof.

"I wonder where my little sister is." Dahlia asked as she was sorting out flowers in the flower shop she owned.

"Should we go and find evidence to know what had happened to them?" Autumn asked as she sat on one of the chairs.

"We should wait until we have our foals because you need to be careful when you are with foal." Elizabeth said as she patted Autumn on the back.

"That is a month away, if they were foalnapped then they will probably be dead by now." Dahlia said in worry and she almost dropped a flower from her hooves.

"Look, I'm pretty sure that they are fine, they are nine years old and are very independent." Autumn said with some worry in her voice.

"Hey, Dahlia, I need some daisies for a friend." fifteen year old Madeleine walked into the shop alongside her younger brother Thaddeus who was thirteen years old.

"No problem, Maddie, Autumn, can you get them for me please?" Dahlia said as she let out a deep breath then sat down, looking pretty tired. Autumn nodded and walked to where the flowers were behind the counter.

"Hey, Maddie, I just noticed that you have a cutie mark." Elizabeth said and she pointed to Madeleine's cutie mark which was of a pink pacifier and a milk bottle.

"Oh yes, I got it a few weeks ago when I decided to work part time at the orphanage. I fed some of the orphans and put them to sleep and this cutie mark appeared." Madeleine said with pride and she gave a wide grin.

"I got my cutie mark as well. I got it last week when I made a beautiful card for my marefriend at school in art class." Thaddeus said with a smile and he turned around to show that his cutie mark was a reddish pink heart.

"I'm very proud of you two. How is school by the way?" Dahlia said as Autumn handed her the flowers and she gave them to Madeleine.

"It's been really good and I can't wait for the winter break because I've been getting so much homework. I also hope Lily, Lulu Belle, Eloise, Mandarin and Miracle will be home safe." Madeleine said smiling then she and Thaddeus walked out the door. Autumn then sighed in sadness. Elizabeth and Dahlia gave her questionable looks.

"I just hope our husbands will be back in time to see the children that they have created." Autumn said, rubbing her rounded stomach. Dahlia and Elizabeth nodded and before one of them could say anything, there was a knock on the door.

Dahlia walked over to the door and she saw a stallion wearing a camouflage hat and when she opened the door, he took off his hat with magic and he held it to his chest and gave a sad look.

"Miss Dahlia, Elizabeth and Autumn, I have some bad news," the stallion said in a sad voice.
Dahlia was prepared for what she was going to hear.