Author's Note

Sweet Mint will have more time but this is just a set up for the rest of the story

Sweet Mint: Introduction

After dropping Glacier Breeze at her new residence, Crimson traveled to where Sweet Mint was going to be living. Crimson took a look around the place the best she could. She eye-balled the nearest shops and restaurants, all of the alleyways, and took note of where the nearest bars were. "C'mon Crimson, this isn't a war zone anymore and besides it's not like that one mission where you were powerless to help that mare getting hurt."

"I know... it's just that I want to keep you safe. I promised your folks to do so. This home has older griffins with two kids they had grown up and have at least ten grandkids; that's the best I can gather." As if on cue an elderly couple landed nearby and introduced themselves as Sweet Mint's new landlords or housemates. Sweet Mint soon as she and Crimson entered was two young couples with four and five kids walked up and enter.

She leaned in and whispered into Crimson's ear, "Damn you nailed it!" Crimson made her exit and Sweet Mint got herself situated in a guest room and the kids were like teenagers and had the air of being stuck up and disrespectful except for one.

"So Sweet Mint, according to the letter you gave my folks, you were an artillery officer?"

"Yep, I was, I particularly favored the Skorpion, it's like an oversized crossbow."

"Nice, I don't know if I told you my name but it's Quebec or Que if you so wish."

"Well Que, it's gonna be fun having spending time here, according to my friend's recon work and research...the griffin race have a major holiday coming up. What is the holiday like?"

"Well, it can be compared to your Hearth's Warming Eve...I suppose. One difference is all of the singles are required to attain a date from two weeks from now to the culmination of the holiday. Give my brothers Leonardo and Persimus time and I think they have an interest but don't know how to show it, my cousins Kelvin and Celsius could fall for you. Anyways I was told to let you rest and..." With no warning, Sweet Mint flipped out the window and grabbed Que and they landed in a snowdrift below the window. Quebec had screamed the whole way down. The others appeared and seemed unconcerned.

Quebec was known to be a thrill seeker and they figured Sweet Mint was too. The only thing visible of the pair was Que's beak and Sweet's muzzle. Unbeknownst to the family, a four-way rivalry was about to ensue between cousins and siblings. Sweet Mint was proving to be an excellent guest, and she was very playful and flirtatious with the four rivals as they tried to woo her.