A little Sparkling Blaze

Aria's POV

I know when you're immortal time is different. It moves faster than you might think it would. Or maybe I finally understand what Adagio and Sonata meant when thry told me they felt old when we left the kid's house. Sparkling has just turned twelve.

She gone through early puberty like her cousins,and by this age already had the body of someone older,and she already had her first period a few weeks after she turned 9.
And when she hung out with Sunset's twins it was when I really realized how fast she's grown next to them.
Sunset only had to start dealing with Sky's girl problems last year,and only now Sky was starting to get the body of a teenager.Blame was in that phase boys start growing nonstop.

They all were 12 but Sparkling somehow looked the oldest out of them,I knew it wouldn't be for long because sirens go through puberty fast then after that stop aging and half-sirens only aged slowly after that.

"Mom?"I hear Sparkling's voice."Sky is asking if I can go with her and Blame to sugarcube corner."

"No I can't take you."

"But I can go alone now."

"No you can't."

"But Tify,Becca,Sky and Blame go out alone all the time and mom Dash said I'm old enough."

"Well your mom Dash told you wrong."

"But-"

"No buts Sparkling."

She sighed and went into her room,letting the door open so it could bang itself alone.She never banged the door even because she hated loud noises,but if she was unhappy,she would let the door open until the wind banged it for her.So Dash told her she's old enough huh?I had a sense someone was gonna get a big talk once she got home from her jog.

Fortunately it wasn't long before Dash got back home. She walked over and leaned in to kiss me but I pulled away from her.

"We need to have a talk." I told her.

"What about?" She asked me with a look of confusion.

"Don't play dumb." I snapped at her.

"What do you mean?" She asked I could tell she was starting to get annoyed.

"The fact you told Sparkling she was old enough to go out by herself."

"Well she is."

"Don't you think that's something we should have talked about?"

"I know how it would have gone."

"So you just told her she can go without telling me?"

"Yeah, Ari we can't keep her here all the time.Besides her cousins and Sunset's kids already go out alone and she would never go out alone alone without anyone."

"It doesn't matter,what if Forced finds her?You really wanna risk that happening again?"

"Aria we have to protect her and let her live her life.Did Dagi ever kept you stuck that way when she was her age?"

"No.Me and Sonata ran off all the time.But-"

"But nothing Aria,you did that and you're fine and I did the same thing and I'm fine.Now what brought this up?"

"She wanted to go to sugarcube corner with Sky and Blame."

"If Sunset's twins are going it's safe plus Pinkie could watch the kids while they were at sugarcube corner."

"That's not what I'm afraid of."

"Then what is it?"

"I've heard her talking to Sky about this boy named Shadow. I guess he's one of Blame's friends. And the way she's talking about him." I shook my head. "She's in love with him."

"That's great."

"No it's not. You remember what Adagio said."

"She was joking."

"No she wasn't, Sparkling is going to have a lot of kids. And if she's in love with him.... No that's why she can't go."

"We taught Sparkling better than to just have sex with a boy she just met even she loves him,hate to say it,but this seems more like a problem Dagi will have with her twins than us with Sparkling."Dash then shruggs."Plus if she's in love with that boy I'm pretty sure Candance can keep an eye on them for us after all she is Shadow's sister."

I hated to admit but Dash was right,Sparkling was a much less wild teenager than I ever was by that time I'd already have ran away.

We hear the door bang.

"See she evens wait for the wind to bang her door instead of just banging it you know none of us would have done that even now we're older."Dash says as she motions upwards."Ari I know you're scared.But we managed to raise a kid who's probably more of a thinker than the two of us.She might get pregnant young,but I think it's pretty safe to say not while she's just 12."

As much as I hated to admit it Dash was right. We did a good job raising Sparkling and she was a good girl who thought things out.

"You're right."I told her. "Do you want to tell Sparkling she can go?"

"Don't you think you should? You're the one that told her no."

"Are you really going to make me?"
Dash gave me that old trouble making smile if hers. "Wouldn't you make me if I told her no?"

I went up and knocked on Sparkling's door.

She came and opened it with her composing notebook in hands,and a pen.Wow she really wasn't gonna argue she went and found something else to do...Sometimes I wondered how that girl was even my daughter.

"Sparkling are Sky and Blame still at sugarcube corner's?"

"Sky said they just left a few minutes ago cause Tify and Becca went picking them up."She still looked upset.

I sigh:

"I'm sorry I didn't let you go.Next time any of them invites you anywhere you can go."

"Alone?"She said her tone getting excited.

"Alone."

She hugged me tight.

"Thanks mom.And I'm sorry for trying to argue I know you worry?"

That earlier was her trying to argue?I got lucky.And she was apologizing.

"You know Sparkling sometimes with the way you act everyone would swear you're anyone's but mine and your mom Dash's."I tell her.

She gives a little laugh.

I think I was being too overprotective,nothing was gonna happen.