The Coltland Chronicles 2: Foals' Story of their Lives

Miracle's Suspicions Come to Life

"What is the news, sir?" Dahlia asked in a worried voice. Was it what she thought it was going to be?

The stallion then gave a deep sigh.

"I'm afraid that your husbands have gone missing in Afghanisteed and we don't know what happened to them," the stallion said in a sad voice and he looked at her sadly. "I'm very sorry."
He then put his camouflage hat back on his head and walked away slowly. Dahlia closed the door slowly and gave a sad sigh.

"Who was it, Dahlia?" Autumn asked, her face had a look of question and worry.

"I'm afraid that I was told that our husbands have gone missing in Afghanisteed and they aren't sure if they are dead or not." Dahlia said in a sad voice and she hung her head.

"What?!" Autumn and Elizabeth said at the same time in horror.

"But maybe they are still alive and they'll try and get back here and will get to see the children that we are giving them." Dahlia said in a calm voice but it didn't help Elizabeth as she started crying really hard and Autumn tried to calm her down.

"Don't stress yourself, Elizabeth, it's not good for the foal." Dahlia said in concern and the three friends sat down on the seats.

Madeleine and Thaddeus sat in the castle with their homework on the dining table, filled with homework books, pencils, pens, felt tips and lots more stuff that was for school.

"Can I borrow your pen? Mine has just run out." Thaddeus said and he threw his black pen into the bin near them.

Madeleine nodded and gave her brother her blue writing pen. After an hour of pen writing, no talking and annoyed sighs, the siblings packed their homework away into their saddlebags and set them in one of the cupboards that was near the dining table.

"Want to take a walk in the forest? We've been there so many times and we always found our way home." Thaddeus said with pleading grey eyes.

"Alright, we will but don't be surprised if Mum and Dad get mad at us because you know, Eloise, Lily, Lulu Belle, Mandarin and Miracle have disappeared. Some disappearances happen in a forest." Madeleine said and the two got up and walked out of the front door.

The siblings walked towards the forest and looked around.

"Do you think they went through here and just got foalnapped?" Thaddeus asked in worry.

"It's possible, they were allowed to go through here after they proved that they were very independent and might've gotten lost." Madeleine replied, looking around all around her and she got her black hair out of her face with her magic.

As they continued walking, Thaddeus stepped on something and he lifted his hoof to see what he had stepped on. It was a blue ribbon! Did they know anypony that wore a blue ribbon? Thaddeus' marefriend Clover always wore a ribbon except it was a lavender pink colour. Madeleine levitated the ribbon with her magic and inspected it and she shrugged one of her shoulders.

"Let's bring this home and see if anypony knows who's ribbon it is." Madeleine put the ribbon into her saddlebag.

"Wait, what is that?" Thaddeus asked, pointing to his left with his right front hoof.

"It looks like a cabin of some sort," Madeleine said, scratching her head with her hoof. "Let's go and check it out, maybe the Cutie Mark Searchers are in there."

They walked over to the cabin and took deep breaths.

"Let's just hope that they are here and they can be home, safe and sound." Thaddeus said with a little confidence in his voice.

They walked up the small steps and Madeleine knocked on the door. It took a while before a pegasus mare answered the door.

"Hello, miss, do you have five foals here?" Thaddeus asked and the mare looked at them in confusion.

"Um... no, I don't have any five foals here. It's just me and my two daughters." the mare replied.

"Oh, okay, sorry for bothering you." Madeleine said and the mare closed the door.

The siblings sighed in defeat and walked slowly home.

Madeleine and Thaddeus walked into the castle and went to where all the concerned parents were. She levitated the blue ribbon from her saddle bag and set in the middle of the table. The parents looked at it for a moment before Valentina and Jordan scrambled to grab the ribbon and as soon as they looked at it, Valentina started to cry and Jordan wrapped his forelegs around her and held her close.

"What is it, Valentina?" Thaddeus asked in concern.

"It's our daughter Lulu Belle's ribbon, I gave it to her, a few weeks after she was born. It's something she has always cherished." Valentina said in a choked and wobbly voice then she held the ribbon to her heart and cried harder.

"Miss Caramel, who was that at the door?" Lily asked with pleading light pink eyes.

Caramel took a deep breath then looked at her.

"It was just two teenagers just asking for directions to a town, that's all." Caramel said smiling at the filly then she walked off to the living room.

Lily then got a bad feeling rush through her but she shrugged it off and walked into the room that she and the others except Ruby and Sapphire were sharing.

The next morning, Caramel's only son and the oldest child of eleven years old, Blackstone, came into the house after spending the night at a friend's house in town. He was a unicorn with a white body, black mane and tail and light blue eyes. He had no cutie mark. It was breakfast time when he came in and as soon as he did, Lulu Belle just stared at him in wonder and widened her green eyes and she started to twirl her brown hair with her hoof a little. Three of her friends looked at her in confusion while Sapphire and Ruby looked at her with glares.

"Good morning, Blackstone, how was it at your friend Clover's house?" Caramel asked as Eloise helped her with serving breakfast.

"It was good, Mum." Blackstone said and he looked at the Cutie Mark Searchers in question.

"Oh, I forgot, Blackstone, this is Eloise, Lulu Belle, Lily, Mandarin and Miracle, they are five foals that got lost in the forest and they are staying until they can figure out how to get home." Caramel explained and she looked at the five friends.

She then sat down beside Eloise who was sitting beside Lulu Belle.

"Nice to meet you all." Blackstone said shyly and he sat down beside Ruby who just smiled at him.

As everypony else was eating, Lulu Belle just stared at him for a moment before some of her food. The other four friends looked at each other and asked each other with the motion of their eyes.

What is up with her? Miracle asked with the motion of her dark pink eyes.

I've never seen her like this. Eloise replied with the motion of her violet eyes.

"Can I talk to you five for a moment?" Blackstone said as he went to the room where the Cutie Mark Searchers slept.

"Sure..." Lulu Belle said shyly and she drew circles on the ground with her hoof.

Blackstone looked behind him and checked the hallway before he closed the door slowly.

"I want to tell you that I will take you back to your home." Blackstone whispered in a serious voice and he looked scared.

At night time, Blackstone and the Cutie Mark Searchers, tiptoed down the stairs and when they were about to go out the door, the lights came on and they all turned to see Caramel, standing there with a hoof on her hip.

"Not so fast, you six, you're not going anywhere." Caramel said in a scary voice that made them shiver except Lulu Belle.

"Oh yeah," Lulu Belle said in a confident voice and she stood in front of Caramel. "Who's going to stop us?"

She gave a brave look but it didn't scared Caramel and she knocked Lulu Belle flying until she hit the wall.

"Lulu Belle!" Miracle, Eloise and Lily squealed as they saw their best friend knock into the wall.

"Mum, what is going on? You're scaring me, Sapphire and Ruby." Blackstone said in worry and Sapphire and Ruby were standing in the doorway.

"I'm not your mum, I killed your parents just so I could have you as kids of my own. This is also why I am keeping them five here but I won't kill their parents, at least not yet." Caramel said and she gave a laugh.

All of the foals except Lulu Belle gasped with absolute horror.