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// Rise and Shine! 
// Story: Extreme Measures 
// by Boo Bear 
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Spring time, Celestial reign

We had no choice. There were too many of them, all so precious, all so beautiful. But we couldn't take care of them. There were too many. We had to do this, for the kids, for us. They will never live a happy life if we keep them. Princess Celestia, take care of them, please.


10 years later...

"Okay guys! Up on your hooves! Rise and shine!" shouted Absolute Zero. He was usually the early worm, hence the fact that he's actually the oldest of the siblings. "Come ON, guys, get UP! Do I HAVE to repeat myself until nighttime?"
7 pairs of eyes opened, slightly. The two youngest ones, Spring Frost and Heat Wave, slowly rose onto their hooves, yawned and rubbed their half-opened eyes. 
"Wha--what time is it?" asked Spring Frost, her braids all messed up.
"It's 6 in the morning," answered Heat Wave, checking his dusty watch.
"Why did you wa--wake us up so early?" asked Spring Frost again, this time undoing her braids to let out her moss-green and turquoise mane.
"Haven't I told you yesterday, Spring Frost? Today's the day we head to PONYVILLE!" 
"Pony..pony who?"
"Never mind, Spring Frost, I'll tell you the whole story once we get there. But I kinda can't right now as SOME ponies won't get up! GET UP, ALL OF YOU! NOOWWWWW!!!!"
At the sound of their big brother's angry shout, the rest of the siblings finally woke up. The oldest sister, Winter Sky, stretched her manicured hooves and got up. 
"Hey...wh--what time is it n--now?" she asked in a soft tone.
"Sis, it's 6 am. Now PLEASE, would all of you get on your hooves? I'm starting to lose my voice now!" proclaimed Absolute Zero.
"We hope you do," whispered Sizzling Sunset, one of the middles in the siblings. He rose from his bed and scratched his spiky mane.
"Oh stop it will you, Sizz? He's just trying to wake us all up!" said the second oldest brother, also the shyest, Arctic Lime. He was on his neon green hooves, his mane slightly messy and his tail all frizzy.
"Okay, that's...5 woken. Now, who's---" before Absolute Zero could finish, he heard two light snores coming from the end of the room. It was the two twins (although they don't look like it), Lemon Glacier and Fiery Rose, although the smartest and the cheeriest of the siblings, they are also the laziest.
"We'll NEVER get them to wake up now! Look! It's already 6:15! If it took 15 minutes for 5 to wake up, then they'll take...oh no!" Absolute Zero rubbed the top of his head, moaning.

Suddenly, the awaken 6 heard slight giggles, very light ones. Spring Frost and Winter Sky walk slowly towards the beds that the twins slept on. As they walked closer, the giggles started to grow into fading laughs. Once they reached the beds, they the two sisters counted to three. "One...two...THREE!" and they lifted the blankets up only to find the twins laughing their manes off. They got off their bed and onto their hooves, pushing poor Spring Frost and Winter Sky aside. Then they started to sing as what they call the "Morning Song":

"With the sun all up, and the birds tweeting away! We shall sing this song, to make the day a brighter day! All the mares and the colts, with smiles as big as bolts, they will come on out today! HOORAY!" (sang with the "It's a small world" tune)

The twins finally stopped to catch their breaths. Lemon Glacier, a bright yellow pony with a light turquoise and golden mane, stared at her siblings, which are all staring back at her. She gave them a cheerful grin, knowing that today was the day they were travelling to Ponyville, and yet she and her twin sister wasted their time. 

"Hehe...come on, Fiery Rose, stop messing around and pack up..." said Lemon Glacier softly.
Fiery Rose noticed how her siblings were staring at her too, so she joined in on her innovative conversation. "Yeah, Lemon Glacier...you should stop too..."

"Alright, you two! You BOTH stop messing about! We don't have much time before the Orphanage nurses wake up! So all of you, quickly pack up, today's the day we finally get to start our own lives!" exclaimed Absolute Zero.