//------------------------------// // Ch. 21 Family Ties // Story: To Mend A Broken Heart // by Tiberia Silverfang //------------------------------//         The clouds over Canterlot slowly drifted across the sky as the sunrise gently cascaded across with a mix of red, yellow and orange as Fang slowly say up in his bed, letting out a small yawn as he slowly got out of bed.  “F-Fucking early ass mornings…. I hate damn time changes….” He grumbled softly as he stretched, soon feeling his back pop letting out a small groan of relief soon walking into his living room as he saw his phone vibrating gently. He soon let his eyes adjust as he picked up his phone to see it was a text from his brother. ‘Hey Tiberious, just wanted to let you know our little sisters Smoke and Butterfly are going to be visiting sometime today, they should be visiting your school around lunch time, make sure your apartment is clean man, you know how you get when you forget to clean up the place.’ The text read as Fang gently grumbled in his head looking at his apartment.  “I keep telling him that I keep the place clean….” He had said as he sighed softly while a soft smile slowly crept upon his face.  “But…. at least I can see my little sisters again…. I wonder how they have been….” He asked himself as he quickly walked into his room to get changed as he passed by a small bookshelf, soon walking back out in a pair of deep blue jeans, his normal sneakers and a black t-shirt with the wolf paws on the shoulders as he soon stopped at the bookshelf and gently picked up a small picture frame, as his smile gently grew.  The photo contained was himself, Milky, Smoke and Butterfly when they were younger around the age of seven and Milky at the age of ten. Milky was wearing the small flower ring Fang had made for her on her right ring finger as they were at a picnic. Fang chuckled softly and set the picture back onto the bookshelf as he sat down on his couch, soon flipping on his TV as it started to play the news.  “And from what witness accounts could say, a man in a blood stained rooster mask, light blue jeans, white sneakers and letter man jacket was running around and scarring groups from both Canterlot high and Crystal Prep Academy, however was also giving candy out to kids that were from the Canterlot Elementary school as the adult who was with the kids examined all the candy to find that it was just normal candy, however there was a few that experts have said did not look to be anything from the town, in other news….” The reporter droned on as Fang sighed. “Holy hell…. There is nothing on TV….” He said quietly soon getting up from the couch again as he vaulted over it and walked into the kitchen and made a few pieces of toast, soon turning to the clock almost choking on the toast as he began to cough.         “S-Shit! I-I’m gonna be late!” He yelled soon eating his toast quickly as he grabbed his wallet, keys, jacket, backpack and helmet as he quickly ran out of the door and locked the door as he quickly scaled the stairs as he ran out the lobby waving goodbye to Mrs. Doodle.  “Bye Mrs. Doodle! Have a good day!” He yelled as she waved back with a warm smile as he quickly put on his helmet, to soon find his mustang fixed and sitting next to his bike as he chuckled softly and took the helmet back off. “Sweet, I got my car back.” Fang had said with a warm smile as he unlocked his car and got in as he tossed his helmet into the back as he quickly texted Indigo before he started the car. ‘Hey Kitten, guess what? I got my car back!’ He texted as Indigo soon texted back. ‘That’s great Tibz! I can’t wait to see it again, though please… for the love of everything, don’t flip it again…. I’m still uneasy about that day….’ Indigo texted as Fang gently blushed and text back.  ‘Again, sorry about that…. Anyway, I will see you after school Kitten, or lunch if you can today.’ Fang texted Indigo back, soon texting back ‘I’ll try to get to join you for lunch Tibz, if not I will see you after school.’ She texted as he nodded and texted back before turning on his car. ‘Alright Kitten, see you later.’ Fang texted back to her as he soon pulled out of the parking lot and began to drive down the street as he quickly grabbed a CD out of his visor and placed it into the CD tray. The speakers soon began to blast out music as Fang gently tapped the steering wheel as he looked around a little, soon seeing the aftermath of Halloween a few nights ago as he chuckled softly. He drove through the light as it changed green, the buildings of Canterlot whizzed by when he soon pulled into the parking lot of Canterlot High as he saw a janitor pulling down toilet paper still from the statue, making Fang chuckle softly soon parking his car as he got out and grabbed his backpack, locking his car up as he walked to the school while he slipped his headphones on from his backpack and entering the school. He looked around the school a little to see some of the students groaning about the time change, while others were either trying not to fall asleep, however there was some students that weren't affected at all as Fang just shrugged a little and walked down the hall as he soon walked into his classroom and tossed his backpack onto the side of his desk. Fang then sat in his desk and sighed softly ‘I hate school sometimes…. But it will all be worth it today….’ He said in his head, with a warm smile slowly creeping upon his face as the teacher walked into the classroom, setting her bag on the desk as she started to write down some information onto the board as Fang mentally sighed and got ready for class.         Time slowly passed by as Fang’s mind began to wonder a little, till the point where the lunch bell finally rang as he found himself in his history class ‘Shit… guess time does fly by….’ He mentally said, soon picking his bag up from the ground and stuffing his books back in.         Soon stepping out of his class he began to stroll down the halls of his school, not really paying much attention to the students or really even caring as he walked into the cafeteria to grab some lunch and wait for his little sisters. He sat down in his normal spot near his friends as they droned on about games and movies, however he did not really listen for he was still very tired and was not trying to fall asleep when Mise nudged his arm “Hey man, you okay? You seem a bit out of it today.” he said as Fang shrugged a bit  “Y-Yeah… I’m fine man… just these fucking time changes… screws with internal clock and makes me even more tired…” He had said as he slowly blinked a little while Mise nodded in understandment “Oh I hear ya on that, trust me. If you think a one hour change twice a year is bad try a 5 hour change every few weeks to a month for 15 years. Here, drink this.” Mise said as he pulled out a small glass vile and handed it to Fang.         He looked at the vile oddly as he looked towards Mise “What’s this stuff man?” He asked as Mise smiled a bit “It's a small sample of the world’s strongest coffee. I used to carry dozens of these on my missions to keep me awake. This will be enough get you through the day.” Mise said as Fang looked at the vile again “Huh…. crazy, welp going to say what I say whenever I buy an energy drink, I have lived long enough.” He said soon uncorking the vial and knocked back the drink as he coughed a little and shook his head “Holy hell man… T-That’s some strong shit….” He had said coughing a little as Mise chuckled softly.         “Yeah, a 12 ounce cup of that stuff is the equivalent to 10 those Monster energy drinks, so how do you feel?” Mise asked patting Fang’s back as he felt his eyes began to speed across the room “I… I feel like my brain’s melting, blood is coming out my nose and my saliva tastes like paint thinner…. O-Other than that… I… I feel pretty good….” He said as his teeth chattered a little as Mise looked towards the vile  “Well that was one ounce, so that’s about 52mg of pure caffeine. Now just relax as best you can and let it settle in your system.” Mise said as he took the vile back.         The group looked at the two as Eclipse spoke up “So where did you even get coffee that strong?” he said as Mise chuckled          “Same place I get all my exotic crap like that, Amazon.” Mise said he pulled out his phone and showed the group. “Damn, you’d think they’d have bigger restrictions on something like that.” Octavia said as she shuddered at the thought of certain members of their group getting their hands something like that. Fang started to calm down a little more as he let out a small sigh “T-Thank Faust that’s over…. So don’t they have like list’s or something for people to never order or drink the stuff?” Fang asked as Mise nodded “Yeah, and I plan on adding like half the group to it. Imagine if Pinkie or Treble drank it? Or even that girl, Hazel.” Mise said as the group shuddered at the thought. “I… I don’t even need to think how horrible that thought would be….” Eclipse had said as the group nodded slowly.         Fang slowly got up from the table “Well, I don’t know about you, but I think you should ban them from even getting their hands on it.” He said throwing his stuff away and turning to the group as Octavia nodded in agreement “Yeah, I’m with Fang on this one. I mean if you can do the stuff you do now, surely you can put them on a no-fly list of sorts.” Octavia said as Mise pulled out his phone “Uh...no need, looks like they’re both on a international ‘do not sell to’ list for caffeine content over that of soda.” Mise said slightly surprised as Fang nodded  “Good… we don’t need the world to fucking explode, or implode…. Or anything that would have explosions…” He said as the group nodded.         He kept trying to keep himself calm from the coffee, when he felt like he was being watched as he turned around towards a pillar to find nothing “Huh… guess I’m just seeing things…” He said quietly as Mise looked towards Fang oddly “Uh Fang? You feeling alright? You seem...paranoid or anxious.” he said as Fang nodded “Yeah… just having that odd feeling of being watched, you know?” He had said while Mise nodded as Octavia was about to speak up, until two voices could be heard behind Fang “Ninja hug!” The voices yelled as Fang was tackled to the ground in a hug by two people. Mise stood up to see what happened to find two girls, one had long obsidian black hair that went down her back, with light grey skin that was the color close to smoke as she wore a dark grey long sleeve shirt with a pair of blue jeans and steel toe boots as she had three sets of gold earrings on both her ears. The girl next to her had long golden like hair with darker pale skin, close to eggshell as she wore a dark green dress that went up to her knees, she had with it was white stockings with green stripes across them as she wore a pair of dark blue boots as they nuzzled into Fang.         The group was surprised by this as Mise spoke up “Fang, when your little love fest is over, you mind introducing us to your two friends?” Mise said cracking a smile.         Fang slowly looked up to see the two girls as he smiled warmly and hugged the two “Guess Iron was right, you two were going to come over around Lunch, as well Mise, these two are more than just friends…. Their my little sisters, Smoke and Butterfly.” He said as the two giggled softly and nuzzled into Fang more making him chuckle softly.  The two soon let go of Fang as he got up and turned to the group to show their eyes, Smoke’s were a dark amber as Butterfly’s were a light sky blue “Everyone, I would like you to meet my little sisters, Smoke.” He said as she waved with a soft smile  “Hello.” She had said as he turned to Butterfly “And this is Butterfly.” He said as she waved a little more shyly “H-Hello…” She had said a little quietly as the group said hello and introduced themselves as they stayed close to Fang, when Mise whispered to Fang.         “First indigo, then Milky, now these two? Relatives or not, you my friend just might be my living reincarnation.” Mise said proudly as Fang chuckled softly “Whatever you say man… but I love my two little sisters, even if they are my cousins, we were raised like brother and sisters… holy shit, I just realized it’s almost like Sword Art Online, but different.” He said as Mise chuckled and rolled his eyes as Octavia spoke up “It’s nice to meet you two, my name Octavia and that over there next to Fang is my boyfriend Mise.” She said as Mise nodded and waved “Hello, nice to meet you two.” He said the group soon followed suit and started introducing themselves.         Smoke and Butterfly introduced themselves also as Fang smiled warmly and sat down at the table as they joined him, soon setting their lunches on the table and began to eat with the group as Rarity giggled softly and whispered to Octavia “This is just too adorable! I can’t believe we finally got to meet Fang’s little sisters, such a sweet visit, you know darling?” She had asked Octavia as she giggled softly and nodded, setting down her drink “It is rather cute, I wonder how Indigo will react.” Octavia said as she remembered how protective Indigo was known to be at times.         Lunch continued normally, except with Fang playing a small game with his two little sisters as Butterfly set down a card  “You lose five life, I win!” She said happily as Fang chuckled softly “Should have known you would kick my butt in Magic, but so does Eclipse, oh well really.” He said with a soft smile as he shuffled his deck, until the cafeteria doors open to reveal Indigo as she looked around the room a little as Mise spoke up  “Well look who’s here, should we call her over or do you want to go to her yourself, Fang?” he asked as Fang nodded and got up from the table “Be back you two.” He said gently petting Smoke and Butterfly’s heads and walked up to Indigo.         She stood by the doors soon seeing Fang as she smiled warmly and pulled him into a hug and kissed him on the lips  “Hey Tibz, glad I came to lunch today?” Indigo asked as Fang chuckled softly and nodded  “I am glad Kitten, but as well there's someone I want you meet.” He had said as Indigo became curious by this “Really now? Who is it?” She asked as she spoke a little differently in her head ‘I just hope that he treads carefully...i’m not losing him now that I have him.’ Indigo said in her head but kept a normal composure on the outside.         Fang smiled warmly and nodded as he gently took her hand and brought her to the group as he stood in front of Smoke and Butterfly “Kitten, I want you to meet my little sisters, Smoke and Butterfly.” He had said with a warm smile as the two looked towards Indigo, soon getting up from the table and starting to examine her “Big brother? Who is she?” Smoke asked as Fang smiled warmly “Girls, this is Indigo, she’s my girlfriend.” He had said as Butterfly gasped softly “Y-You mean… A-A big sis?” She asked quietly as Fang nodded with a warm smile.         Indigo was a little confused by all this as she kept quiet until the two soon hugged her “We have a second big sis again!” Smoke said with a warm smile as Butterfly nodded with a soft smile. Indigo looked towards Fang “Are they referring to….?” Indigo asked subtly referencing what Fang had told her about Junebug as he softly nodded  “Mhmm…. They saw Junebug as a big sis, next to Milky… but after it all happened…. They only had me and Milky….” He said looking away a little, but soon smiling a little “But now… they have a second big sis again… and that’s you Kitten.” He had said with a warm smile as Indigo sniffled softly and hugged the two back.         She gently spoke in her head as she hugged Smoke and Butterfly back ‘I was too quick to judge, they probably went through the same pain he did...i'm happy they see me as they’re big sister.’ she thought to herself, a smile smile creeping onto her face as she gently nuzzled into the two. The three soon breaking the hug as they took her hands and Fang’s hands “Come on big brother and big sis! Let’s eat lunch together.” They said as they sat down at the table again and continued to eat lunch. After school….         The final bell had rang as everyone in the school began to pile out of the school as Fang held the chair forward as Smoke and Butterfly got into the back of the car as Indigo got in the passenger seat, while he sat in the driver’s seat soon turning on the ignition  “So Smoke and Butterfly, why did you want to visit so badly?” He asked curiously as they blushed a little and stayed quiet for a little, until Smoke soon spoke up “W-We… M-Missed you big brother… we hated seeing you leave…. So… we not only wanted to visit but….” She tried to find the words, until Butterfly spoke up  “W-We wanted to live with you again…. B-Big brother…” She said quietly as Fang stopped for a second  “I… I don’t know…” He had said quietly as Indigo spoke in her head quietly ‘Part of me wants to say yes of course, but the other wants to say no, he’s mine…’ Indigo said as she turned to Fang as if looking for answers.         Fang kept quiet for a bit “I… I don’t know girls… I mean… I only live in a one bedroom apartment…. I… I would need something bigger…. And I don’t even have the money for it….” He had said quietly, making Smoke and Butterfly upset as they looked towards the ground until Mise stopped at the driver’s door “What’s this I hear about needing money?” Mise asked with a warm smile. Fang looked towards Mise “It’s well man… *sighs softly* My sisters Smoke and Butterfly want to live with me again, but I can’t since I live in a one bedroom apartment and don’t have the money right now to pay for a bigger apartment, somewhere around a three bedroom apartment.” He said as Mise nodded and started to think a little  “Hmmm, well I’ll have to make a few phone calls, but in the meantime how’s a 30 bedroom, 15 bath, 2 kitchen, and more sound till I can get you something more suitable?” Mise said raising an eyebrow as the groups mouths dropped “W-Wait… W-What?!” Fang asked shocked as Mise chuckled softly.         “Did you forget that my mansion is uninhabited? And don’t worry about rent either, it's on the house.” Mise said resting his arms on the window slot. The group was in shock as Fang looked ready to have a heart attack as Indigo quickly spoke up  “T-That would be p-perfect Mise… G-Good thing it’s friday right?” She asked in a bit of a nervous tone as Mise chuckled softly and nodded  “Excellent, everything you need is there. Call me when you’re ready to move in, i’ll meet you at the docks then.” Mise said smiling warmly as Fang finally snapped out of it and nodded “A-Alright man… W-We will meet you… A-At the docks….” He had said as Mise nodded with his smile and walked away as Fang soon started to drive out of the parking lot and towards his apartment building as Butterfly looked towards Indigo  “D-Does this mean… W-We get to live with B-Big brother again…?” She asked quietly as Indigo soon had a warm smile creep upon her face as she nodded. “Yes, Yes it does, we all get to live with him.” Indigo said as Smoke and Butterfly squealed happily and hugged each other as Indigo turned to Fang “Tibz? Does Mise ever give any reason for these things or is he just so stupid rich it doesn’t matter?” Indigo asked as Fang shrugged a bit  “I have no idea really, I guess it’s because he wants to help anyone out, or something like that and doesn’t care how much money it is.” He said soon parking his car at the apartment complex.         Indigo just nodded a little as everyone got out of the car and walked into the building as they got onto an elevator, soon reaching the floor he lives on as he walked down the hall and unlocked his apartment to find it had boxes of stuff already in there as he turned to Smoke and Butterfly as they blushed a little “W-We wanted to live with you again… S-So we packed up prior…” They said nervously as Fang chuckled softly “Well, we won’t need to worry about that now. Anyway, grab your clothes for the weekend, we're going to be staying in a mansion.” He said with a warm smile as the two nodded and began to look for the boxes with their clothes as Indigo looked at him with a soft smile “I’m glad to you’re so happy, I’m glad I can help make your family whole again like this.” Indigo said as she kissed Fang on the cheek, making Fang chuckle softly with a small blush.         Smoke and Butterfly soon found the boxes with their clothes as they soon put some of their clothes into their bags as Fang walked into his room and packed a duffel bag with his and Indigo’s clothes, walking out of the bedroom with a soft smile “Is everyone ready?” Fang asked as the three nodded as he smiled warmly as he walked with the group out of the apartment, soon locking the door and walking to the elevator as he called Mise “Hey Mise, we are on our way to the dock man, we got our stuff ready.” He said as Mise nodded “Excellent, i’ll head down there now as well. Oh and Fang?” Mise said as he walked out to his tank and started it up.         “Alright, as well what’s up man?” Fang asked as Mise sat down in the seat “Try not to do to my mansion as you did to my house a couple weeks ago. Some of those items are worth more than your entire apartment building.” Mise said as he pulled out of the driveway and headed for the docks.  Fang felt the color leave his face as he slowly nodded “G-Got you man… I.. I will keep that in mind…” He said quietly as Mise nodded with a soft smile “good man, but other than that, help yourself to anything you find in the house, except the liquor in cellar. i’m saving that.” Mise said as he kept driving as Fang nodded “Got you man, as well we won’t touch that area of the house… though my brother sent me over a few bottles of Sake, so don’t worry about that, but we will be careful, so don’t worry man.” Fang had said, as Mise chuckled softly.         “Perfect, well i’ll see you in a few minutes. I’m just pulling into the marina now, i’m going to pull the boat around.” Mise said as he parked the tank and got out while Mike nodded “Got you man, we should be there in a few minutes, were getting to my car right now.” He said putting the bags in the back as everyone got in the car as he got into the driver’s side and started the car. Mise nodded as he was getting ready to hang up  “Perfect, i’ll see you then.” Mise said as he hung up and walked off to find his boat.         Fang nodded as he hung up and put his phone into his pocket and started to drive down the street of Canterlot, driving past their friends and people while the buildings whizzed by when they soon slowly began to be replaced by smaller buildings and into the sands towards the ocean.  Fang soon parked the car at the pier when they saw Mise standing next to a large ship as he waved towards the group “Ye be ready to set sail? All aboard that’s coming aboard!” Mise said smiling as the small group snickered softly as they got out, while Fang got the bags “Hey man, and thank you again for doing this for us.” He said with a soft smile.         Indigo helped Smoke and Butterfly on the ship as Mise chuckled softly taking half the bags and putting them on the ship “Ah, it's no trouble. What good is having money if you can’t do anything with it?” Mise said as he helped the last of the bags on board and took control of the wheel. Fang chuckled softly and nodded  “I hear you on that man, so exactly how far is this place anyway?” He asked sitting down with Indigo, Smoke and Butterfly as Mise began to think a bit  “Hmmm, well normally it’d be about 2 to 3 hours, but that's in like a little dingy style fishing boat. But this puppy will get us there in about a ⅓ of that.” Mise said as he revved the two giant engines in the back of the boat.         Fang nodded as he sat with the group “Alright then man, guess we should do is just sit back and relax.” He said, sitting back a little against a seat as Indigo giggled softly and laid her head on his shoulder, while Smoke and Butterfly watched out towards the ocean as Mise soon set sail out onto the sea. Almost two hours later….         The ship soon docked at a small dock on a fairly large island with a looming shadow of a large mansion stood as Mise turned to the group  “Well we’re here! Everyone grab your stuff and be careful getting off. I’ll show you around once we are all on shore.” Mise said as he turned off the boat as the group nodded and grabbed their bags, gently getting off the ship as Mise jumped down and walked with everyone as he opened the doors to the mansion  “Welcome, to my mansion. Everyone, please come in.” Mise said as he held the doors open as the group nodded and walked inside.         They walked inside and it was like stepping back in time 100 years. The floors were made of white marble, the walls were lined with hand carved exotic woods inlaid with enamels and gold leaf.   The ceilings had large murals and covered in plaster sculptures as well as a large crystal chandelier hanging down.  Inside the hallways and corridors, large Persian rugs lined the floors, the walls had pictures of Mise’s long passed family members, statues and busts.  It was clear that no expense was spared. The group was awestruck by the sheer lavishness of the place.          “Holy… sweet mother… of Faust….” Was all really the four could say as Mise chuckled softly “This is just the beginning, there's still the bedrooms, dining room, and entertainment areas, plus the rest of the house but it would literally take all day to show you everything.” Mise said as he lead the group up the grand staircase on the other side of the room that was sculpted from cream colored marble and lied with a red velvet rug.         “So what do you guys think so far?” Mise asked as he rounded a corner and walked past a railing and archway that overlooked the entrance room they were just in.         “Dude… this place is insane! I mean, how much money does your family come from man!?” Indigo asked in disbelief as Mise chuckled softly “I honestly doubt you’d believe me if I told you my net worth, but do you really want to know?” Mise said as he stopped in from of a row of doors as the group nodded a bit, wondering what the story was as Mise slowly turned to the group. “Well given my fortune i was born into, plus the money i’ve acquired through my own means, my fortune as it sits….is about 400 billion dollars.” Mise said as he opened the door. It revealed a room with lush carpeting, gilded chairs upholstered with velvet and laden with gold leaf. The tables were made of exotic and rare woods. The walls were brilliant white with gold piping.  The bed was covered in silk sheets with gold thread and stuffed with animal fur and pillows that were stuffed with goose down. The entire bed was surrounded with a pink marble railing surrounding it with a conjoining marble canopy with small murals on the front of the foot board  “Dude…. This place is nice….” Fang had said as Indigo gently placed her hand on the bed “It feels so soft….” She said in a calm tone while Mise smiled warmly and nodded. “I’m glad you like it, because you have the choice of all staying in the same room, aka this one, or you can stay in your own which would be the ones adjacent to this one. All of them equally lavish.” Mise said as the group thought about it for a second. “Hmm… That would depend really, does each room have the same size bed, or the same size but only one in the rooms?” Fang had asked as Mise thought a bit “There is two other rooms, have the same size of beds, but only one so…” He said as Smoke and Butterfly spoke up “We can stay in different room big brother, it will be just like when we lived together, and if we have a nightmare, we can crawl into bed with you and big sis.” Smoke said with a soft smile as Butterfly nodded with a warm smile. Mise chuckled softly at this and nodded “Alright, I’ll let you two decide who takes what room, but in any case, the other room is right across the hall. Next up is the entertainment room, then the dining room, and after that the indoor pool.” Mise said as he lead the group back down stairs. “You know you 4 are the only ones outside of Octavia and my family to come here in over 100 years.” Mise said as he kept walking. “Jeez man… I can see why… this place is beautiful…” Fang had said as the group nodded and continued to follow, while Mise shrugged a bit but understood what he meant “I just wished my grandfather built it on the mainland, because I’d just live there but I can’t travel every day for that long, a weekend yes, a year, no. and thanks for not freaking out when I told you about my fortune.” Mise said as he walked up to a pair of double doors. “It’s fine man, when you see some really snobby people like that, you get really used to that kind of shit, you forget we have Blueblood in the school.” Fang had said as Indigo nodded “Yeah, and at my school I have Ledger, so yeah… we won’t really freak out.” She had said while Mise nodded in understandment “I hear ya, it’s a pain in the arse people always asking you to buy them crap. Like i’ll buy you anything, just don’t be a colossal dick. Like when you wrecked your car, you were well mannered when asking for the money for repairs.” Mise said as he opened the door  “Here is where you’ll be eating.” Mise said as the group walked inside the dining room to see the room was absolutely astounding, clearly the nicest in the entire house. It had freestanding rose alabaster columns and beautiful fireplaces on either end of the room. On the ceiling, was a marvelous ceiling painting. In the middle was a large gilded table of carved old growth wood with enough seats to seat all their friends. Two crystal chandeliers light the room and the walls were lined with gold, silver, and crystal. “I hear you man, as well holy hell man… this place is shiny…” He said looking around the room as Indigo giggled softly “This is really nice Mise, very fancy.” She had said with a small smile as Smoke and Butterfly sat down “These are really squishy.” Butterfly had said as Smoke giggled softly and gently bounced in her seat. Mise chuckled softly and rolled his eyes as he leaned against the wall  “I’m glad to see you like it, those chairs are worth more both Fang and Indigo’s cars, combined. My grandfather spared no expense. I mean for christ's sake, there's a room that has walls lined with platinum.” Mise said as even he was surprised by some of the opulence in the house. “Holy hell man! This place is insane!” Fang said getting up as the group nodded as Mise just shrugged a little “Yeah, it's just too bad it sits here empty 99% of the time.” Mise said as he ran his hand along the gilded wall.  “Well, what if you rent the place out? You know, get some money out of it and have people living it, kind of like a timeshare or something, this place is nice and could be a neat area to have a vacation.” Fang had said as Mise thought about it a little  “That’s not an entirely half bad idea, gilded era mansions like this are hot market venues for tons of things. But my only problem is, is that the government has forgotten this place exists and so if I did that my family would have to dish out a hundred years worth of back-taxes on it, ya know? Unless there was someway we could avoid that and still open it for business.” Mise said as he thought a bit. “Maybe man, i’m sure you will find a way to do so.” He said getting up as Mise nodded and walked down another hall with the group towards a second set of double doors, soon opening them with a warm smile “This is one of my favorite rooms, the entertainment room.” Mise said as the group walked in. The room has tile flooring, the walls were lined in marble slabs, with contrasting alabaster arches, throughout the room there was an assortment of semi-precious stones, and billiards balls on the top walls. In the middle of the room there was a large mahogany billiard table with ivory billiard balls in the middle. Off to the side was a large pool cue holder and tables, chairs, and couches lined the walls. In another part of the room sat a large Malachite and gold grand piano, with ivory and ebony keys. Next to that was a set of rare string instruments such as violins, cellos, and violas made of exotic woods. “Feel free to look around and play with anything, remember there’s nothing off limits except the cellar.” Mise said as the group went deeper into the room. The group began to look around as Smoke and Butterfly soon jumped onto the couch and bounced a little, while Fang gently brushed his fingers across the billiard table “Such fine craftsmanship….” He said quietly as Indigo looked out the large window towards the beach, as she felt calm from all the craziness of the world she actually felt calm. Mise watched on over the group as he chuckled softly watching them look over everything “I take it you like the place?” Mise said smiling warmly as Fang turned around and nodded  “Dude, this place is wonderful, as well look at this craftsmanship, as if their very soul was poured into it.” Fang said as Smoke and Butterfly laid against the couch, soon fast asleep while Indigo curled up a little on the small bench near the window, gently humming as it filled the room. Fang smiled softly as he walked to Smoke and Butterfly and gently kissed their foreheads “Goodnight, little ones.” He whispered as Mise softly chuckled, soon whispering to him  “Take good care of those three, and here, I want you to have this.” Mise said as he handed Fang a key. Fang looked at the key oddly “Got you man…. As well what’s this man? I know it’s a key… but for what?” He asked as Mise smiled, soon turning around towards the door “It's the key to the mansion. You’ll need it while you stay here, but it’s yours to keep. I won’t be here much longer. So once I leave, she belongs to you and the rest of our friends.” Mise said as he looked out a window and down onto the island below. Fang nodded a little as he looked towards the key, soon stuffing it into his pocket “I… I will man, and thank you again for this.” He had said as Mise gave a warm smile “Think nothing of it, my friend. Anyway, I better shell off don’t break anything please and have fun.” Mise had said soon walking off and out of the mansion, as Fang pulled the key out of his pocket and looked at it  “Guess we should go unpack…” He had said soon putting the key on his keychain and hooking it to his pants.