//------------------------------// // Hearts and hooves of grand(parents) Part.4 // Story: My little Sirens // by CaioCoia //------------------------------// There are a few ways for a pony can get a broken heart: when the pony you care about doesn't feel a mutual feeling, when somepony you cared so much makes something it disappoints you in a hurtful way, and when somepony you really cared about dies... As I walked with Commander Heart, at the pandemonium chaos inside of the HQ under my parent's graves... I think they didn't have anything else to do, then creating a military squad focused on Hearts and Hooves day. I held my 3 girls behind my back, while we watched one of the most entertaining things I ever see in my life. We watched the little fool Corazon walking and giving orders to other foals. "Squad Delta, go to Yakstan, there are 2 family issues over a single relationship. SHOT FOR LOVE, now GO. Squad Alpha, there are 3 ponies on the West Side of Coordinates 23.34.53, fly and flank them by behind, AIM FOR THEIR HEADS AND HEARTS. NOW GO." I don't know what surprises me more, the fact the little colt was having the same authority as commander Hurricane or the fact of all this war speech was focused on just making yaks and ponies in love. Adagio, Aria, and Sonata watched the scene with her eyes sparkling, it seems they got inspired to see the little foal giving orders while leading the operations from behind. Well, Adagio can learn a thing or two about leadership... Aria can understand military strategies and Sonata can use her cuteness to make the others follow their others... maybe they will use this leadership to save Equestria after I get retired. The forces of darkness would fear the power of my next generation. That would give me hope in believe in Equestria. I looked at my father, who was walking and giving some instructions as to some foals with dippers and bows and arrows on their backs. Really strange culture. "Father, from what I can remember, last year it was just you and mother who walked over Equestria to use the love arcane spells and make up the ones of the couple... What did happen to make you and her change so much in just one year?" I couldn't help but ask, while I kept looking at the movement from everypony around the HQ, it was like indeed a war zone or a preparation for a full-scale war. The girls behind my back seemed to look at her grandpa as well wanting to know the answer. My father chuckled in his place and then pointed to his horn. "My son, if I already defeated 20 balrogs while I was riding a hydra in the middle of Tuesday night, it wouldn't be difficult to make sorcery focused on dimensional scale. The most difficult part was actually to decide which color would befit the floor with the walls." My father smiles while I looked at him unimpressed, but the girls giggled while I rolled my own eyes. But one thing I can be sure of. My mom always can give the final words on the design inside of the places. "I had to sleep at the spiritual coach during 3 days straight, just to make the floor as obsidian." Now that's something I was impressed with. "3 days? Wow, mom was being generous to you." I said that and my daughters started to laugh while my father looked at me in shock. "I know right? I thought I was going to sleep on that couch for 1 month or more... But I think she knew I was right and she doesn't want me to have the final word." My father said that while we could sense my mother was looking at us. "Let's change the subject before she says something." "What you too are whispering?" My mother asked while I could sense she was glaring with a mix of love and coldness to my father. Well, it's a mine trap to him... It's not my problem. But... "Granpa told us he said you were generous on letting him sleep on the couch during 3 days grandma," Adagio said, while both my eyes and my father's eyes as well opened wide. While I put her hoof over her mouth, while I could see my father cringe. My mother then grinned evilly. "Oh, is that soo? Well, if you like to sleep on the couch so much, why not you take another week sleeping on it?" My mother asked while I could see my father sweat bullets, and while he was going to say something, my other child Aria decided to interrupt him. "He said he rather sleep in one month." This time I saw my father get despaired. "Aria," I said in a warning tone, which she gave me a smile, while my father was going to freak out. "Oh? A month? Why not 2? It seems you like too much the couch." Before Aria or Adagio would say something to make something worse... I saw Sonata was going to say something. "No, Sonata, you cannot ask to make it 3," I said while Sonata started pouting and I could see mother glancing at me. "Okay mom, while you have your fun with the girls, I would like to talk to you," I said while I glance at my father who seemed to be so relieved I could prevent making it worse. Then I give a sard grin. "Make 4 months and then we can start talking." "STAR SWIRL." My father shouted in disbelief and fear. While I could see my little sirens giggling and my mother as well. "Sorry father, but cannot let it go, you went off too easily, and that's not the rules." My father then looked down defeated, there is a game when it comes about children, when they start something, they wouldn't stop until that was over. I passed by my mother went ahead while I left my dad dealing with the consequences of his actions... What can I say, I got used to the chaos my children starts. My mother flew passing us, and we went over what would be in a place where we could see the view of many places of Equestria forming, other countries as Yakstan, Griffon Empire, and even Dragon Empire as well. "So what do you want to talk Starty?" My mother passed her spiritual hoof over my face while I glanced at the screen. I sighed while I look at my kids. They seemed so happy and enjoying our time with their grandparents. "I was assigned to teach Faust's daughters to be their teacher and mentor," I said which my mother who passed through me stopped floating and then let out a sigh... "So... you are going to be their teacher..." She said while I nodded my head. "I understand Starty, Faust was your mentor and you wanted to give the same lessons she gave to you to them... Is there something you want?" "Do you know the rune formation to clone sorcery?" My question made my mother froze in her place and look at me confused. "Excuse me? Do you want to know the clone sorcery?" She asked like I asked something which I wouldn't ask usually, which I nodded. "Oh... well that's different from what I was expecting you to ask." I raised my eyebrow looking at her for some answers. She then started giggling. "I should have expected you would try something different Starty. I thought you were going to ask me and your father to take care of the girls while you would be training Faust's daughters." She then said that while I could see my daughters looking at me surprised. "Sard No," I replied which made my little daughters giggle on my back. "They just have 3 years old, and I couldn't let them out without my supervision. I prefer to clone myself and take care of them while being in 2 places at the same time instead of letting someone else take care of them... especially my grandparents which influence could affect so much on them." "Oh, you mean... You tease me." I heard my mother giggle while she made me follow her. We looked at the sunset was settling down over the screen. "Wow, it's already late, it seems time passes quickly when it comes about enjoying your time with family. I couldn't help but admit, I followed her over the room, and inside of it, there were thousand of books of sorcery writing over them. And my mother passed through them and took some books for me. "This is the knowledge of duplication sorcery, but I must warn you Star Swirl, you must reserve a good amount of time and magic to make you accomplish this spell because it could take from minutes to hours if you don't do that perfectly. But knowing you. Just you would decide to trust yourself to take care of your daughters..." She said while I used the magic and added them inside of my saddlebags. "Usually I would have the choice to meet a mother for this girl..." "Yeah, yeah, like every year mom," I said while both her and my daughters started to giggle. "Well, soon it will be nighttime. I think it's time for we go." At the moment I said that my daughters looked said. "Awwww." "Sorry girls, but you know the rules. Mom, thank you so much for taking care of us. We enjoyed our time together today." I said after hugging her for the last time of the year. "The pleasure is mine son... I love you." She hugged me, and her arms were warm and her voice tender, like a feeling I missed a long time. "I love you too," I replied while my children went to hug her like a group. "Bye Grandma, we love you." It was a magical feeling, three sirens hugging a spirit of love. And my mother loved them the same way she loves me, or even more... What can I say, she loves to spoil them. We walked over the path to lead us outside, which my father's spirit was waiting for us. "Well, time to go Starty." He said while I hugged him for the last time of the year. "Please take in your heart the advice I gave you." "I will try... love you," I said short words, but the meaning behind them was true. I love my father the same way as my mother, and my children went running just to hug their grandpa again. "Oh my little betrayers and killers, what am I going to do with you?" My father chuckled while he hugged them, while they giggle. "Love you girls, be kind to your father, and be happy as you can always be." "OKAY." The three girls said in unison while they hugged him for a minute. And then using his magic as the same as me, the path to the outside was opened. I and my children were the only ones to pass over the path, and we left the tombstone of the lovers with all the rituals cleaned and ready to go home. "Well girls, let's go home. You have a bath to take off all your chocolate." I said while I could see my girls winning at me. "Awwwwww." After what passed today, I couldn't help but take all of them in my back... "I love you girls." I said while I received a hug from all of them." "We love you too daddy."All they said in unison again, that was getting weird, someday I will try to find a spell to make them talk not too much in unison, it will be a problem in the future, but that wouldn't be my problem. Happy Hearths and Hooves Day Everypony.