For the next few days, Emma was playing with the doll more and more.
They did everything together... They went to bed together, they read books together, they watched tv together, Little Emma even helped Emma in coloring in her pictures books.
And every night after having dinner with the family, Little Emma was the toy Emma always took to bed.
"Mammy, can I take Little Emma with us on our birthday?" Emma asked yawning slightly.
It was three days before their birthday and she wanted her friend to be there for it.
"I think it will be safer for her to stay here butterfly," Suzy said seeing Sophie and Billy roll their eyes at Emma's question having gotten fed-up with her always being around the doll. "You wouldn't want her to get lost would you?"
"I guess not..." Emma said quietly sinking into bed "But what if I promise not to lose her? Can I take her then?"
"We'll see..." Suzy said kissing the eldest on the fore head before going to Sophie and then Billy.
*o*
Downstairs Jack was going through all his ponyverse sketches looking for inspiration for a new set of drawings for a new story Suzy had written.
"Hey Honeybee..." Suzy said coming over and making him stop his searching "Would it be alright if Emma brought her doll to Equestria you think?" she asked replaying the girls question.
"I don't know," Jack said avoiding Suzy's eyes. "I was meaning to go on my own and get either Discord or Luna at least to look at it. I know it's been a while and Em's not come back with it or had that dream again... But I still feel like something's off about it. But she's so protective over it, I can't get it away from her."
"Have you tried getting it away from her when she's asleep?" Suzy asked coming around and rubbing the boy's shoulders.
"She has the grip of a Pinkie Pie who has gone three days with out her best friend..." Jack said explaining "Every time I move it, or slip it out from under her, she strengthens her hold on it."
"So is it a Yes of No dear?" Suzy asked going back to the first question.
"Well how else are we going to get it there?" Jack asked gently shaking her off and going back to the pictures finding one in particular "But then we'll have the problem of getting it away from her while we're there and she has her magic to fed us off as well..."
"We'll work it out when we get there," Suzy said making a note to tell Emma the news in the morning. "You coming to bed or are you going to stay here for a bit?"
"I'll be along in a minute," Jack said calmly "Just got to tidy all this up first," nodding Suzy left.
Once she was gone Jack went searching into his bag and pulled out his sketch book and flipped to the picture of 'Alex' and was stunned.
Picking up the phone, he hit the first speed dial number and his 'call'.
After a few rings an upset at being woken up in the middle of the night Sarah answered.
'You better have a good reason for this Jackson Jones...' her voice said a yawn coming off from her.
"Is the like-able safety of my kids good enough?" Jack asked in a hushed but stern voice.
'What?' Sarah asked sounding more awake.
"I'm not sure if I'm right, or really how," Jack said looking at the pictures again "But I think I know who 'Alex' is."
'And that is...' Sarah asked dragging on the word.
"Sombra," Jack said staring at the picture of the former king of the Crystal Empire and the picture of 'Alex'.
Jack didn't get very much sleep that night.
After getting of the phone with Sarah, her giving him a promise that she and Eric will be there the next day so they can all go to Equestria and tell the ponies about this... He went to the children's room to once again try and get the doll away from Emma... And once again failed.
He had thought of telling Suzy, but she was asleep by the he got there and he didn't think this should be a thing to disturb her night with.
Telling himself he wouldn't get to sleep at all, Jack got back up, wrote a note and after putting on his coat went for a walk around the block and a think.
"Well... As Sarah said it has been five years," Jack said to himself after a bit. "But then... How did he find us, and how come Chrysalis isn't here too?"
After ten more minutes of walking in silence, Jack was coming back up to his house again and was about to get out his keys when the door opened itself to ravel a not too happy/worried Suzy, telling Jack she had found out.
Coming in and shutting the door Jack prepared for what was to come, ready to get a full on blast on How this could happen? and How could he not of seen it to start with?
But all he got was a small... "What are we going to do?"
"Tomorrow, Sarah and Eric are coming over," Jack said firmly relaying the call he made earlier "And we're going to go to Equestria to get this sorted out. But now, we need to keep Emma and the others as far away from that doll and their gifts as possible. I doubt he did anything to the diary and the sketch book... But I've come across paper objects that are soaking in dark magic."
"But she never lets go of it remember?" Suzy said worried as she began to pace "And she'll want an explanation as to why we're taking it away..." Suzy continued speaking out the problems "She didn't know Sombra, Jack. She'll just think that we're being mean and horrible parents."
She will not think that..." Jack said catching her and pulling her into a hug. "I'm not sure what she will think, but I doubt she'll think that... Now come on, lets get back to bed. We can worry about this more in the morning when Sarah and Eric get here."
With that they went back to bed after checking up on the children first, and failing once again to take the doll away from the eldest.